Elections are actually about selecting a party or person to lead your community. this is what they should be but that is not what they are. everyone uses rhetoric in US elections, not sure about australian elections but over here its nothing but rhetoric and talk.
And illegal immigration from Mexico, as I said before, is down. Their economy is burgeoning. The wall will not accomplish anything significant as far as stemming the tide of illegal immigrants coming into your country. The reasoning behind it was blatantly fake and it preyed entirely on a portion of your country's xenophobic tendencies -- as evidenced by his proclamation that the 'necessity' of the wall would be blamed squarely upon the Mexicans by insisting they foot the bill!once again i dont agree too much on the wall, but i still dont see much xenophobia about it. it might not be significant but the wall will likely help quite a bit (though the real issue is that we need to start deporting the people who overstay visas.
Trump isn't a logical person. He is a narcissistic idiot. He doesn't bother to run his ideas past other people. Have you seen his Twitter feed? Why would you assume he'd do or say sensible things?iv seen his twitter and imo its not that bad, seems like he just likes to talk. imo i'd say that some "feminist" or "liberal" twitter pages iv seen had worse stuff than trump.
That immigrants making life hard for you thing seems extremely tenuous to me. You are blaming some nebulous group of people for the relatively recent tightening of immigration laws that are complex and have many different influencing factors, including the 9/11 attacks. You wouldn't remember all of that as it happened but I do. And that complaint about African Americans, the way it's currently worded, comes across as pretty racist.well its correct to a certain extent. yes the 9/11 attacks caused many issues but if people would just give the gov time, and help the gov out then the immigration laws wouldnt be more strict. hell instead of demanding that you be let into the US show that you will actually be useful here, and not a burden. also call what i say racist but i really dont care what you say because personally i have nothing against individuals of different skin color, race, or species. i just use that information to make a quick guess on how someone might behave, or if they are a threat.
That's serious victim blaming, dude. The whole thing about them not preventing murderous brigades of fundamentalist maniacs rolling into their towns to rape, pillage and murder the inhabitants is ridiculously inhumane and shows a serious lack of compassion for other human beings. I don't know how to emphasize this any more than that. What do you want those communities, some of them so isolated that they don't even know what's going on in the world around them, to do? Religious extremism isn't always an outward trait that's easily identifiable if a person is absolutely intent on not making it so.well first thing would be to raise your children to not believe in that stuff (i am sure that there are many refugees that have family member in those groups, though this doesnt apply to all) another thing is to stay alert to your surroundings which isnt too difficult (unless they are lacking food/water but if they are lacking food/water thats a bad place to have settled) if you see a bunch of people with guns heading towards your town then maybe that isnt a good sign? as for fighting back there are guns all over the place over there, hell i read a news article awhile back that some people uncovered boxes filled with STG 44s (its old but those were nice rifles) and again if you dont have supplies to fight im pretty sure that turkey would be happy to have more soldiers. also there are some early signs on if someone is a threat. do they talk about you going to hell all the time? possible threat. do they talk about god/Allah like they/their teachings are more important than a person? possible threat. do they talk about infidels? this is a stereotype but in many isis videos i hear them say that alot so if you hear anyone even mention that word then its a possible threat. do they sacrifice animals? possible threat. there are likely more ways to find one but i dont live there so i cant point them out. these are just guesses so im not too sure how they would work so if they dont work then the getting help from turkey idea might be the best.
Also, why are you talking about your tax dollars? You've already said you don't pay any. once i start working im going to be paying tax. not paying tax right now, but i will be later and it takes time to change laws so i'd rather push for this before i need to start paying. also i'm tired of having other people who dont want to give their money waste their money on this stuff.
That's the definition of lacking compassion. You can't claim to be compassionate whilst treating these people like they're selfish and just a burden foisted upon others.if their suffering bothers/concerns you thats the definition of compassion. "sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others:" though some/many of us got our own survival/lives to worry about. also getting helped and not offering any help in turn likely means you are a burden... (again what is going on in Europe is a good example of a burden)
So only the rich and privileged are worth offering help, and not just the normal, regular people who just wanted to live their lives in their home country before they were forcibly displaced by a hostile force?we arent offering the rich/"privileged" help, we are just letting them in our country since they can take care of themselves, and they can also help us in the process. they might get their visa processed a little faster because they are in danger, but in the end they are no burden. and if the regular people worked with the rich to improve things then maybe the countries wouldnt have "fallen." hell im pretty sure my dad's friends would have loved to stay in their country because they lost alot of money coming to the US. it takes alot of people working together to keep a society together, but clearly they didnt work together good enough. as for the reason not to help the normal people thats because they will be draining our resources, hell we got tons of homeless/issues in our country taking in more people who have a sketchy background/no records is a horrible idea. last thing we need is more jobless/homeless people in this country that we have to take care of.
