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Just Shut Up, New York Times
Townhall.com ^ | August 1, 2021 | Derek Hinter

Posted on 08/01/2021 4:34:11 AM PDT by Kaslin

Everyone knows someone who is “like family.” Some neighbor or friend of the family who is thought of as an aunt or uncle, cousin or sibling, whatever, for a large period of their life. Then that person dies and everyone discovers that while they were “like family,” they structured their last will and testament to make sure all their earthly possessions go to their actual family. That’s the difference between “like” and actual. The New York Times ran an op-ed this week calling for people who consider themselves to be “like Americans” to be able to vote in our elections. No, not ever. Voting in the United States is and should always be reserved for people who are actual Americans, not those unwilling or unable to become such.

I’ve never heard of Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, and I’d bet you haven’t either. You have no reason to. She’s supposedly some sort of journalist, but anyone can claim to be that, and wrote a book no one read, which weirdly appears to have been “reviewed” in more left-wing outlets than copies were sold. Apparently now some kind of editor at the radical “The Nation,” Atossa was commissioned by the Times echo chamber to write a piece calling for non-citizens to vote in the US.

Entitled, “There Is No Good Reason You Should Have to Be a Citizen to Vote,” it’s every bit as dumb as you’d expect. She writes, “Nearly 15 million people living legally in the United States, most of whom contribute as much as any natural-born American to this country’s civic, cultural and economic life, don’t have a say in matters of politics and policy because we — resident foreign nationals, or “aliens” as we are sometimes called — cannot vote.” Sure you can…in whatever country you’re actually a citizen of. If you want to vote, go back there. If you want to vote here, become a citizen.

Abrahamian, a national of Switzerland, has apparently been in the United States for 17 years, allegedly legally. If that’s the case, why the hell not become a citizen? If you can’t bother yourself with the paperwork, why the hell should anyone care that you feel disconnected? It’s like someone sitting in a chair whining about wanting to be the chair next to them – there’s literally nothing stopping them from moving to the other chair except their own laziness, yet they just whine.

After her column ran, she tweeted, “Lots of people are yelling at me for not being a US citizen after 17 years here. My dudes: I agree that the law is preposterous! Now call your representatives!” No. The law is the law. Nowhere else in the world would tolerate somebody whining, demanding they change the law to accommodate their laziness. “Because this is obscure to most Americans: getting a green card can take years/decades depending on your situation. Once you have the green card, you aren't typically eligible to apply for citizenship for 3-5 years,” she continued.

I don’t think she realizes how most people don’t give a damn. Immigration law doesn’t exist to make her life easier, and it should not be easy to become a citizen. There should be one question asked of everyone looking for US citizenship before all others: What do we get out this?

It’s an honest question, and really the only one that matters. You aren’t family, you aren’t even “like family,” no matter how you feel about it. But you’re asking to become family. What are you bringing to the table.

Becoming an American should not be easy, and it should not be open to anyone who wants it. As for as Abrahamian goes, we already manufacture enough left-wing, American-hating lunatics domestically, we don’t need to import anymore.

She concludes her ridiculous piece by writing, “I hope that Democrats seize their chance, and realize the power and the enthusiasm of their potential constituents.” At least she’s admitting what we’ve known Democrats are up to with their active thwarting of immigration laws – they want more Democrat voters. Screw Americans, import enough to tip the scales. This, from the people who regularly talk about “our democracy.”

The column by Abrahamian is part of a left-wing activist series the Times is running designed to examine “bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment.” America is not an experiment, it is the freest, most successful country in the history of the planet. It does not need to be revitalized or renewed, it needs progressive leftists to stop doing everything in their power to damage and ultimately destroy it. And it sure as hell doesn’t need non-citizens helping them try to do it.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: atossaabrahamian; derekhunter; fakenews; media; newyorkslimes
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1 posted on 08/01/2021 4:34:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Not just any citizen, but an informed citizen who is able to articulate and demonstrate the attributes of self-government in a Constitutional Republic. These, and these alone, should be allowed to vote in the USA.


