Biden connects Irish heritage with Latino struggles

politico44 ^ | 7/10/12 | BYRON TAU

[Sherman Logan]

"There's always been a fight between the voices of inclusion and the voices of exclusion — between those pushing forward and those who continue to try to pull us back," Biden said in remarks to the civil rights group National Council of La Raza.

A classic comment. Without bothering to prove why this is the case, he just assumes that amnesty for illegals and/or dropping all efforts to control the border constitutes "moving forward."

This is the logical fallacy of petitio principii, or "begging the question"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

[tumblindice]

It’s pretty much the same thing as homosexualists comparing their “struggle” to the civil rights struggles of the `60s.

Black people: “Huh? Say WHAT?!”

[reg45]

IIRC, the Irish did not swiim the Atlantic and enter the country illegally.