That's not very compassionate.again the way i feel falls in line with the definition of compassionate. i dont like the fact either but war, suffering, and death do happen and we need to be more resilient to it. the next thing is just telling people to be grateful for the help they receive if they aren't strong about it which is something that i havent really seen (again Europe as an example) the only thing im "demanding" here is that they be a decent individual, which i have the right to refuse helping if they arent even grateful for it. weakness to these things is kinda a bad thing since your chances of survival are lowered by it, but its not something that i view as a major issue, its not being grateful, or payingback/helping that is the problem.
Dude. all im saying here is that ill not bother anyone, and be a decent human, so i dont see why you are surprised/weirded out by it (or at least thats what i felt your reply was expressing)
also if you are a refugee, or in a undesirable situation, DO NOT have children. hell iv seen many pictures of refugee children who are likely not even 10. stop having children if you cant take care of them, or provide them a good life...
But you don't know anything about these people. They might have been perfectly content and maybe not even been refugees when they had their children ten years ago and hadn't planned at all to move over to your country, for all you know.
when i said not even 10 i mean age<10 hell iv seen babies, toddlers, etc. if you hear bombs, and gunfire in the distance maybe then is not the best time to have a child. and from personal experience explosives can be heard from a very long/far distance so you have tons of time to know things arent going well.
Sagging pants don't make me uncomfortable. And there's numerous studies that show that racial profiling by the police is a thing. If law enforcement is out to get them, how will the community improve? Distrust doesn't build relationships, and neither does racism. okay then.. but i speak for many people i know that sagging pants makes them feel uncomfortable (hell i feel i'd be more comfortable seeing someone running around in their boxers, walking around with your pants below your hips just doesnt feel right) also from my experience most people iv seen with sagging pants are either stoners (not an issue but you can easily tell that by how calm they are) or they are trouble makers. yes racial profiling is a thing, it allows for quicker judgements. while it is a bad thing and people should be more careful about it, its likely saved many cops from harm. and the law enforcement isnt "out to get them"
also btw you completely ignored the littering, drug/alcohol use, improper language etc. all of those things are illegal (last one falling under public disturbance) stop doing these things and the cops will have less reasons to stop you. you also forgot the last part on how to deal with police... put your hands up and its likely more cops will be less wary of people like you/in the same area.
its only after that that trust can be built. many people might get arrested for bad reasons due to the few racist cops out there, but if you clean up your act, and stop doing illegal things these racist copes have less excuses to hide behind.
Why does dressing a certain way inevitably get someone shot? Isn't that stereotyping? And are you saying that every black guy who gets shot on the street made a dumb decision, and it couldn't have been a matter of wrong place, wrong time, or maybe someone was out to get them? again its not the way they dress its just that the way they dress bring more attention to them. yes it is stereotyping, but thats because people who dress like that have caused lots of trouble/dont listen.
from most of the body cams/videos iv seen of black people getting shot yes they made very Very stupid decisions (with the exception of that one guy who got shot in his car, with the girl videotaping it. imo that was a misunderstanding that was caused by the officer not being trained enough, and by the amount of times African Americans have dealt with cops) in the case that there are abusive cops stick together with friends, live stream the stuff, and do not end up getting shot (which involves not resisting if the cop is trying to arrest you) the more lives that are taken the more messy and unorganized things get, and the harder it is to point out which cops are abusive since there is no victim to talk. let the cops arrest you, deal with the time if necessary then work on ways to prove that you did nothing wrong (private security cameras maybe) there are no doubt actual racist cops out there who do bad stuff and they are enemies to us all, but we cant do anything about it if more innocent cops are killing out of fear that they know police as a whole are hated.
Oh my god no, dude. I threw you this as a bone to encourage you to think about your reasoning, not to double down on it! How is the victim to blame if it's entirely the choice of the perpetrator to engage in their violent, abusive behaviour? And there's also the fact that people who are in an abusive relationship take about six times to successfully escape because it's incredibly scary for them. They're afraid of retribution if they come out and tell the police, or leave their partner, or talk to family about what's happening to them -- or even people judging them and saying it was their fault!That's why I said partial blame... they went back to their partner knowing there is a high chance that they might be abused again and they took that risk. yes i know they can be scared, and me loving my partner unconditionally i know that its very difficult to stay away from someone you love even if they caused you lots of pain. but the thing is if you go back to an area you know has a high chance of harming you again then you are at partial fault.
does it mean you should be punished? no, does it mean people should look down on you? no... all im saying is that you do have blame on your self but all punishments and judgements should be placed on the abuser. if you demand that you be helped, and they you be treated special because you are abused thats where i draw the line. if i see someone in need of help or asking for help, ill help. if i see someone demanding that/trying to shame me till i give them money, or if i give them money and they are ungrateful then thats where i completely refuse to help unless they are still in danger of that partner they are with, but if that partner is behind bars and you treat me like that then get lost.
