Posted on 01/18/2019 7:51:50 AM PST by Dana1960
The internet expands the bounds of acceptable discourse, so ideas considered out of bounds not long ago now rocket toward widespread acceptability. See: cannabis legalization, government-run health care, white nationalism and, of course, the flat-earthers.
Yet there’s one political shore that remains stubbornly beyond the horizon. It’s an idea almost nobody in mainstream politics will address, other than to hurl the label as a bloody cudgel.
I’m talking about opening up America’s borders to everyone who wants to move here.
Imagine not just opposing President Trump’s wall but also opposing the nation’s cruel and expensive immigration and border-security apparatus in its entirety. Imagine radically shifting our stance toward outsiders from one of suspicion to one of warm embrace. Imagine that if you passed a minimal background check, you’d be free to live, work, pay taxes and die in the United States. Imagine moving from Nigeria to Nebraska as freely as one might move from Massachusetts to Maine.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
There are over 1700 comments to this. You'll be surprised at how many "nativists" there are, once you lay it right out there.
Saudi Arabia first.
Yeah, I’ll totally trust someone named “Farhad Manjoo” when he says open borders are safe for our country.....
oh this cat has some ideas, I tell ya...
Dear Mr.Manjoo,
You are very wrong.
Sincerely,
Ben
Do away with welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing, free medical care and free schooling and then I would agree.
Imagine everyone being able to walk in the front doors of the New York Times and being able to freely wonder around the offices all day. Imagine being able to flop down in any unoccupied desk and making it your own.
I refuse to read anything written by someone named Farhad Manjoo-——I’m feeling a tad cranky today.
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I wonder how many of the morons who are for open borders would welcome bums coming into their houses and helping themselves to their possessions.
Farhad Manjoo is just a pseudonym for Jorge Soros! Bet on it!
Hey Farhad Manjoo, leave your keys in your car ignition then embrace the first person that comes along and steals your car.
You’re exactly right.
That is precisely why I mentioned reading some of the comments.
Would his open border idea work both ways (would conservative-minded U.S. citizens be allowed to travel and settle anywhere in the world without passports?) or is it just a ticket for non-U.S. citizens to wander across the southern border as they please?
These idiots would not want to live here if their ideas were put into practice....they’re just too Ocasio-Cortez to realize it....
Fine. Leave the doors of the nyt open 24/7. Eliminate the security personnel. No more sign-ins and no metal detectors. Allow all to enter the building and to circulate freely. Let them use the bathrooms. If they want to sleep, provide them a bed. Oh, and of course you’ll open your cafeteria to them and offer them a free meal.
Dear Mr.Manjoo
I say this totally sincerely, Blow it out your A$$!
Thank you.
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