Trump Says US Will Permanently Pause Migration From 'Third World Countries'

[Landon Caeli]

Nah, just remove the wretched refuse plaque that was put on the pedestal years afterwards.

I do feel like the symbolism of the 7 pointed crown was 'enough'.

 

[rambot]

This goes hand in hand with the recent attacks on empathy in certain corners of American Christianity.

I wonder how this poisoning of the term empathy came about? It seems like a new idea, to put boundaries on compassion and empathy.

Part of the challenges of faith are the exact thing they are complaining about it. It's hard to be a christian because being empathetic is hard. But the solution seems to be to change the expectation instead of work toward greatness.

 

[rambot]

Moderation in all things, my friend. Excessive empathy results in neglecting other responsibilities, and eventually depression.

...The trouble is in finding a healthy balance.

How come the "healthy balance" for Conservative Christians 10 years ago was "we should be helping the poor" and now it's "sometimes we should be helping the poor not usually not"?

Sodom experienced collective consequence for doing stuff like that.

 

[essentialsaltes]

How come the "healthy balance" for Conservative Christians 10 years ago was "we should be helping the poor"

I'm afraid you'd have to go back a lot further than that, probably pre-Reagan, for US conservative Christians to support welfare and other means of helping the poor.

What's changed more recently is the nationalist anti-immigration tack. Foreigners coming to our shores (legally) were, once upon a time, "future Americans". Reagan spoke of America as a "beacon of hope". Now the light's been snuffed out.

 

[rambot]

What's changed more recently is the nationalist anti-immigration tack. Foreigners coming to our shores (legally) were, once upon a time, "future Americans". Reagan spoke of America as a "beacon of hope". Now the light's been snuffed out.

Seems they've changed it to a "spotlight of fear" instead.

 

[Landon Caeli]

How come the "healthy balance" for Conservative Christians 10 years ago was "we should be helping the poor" and now it's "sometimes we should be helping the poor not usually not"?

When things go too far on one direction, often a 'redirect' is necessary. When resistance prevents a redirect, more energy must be applied to the redirect.

...We are in a struggle.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Nobody is right or wrong in this debate. No side is the good side, or the bad side.

...We're just in a natural struggle, where everyone sees their own inclinations as what's best according to their experiences.

 

[wing2000]

Or maybe people in their 20s, 30s and early 40s are tired of Kumbaya. Maybe they prefer the *responsibilities* a nation ought to have for it's own citizens, and they want to spread that message instead of the global sluff-off-ness of 'anything goes'.

Then I suggest Americans take responsibility for its drug habbit....and the destruction it has inflected on many countries in our hemisphere.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Then I suggest Americans take responsibility for its drug habbit....and the destruction it has inflected on many countries in our hemisphere.

That's impossible.

Instead of blaming the victim, you should be blaming the source.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Instead of blaming the victim

Isn't it a crime to purchase and/or possess illegal drugs?

 

[Landon Caeli]

Isn't it a crime to purchase and/or possess illegal drugs?

Yes. But breaking a law does not negate victimhood.

 

[Yttrium]

Yes. But breaking a law does not negate victimhood.

I would say that it reduces the victimhood. The drug users typically know what they're getting into.

But why not do both? Reduce the demand, reduce the supply.

 

[Landon Caeli]

I would say that it reduces the victimhood. The drug users typically know what they're getting into.

But why not do both? Reduce the demand, reduce the supply.

I would agree to the two way approach, if there were only a medication that takes away the shaking, and panic involved in drug withdrawal. If such a drug existed, in patch or pill form, then we could say that we stand a chance at reducing the demand aspect.

...But until such a medication exists, out of 48.4 million abusers in the U.S., recovery will remain impossible for the 12 million ( 25%) who, as it stands, will never recover.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Statistics (Facts About Addiction) https://share.google/2G40rPOXyPFvK8c5Z

 

[wing2000]

That's impossible.

Instead of blaming the victim, you should be blaming the source.

....or blame both. The victim, however is primarily responsible for his or her choices.

 

[Landon Caeli]

....or blame both. The victim, however is primarily responsible for his or her choices.

In the beginning, I agree. After that, the choice isn't really a choice, in the normal sense, anymore.

 

[Servus]

This goes hand in hand with the recent attacks on empathy in certain corners of American Christianity.

Attacks on faux empathy, yeah. It's just the latest "we're special" buzzword.

 

[Servus]

Are you serious?

Sure. Removing a plaque would be a a lot easier than sending the SoL back to France.

 

[NxNW]

Why don't we just allow the Heritage Foundation to hand-pick the wealthy and/or well-connected, race appropriate, individuals they want to allow into the country? That'd be much easier and great for the entire nation.. doncha' think?

That's actually what many conservatives want.

 

[NxNW]

The third world countries are the real threat! Wake up! They are the ones with the cartels, who use their own people to smuggle the drugs into this country, which poisons our population with mind altering substances, causing them to fail in education, lose the jobs they can get, become unemployable going forward, and then eventually, off to prison.

Our population could always stop taking illegal drugs.

 

[NxNW]

Of course, invading Venezuela is about oil, not drugs. Drugs are just a pretext.

Republican says US "about to go in" to Venezuela, with oil a key reason

Representative Maria Salazar, a Florida Republican, says that regime change in Venezuela would result in a "field day" for US oil companies.

www.newsweek.com