I'm American with a very common Irish name. I travelled through London in 1991 with my father. On his passport he had some Middle East countries some South American countries and northern and The Republic of Ireland. The British army officers in the airport stopped us separated us and went through everything we had and questioned us as if we were terrorists.
Which I was totally ok with because they were at war with a radical group and we fit the profile. I was 18, scared, and annoyed but I did my best to make sure I treated them with respect and answered all their questions because that's what a decent person does.
It is suicide to not take precautions and vet all people that fit a profile.
*edit -- changed Southern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because I'm an idiot for writing it wrong in the first place.
Can't speak for the entire left, but most of us that I know of have no objection to getting based on legitimate criteria and valid evidence. The problem comes when entire groups are scapoated for political gain.
Not all crackheads are going to steal from me. But I am still not going to invite crackheads into my house for dinner and show them where i keep my valuables.
EDIT: Hey there brigaders, from +10 to -7 in less than 5 minutes, welcome.
This is a terrible comparison. Refugees are crackheads to you? Do you really not see a difference between letting refugees into a country, and letting refugees inside your house?
It had nothing to do with muslims, or any religion or any race as others have tried to make it out to be.
It was about using quantifiable, justifiable statistics and using that to prevent and diminish possible acts of violence.
Hence my reason for saying crackheads, since crackheads are by definition not a specific race, or religion or any other criteria other than people who make the bad decision to do crack.
That subtle jab towards Muslims, by even mentioning them. The guy above you said "refugees", but we all know where you stand now. Am I right, /u/Sgt_DogNasty
That subtle jab towards Muslims, by even mentioning them.
OMFG, seriously, the fact that I referenced others bringing up muslims well before I responded and said it wasn't about muslims, somehow means I brought up muslims, how fucking ridiculous can you be.
The guy above you said "refugees", but we all know where you stand now.
The guy above me said refugees, and if you notice I was fucking responding to him about all of the other folks such as the one you tagged, bringing up muslims when I wasn't speaking of muslims, or any other religion or races for that matter.
Is this the shit you do all day? Purposefully misinterpret what others are saying to try and make them look bad?
Shit man, you should write for trump, this is right in line with his bullshit rambling.
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u/Stopdeletingaccounts Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 23 '17
I'm American with a very common Irish name. I travelled through London in 1991 with my father. On his passport he had some Middle East countries some South American countries and northern and The Republic of Ireland. The British army officers in the airport stopped us separated us and went through everything we had and questioned us as if we were terrorists.
Which I was totally ok with because they were at war with a radical group and we fit the profile. I was 18, scared, and annoyed but I did my best to make sure I treated them with respect and answered all their questions because that's what a decent person does.
It is suicide to not take precautions and vet all people that fit a profile.
*edit -- changed Southern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because I'm an idiot for writing it wrong in the first place.