"I dont know much about the Armenian genocide so i cant make any judgement here (we only covered jewish and muslim genocides in school)"
I'm not gonna ask you about those, I think.
was just pointing out that my school has gaps in their "education" and exclude information possibly on purpose (i hear all the time that many people try to cover up the armenian genocide so i feel the school might be trying to do that indirectly by not teaching it) and surprisingly/most likely not what you expected, i actually feel that all that stuff was wrong (the german people should have never given up their guns and fallen for those lies though, and with the crusades well... that was an invasion from a technologically superior force so i feel they have no fault for that genocide (completely siding with the Muslims here with my current knowledge on the crusades))
As for the pedestrian yes they do take some blame for not checking again. but this is a innocent enough mistake that i wouldnt really judge that much. i'd expect the drunk driver to pay/work for all medical costs.
now depending on the exact situation, and if the person's personality is if i'd want to help them out at all (in the car incident they would have my full support in most situations)
Just... no, dude.
once again the person who stepped out shouldn't be punished, or looked down upon it's a simple understandable mistake. the driver takes partially full responsibility and i feel that probation/rehab/paying for medical fees is the furthest the "punishment" should go since both are kinda victims in this situation.
if you do something that leads to something else then you are part of the reason that happened. if you didnt walk it would have never happened. it's a very simple thing to understand and i dont really know any simpler way to explain it.
(it might be due to you possibly thinking that the word "blame/blaming" is a super negative thing when in reality all it means is that they take some responsibility/take part in why something happened. i am no way looking down on victims for what happened to them, but if they start to negatively effect me then thats where they are doing something wrong)
well in that section if what you say is true they are incorrect. but it doesnt matter men or women they can both fight for whats right (though considering that women usually have barely any rights in those countries, i'd mostly blame the men)
That's just more victim blaming.
the victims here are the women, children, and those who arent working. the men at this time had complete control of the country (excluding the influence from the US, and Russia but in numbers they could have fought that off without violence). they could have worked together, and kept their country strong but instead they just couldnt work together. "luckily" (though not really lucky, since well.. no rights plus oppression from the men) women had no control over this so they get pretty much no blame.
Are you comparing refugees who are fleeing persecution to some hypothetical oil company that spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean? Wow.well there are issues there that they let happen by not working together (ignoring a leaking pipe) which lead to their government falling, weakness, and being invaded due to weakness (pipes giving away spilling oil)
they arent completely to blame for this but they should have worked alot harder to hold onto their land, and shouldnt be rushing over here. though the people who pushed for the wars in the middle east should be the ones paying extra to fix this mess.
This is what they should have done:
pretty much my whole idea is that they should have worked together to form armed fighting forces from normal civilians to protect them selves, and then work on rules/laws to restore order. (and also expose the US's influence in their country) its not that difficult if you are able to work with other people, and if your views didnt promote oppression/hate (allow women to work on their own and have equal protection under the law, allows gays/lesbians to be around unharmed, ignore race though they already do a great job at this since race stereotypes dont reach out there) after that you could form a stable society, and hell all ISIS got is a few coldwar tanks, and artillery pieces so with correct relations with another country you could get them taken out easily. though one thing you have got to have is a wall/perimeter, last thing you want is some ISIS personnel sneaking into your city/town causing issues.
though since that ^^^^ isnt really an option anymore since there is no where safe there they will need assistance from other countries. my best idea would be to create the "safezones" that trump talked about several months back, though to make sure they are cared for and not abused we should throw some UN personnel out there. while keeping them safe help them reform a proper government and teach them how to use it, and give the reasonable ones some basic weaponry, and training to help fight off ISIS.
i am mostly fine with my taxdollars going towards ammo/bombs to wipe out ISIS, and safezones in their countries i just dont want them in my country skipping line into the US, taking up room, taking up jobs for the ones that actually start working (im kinda mixed feelings about this one though), pushing for sharia law, etc.
Pretty much everything im saying in reference to refugees is that unless they are able to provide a rare service (engineers, doctors, PhDs), or open up more jobs (iv seen many middle eastern restaurants/stores and im completely fine with them being here) i dont want them in "my" country to be taking up space, or taking up jobs. i also expect them to be fixing their own country instead since they didnt hold out strong enough but since the US messed with them i feel that some people here need to provide support (like hillary if what i hear is true, and hell she has tons of money, likely enough for many guns/rockets) i am fine with my tax dollars going towards helping them clean up their country because that mess is a threat to us all, but i am not fine with my tax dollars going towards giving them a place in the US.
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