The Baseless, Trite Arguments against Walls

National Review ^ | January 8, 2019 3:18 PM | DOUGLAS MURRAY

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Of all of the flatulent memes that have been running low on gas since the late 1960s, the most aggravating — against stiff competition — are probably all variations on “Build bridges, not walls.” The bridge I must cross most often in an average year is Westminster Bridge. Since a jihadist plowed a car along the pavements of one side of the Westminster Bridge (killing and wounding dozens of locals and tourists) a couple of years ago, it has been covered in walls. Specifically, it has been covered in metal crash barriers erected to stop replays of that incident. So as I find myself reminded on a weekly basis at least, when it comes to bridges and walls, the world does not have necessarily an either/or choice. Who could have guessed?

Well, a lot of the president’s opponents by the sound of it. There are satisfactory arguments on both sides about the utility of building a wall along the southern border of the U.S. My personal view is that since the president was partly elected on the promise of building this wall, he should probably get a chance to build it and give at least some voters what they asked for.

But it is not the practical but the moral objections to the president’s initiative that are so unutterably tired. For instance, one objection just made by Nancy Pelosi is that building a wall is “an immorality” and “not who we are as a nation.” Walls are also, according to Pelosi, an “old way of thinking.”

In fact, in Europe — among many other places — walls are not an old way of thinking at all. In fact, they are a much newer way of thinking than anything Nancy Pelosi is offering. Since the European migrant crisis...

[Spok]

The Democrats would tell us that the wheel will never work if Trump invented it.

[hinckley buzzard]

Articles like this are so obtuse as to be counter productive. The whole resistance to the Wall is that Trump stands to benefit politically when it is built. The ‘rats only object because of this political reason. All the rest is just drivel. And NR does no service by acting as if the ‘rat drool is worthy of a reply to content.

[HighSierra5]

The Rats are constantly obfuscating the issue.

[Bob434]

heard on the news tonight that just yesterday, they caught 133 people from all over the world trying to sneak across the border- but for every one they caught, 4-6 were not caught- which means almost a 1000 people made it into the US undetected- peole from pakistan, saudi arabia, india, all over the place- now living in our cities, towns, many no doubt with ties to evil organizations- gang members- violent gang members- They are everywhere now- all over our country-

Build the damn wall!

[Lean-Right]

Odd when you think about it. Bridges
are built to overcome barriers. Without
barriers you don’t need a bridge. So
why advocate for bridges, when logically
(in the leftist mind) there should be
no need for a bridge as long as there
are no barriers.

[JimRed]

The whole resistance to the Wall is that Trump stands to benefit politically when it is built.

Trump must be denied a "win", at any cost.

[finnsheep]

Barriers that work: JERSEY BARRIERS! They effectively keep vehicles traveling at 55 mph in opposite directions from colliding head-on and they are made of concrete.