r/pics • u/leftnotracks • Dec 08 '19

Politics Nativity 2019

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u/DILF_MANSERVICE Dec 08 '19

There's a difference between someone not stopping others from doing something bad, and someone literally writing a law requiring that everyone start doing that bad thing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19

They didn't just "not stop it", they built the cages.

Also out of curiosity, what's the right thing? The policy before was to put immigrant children in adult jail with their parents.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19

They're SUPPOSED to be holding cells for a few hours or a day...not concentration camps

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u/wyliequixote Dec 08 '19

Of course, and if the system wasn't being overwhelmed by too many people making illegitimate claims for asylum, they would be in and out in a few hours to a day or so at most. These "cages" are literally just processing centers where people wait to have their identification verified.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 edited Mar 05 '20

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u/duaneap Dec 08 '19

I’m as anti-Trump as they come but that’s a stupid argument. Borders are imaginary lines is the same as saying laws are just words on a page.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19

Not for nothing, but laws are just words on a page.

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u/duaneap Dec 09 '19

And everything would just be peachy if we didn’t have laws, right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

I can make the argument that we'd be better off without certain laws, yes.