On 2019 Jun 27 16:41:54, you wrote to me:

 ml>> which ones are those? how do you know they are criminals? who said
 ml>> they are criminals? where's the proof?

 at> How can you endorse human trafficking?

who said anything about human trafficking?? i didn't and you haven't until now
while you try to throw all kinds of muck into the discussion and confuse the
issues... stick to one topic at a time and work through it before jumping off
into another muck pit... 
but here's something for you... it's not illegal to go to a country and request
 asylum... it is illegal to separate minors from their parents or guardians
without legal cause... if there is human trafficking, stop those traffickers!
not the victims! that's like blaming the person who got raped... you should
help the victims not blame them or dehumanize them... many of these people are
vistims which is one of the main reasons why they left where they were... then
they get here, to america, the land of the free and the home of the brave, only
 to be victimized and dehumanized buy ignorant, intolerant, people who think
they are better than someone else...

 at> You can call it asylum-seeking, or babysitting, or whatever you want,
 at> but you're fighting for the rights of people who are committing
 at> negligent homicide of children, or endangering the welfare of a child,
 at> at best.

you don't know that... you have no clue about them, what they are doing, or why
 they are doing it... "you people" are spouting off because of pure
ignorance... you're scared of them because they are different from you... guess
 what? I'M different from you, too! everyone in here is different from you...
are you scared of them, too?? are you scared of fat people? people with missing
 legs or arms? people with long hair? people with cleft lips? maybe you're
scared of tall people? or is it skinny people? oh, i know, you're scared of
people who grew up in the mountains and talk like they have a mouth full of
rocks... that's it... yeah, that's gotta be it...

 at> You're also fighting for the rights of people to walk our streets
 at> without any scrutiny over their identity or criminal background.

how is that any different than you or i walking down the street in any town or
city in this country? what do you want? police on every corner stopping and
checking everybody any time they move? or just people that don't look like you?
 or maybe it is just people that don't think like you? oh, i got it... it is
people that don't smell like you... that's it! people who smell different and
talk like they have a mouth full of rocks... or wait... could it be that you're
 scared of people that grew up without a father or mother? or maybe they did
have one and you didn't? is that it?

besides, i'm not *fighting* for anything, right now... IF that time ever comes,
 you can bet that i will do what i have to do...

 at> Did you know that in many states, it's illegal to be in public without
 at> identification?

of course i do... i spent 5 years hitchhiking across these united states back
in the '80s after i got out of the USAF... i'm not stupid or ignorant,
friend... and ya know what? i was never bothered by anyone while i was walking
along with my 150pound backpack... i wasn't bothered when i set up my tent in
some field and started a campfire to cook some dinner that i may have brought
with me or maybe even trapped during that day's hiking... i wasn't bothered
when i asked for directions or if there was a food kitchen or even just a
shelter to get in out of the rain or snow... people were nice, friendly and
helpful... what happened between then and now i have no idea but it isn't
right... that's for damned sure...

 at> The loophole is being abused to the full extent.

what loophole?

 at> With 90% of undocumented illegal immigrants not reporting to court for
 at> their hearings, look at who you are defending. You keep saying "they
 at> have a right to apply for asylum," so why aren't they applying?

kinda hard for them to apply when the border guards are illegally separating
them from their children and locking them up in cages for weeks... how would
you like to be locked up in a cage in a cold room, have to sleep on the bare
concrete floor, and maybe, just maybe, you might get to have something warm to
eat??

 at> Not showing up for court is them not applying for asylum.

showing up for court has nothing to do with /applying/ for asylum... that comes
 later unless you are applying during removal proceedings... these folks
haven't even had that chance...

 at> That's them applying for "let me do whatever I feel like doing, screw
 at> your asylum application, and bye."

no, that's your ignorance showing... like the guy down the street from me...
some folks from india bought some property here... they're nice folks, warm and
 friendly... they've brought food and shared it a few times... we've mowed the
grass and fields on the property they bought... they speak english very well
and are easily understood... but this guy down the street... he's ignorant...
he's scared of these people because he doesn't understand them and that's where
 his ignorance comes in... he won't even try... as big as this guy is, he acts
like a little dog and it shows... i feel sorry for him being that scared of
another human being that just looks different, talks different, prays different
 and has different beliefs than he...

but you know what? i swore an oath years ago... i still stand by that oath... i
 also swear the following and it covers ALL people...

  "while i may disagree with what you say, i will defend to the
   death your right to say it." - me with apologies to evelyn b.
   hall (aka stephen g. tallentyre)


lastly, let me leave you with this...

  "Lemme ask bout dis brave new world of yers.
   Wen U've kilt all da bad guys,
   wen it's all perfek, jus & fair,
   wen U've finally got it xatly da way U wan it,
   wha'are U gonna do with peeps like U?
   Da trouble makers.
   How U gonna protek Ur glorious rev'lution from da nex 1?"
   - paraphrased by me from 12th Doctor to post in a tweet


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