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I'm just so sick of the "lets not take Syrian refugee" comments. Because one of the terrorists may possibly have pretended to be a refugee. Even though none of the rest of them were refugees.

I'm also kind of laughing at the US governers insisting that their states won't take refugees as if they get a say. This is one of those times where the fact that the feds get to do what they want on immigration actually is a good thing.

But mostly I'm just mad. And especially at the "just take Christians refugees" comments and the "Take only families, not single men" comments as if only Christians and only families are suffering persecution.

Yeah but that's it. Fear and anger bring out this sort of shit, too. I mean they were probably thinking it before, but now they feel justified in saying it.

That's the thing, though, most of the people saying it were already anti-immigrant. This is just an excuse. And it doesn't justify it in any way. It is despicable to blame innocent refugees who are fleeing this exact violence.

Oh I'm sure. But I'm also assuming this is what the terrorists actually want.

I rolled my eyes when I saw that "Take only Christian refugees" comment. It's not surprising, really, but still, just...seriously, people?

(Not to mention, if these terrorists are pretending to be refugees, then they could just as easily pretend to be Christians or falsely claim to have a family, too, if they knew that was a way for them to sneak in without scrutiny.)

Ugh yes.

The governor of my current state has said we will not take refugees, which annoys me. The governor of my former state has said that they will. So, of course, some of my friends who still live there were posting about it yesterday and being like, "WTF this is terrible, what a moron, I hate him, we have our own problems so why are we helping them."

C'mon, guys. These are people trying to escape a warzone, people whose lives have been torn apart, and nobody wants them. Nobody wanted them before this happened. And you're basically saying you'd rather they stay there and die than for you to be mildly inconvenienced (and you probably won't be. You probably won't notice any difference). Half of them have the French flag overlay on their profile pictures, as well, and all I could think was, "if they were French refugees, would your tune change? Or would you say the same things while patting yourselves on the back for temporarily changing an icon on the internet?"

...yeah, I have feelings.

These are people trying to escape a warzone, people whose lives have been torn apart, and nobody wants them. Nobody wanted them before this happened.

Seriously. If these people complaining were in that sort of situation, wouldn't they want someone to help them? Apparently putting oneself in someone else's place for a moment really IS hard for some people to do.

I don't know what our governor's said about the idea of refugees coming here yet-may have to look that up and see, 'cause now I'm curious.

SA

Okay, just looked-yeah, he wants to halt efforts. He thinks there should be a "federal review" first, but he doesn't sound very keen on letting them in at all even with that.

Not even remotely surprised, I gotta say :/.

Gah. What exactly would that federal review entail, beyond what's already done to check refugee/immigrant backgrounds?

Exactly. I honestly don't know what extra measures he thinks we'd need to take.

But he's an idiot in general anyway, so...yeah.

Fun fact: Syrian refugees fleeing to America already have a two-year wait time! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/15/jeb-bush/jeb-bush-it-takes-almost-year-refugee-be-processed/

Oh gods, up to three years.

:(

I came across this relevant but nor-very-happy article today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/17/what-americans-thought-of-jewish-refugees-on-the-eve-of-world-war-ii/?tid=sm_fb

We aren't big on the whole learning thing, are we?

My governor continues to embarrass me for being in Indiana. :|

I'm currently living in Texas, but my heart belongs to Massachusetts so I'm glad that the Mass governor hasn't said anything stupid yet.

I'm also kind of laughing at the US governers insisting that their states won't take refugees as if they get a say.

Ours (Maryland) is one of them "for the sake of the Maryland people." I want to write him a letter saying that he does not represent the Maryland people in thinking that, but sadly I'm not sure that's true...

I really feel like some people forget we're a country and not 50 separate countries. I mean, immigration law being purely federal and the government getting to do what it wants is often a very bad, bad thing. But in this case it is good.

I wouldn't put it past some of these states to actually try something, though. Arizona for one has already tried to make so many anti-immigrant state laws, most of which have thankfully been found unconstitutional. But they keep trying.

I wouldn't put it past some of these states to actually try something, though. Arizona for one has already tried to make so many anti-immigrant state laws, most of which have thankfully been found unconstitutional. But they keep trying.

Mmhm. Especially considering how resistant some states have been to implement anything the Obama administration's tried to put forward in the past. They'll find some way to blame him for this somehow, if they haven't started already. *Rolls eyes*

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