2 posted on 08/01/2021 4:45:56 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audits. No peace.)
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To: Kaslin

Today it’s what you think you are that counts. You can think you are the other sex, or some other race. If you think you are American the NYT wants you to vote in America’s elections.

OK. I identify as a rich playboy who made billions selling shark repellent, who lives in the Bahamas, is a citizen of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Andorra, with 3 yachts, 4 mansions, a Ferrari, Mustang and Maserati, who is exempt from taxes, smokes Cuban cigars and drinks single malt Scotch. Not to mention the hordes of willing females, but I digress.

Narcissism rules today. Reality has been shelved. It may come back one day, but it’s gone for a while.


3 posted on 08/01/2021 4:46:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (To find out who really rules you, find out who you're not allowed to criticize. Voltaire. )
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To: Kaslin
From Wikipedia: "Abrahamian was born in Canada and grew up in Switzerland. Her parents, who are Iranians of Armenian and Russian descent, worked for the United Nations.[3] She holds Swiss, Canadian and Iranian citizenship[4] and speaks English, French, and Russian.[4]

Apparently, she's had enough time and gumption to earn citizenship from Canada, Switzerland, and Iran(!) but has not bothered to become an American citizen. Given her Iranian citizenship, deport her back to Teheran and see how much she enjoys that.

4 posted on 08/01/2021 4:48:43 AM PDT by Chainmail (Frater magnus te spectat)
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To: Kaslin

And what does the US Constitution say about that nonsense????


5 posted on 08/01/2021 4:51:38 AM PDT by elpadre ( )
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To: elpadre

And what does the US Constitution say about that nonsense????

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What do they care? They believe the constitution “is a living, breathing document, to be interpreted for the good of the current times”.


6 posted on 08/01/2021 4:58:35 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: elpadre

Does it really matter anymore what the constitution says?


7 posted on 08/01/2021 5:19:00 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
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To: Chainmail

Deport her back yesterday including with the entire New York Slimes staff yesterday, rather than tomorrow.


8 posted on 08/01/2021 5:20:25 AM PDT by Kaslin (Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Used to be tied to having some skin in the game....owning property, etc.
I’d like to study the pluses and minuses of those systems.


9 posted on 08/01/2021 5:39:31 AM PDT by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: Kaslin

Everyone knows someone who is “like family.”

If you live long enough, that’s probably not true. Oh I’m sure you’ll have good friends who become fairly close but over time and with people moving to different regions for job opportunities etc... that all goes away, maybe in agrarian societys it was possible.

It’s like that old worn out high school valedictorian speech for the speech from the dean where they say “look to your left and look to your right and look around you you will probably never see any of these people again after graduation.”

I’m not saying it’s impossible but I’m saying people tend to come and go and stay various lengths of time in other people’s lives.


10 posted on 08/01/2021 5:46:30 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Kaslin
America is not an experiment,

Actually America is an experiment.

Most of mankind has lived under the boot of mad dictators for many centuries.

It looks like the experiment in liberty is in the process of being eradicated--and the New York Slimes is doing its part to make that happen.
11 posted on 08/01/2021 5:47:26 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Just what we need, Fake (Illegal) Citizens. It ties right in with a Fake President, his Fake Doctor Wife, and Fake Elections reported by a Fake News Media.


12 posted on 08/01/2021 6:04:53 AM PDT by Don@VB (Power Corrupts)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Also, vote IF you have a ssn and pay taxes.... like the rest of us who are keeping the lights on around here


13 posted on 08/01/2021 6:06:20 AM PDT by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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To: Kaslin
The New York Times ran an op-ed this week calling for people who consider themselves to be “like Americans” to be able to vote in our elections.

Immigrants today come to the US for "free stuff", from welfare to medical care. When they protest about our country, their goal is to change the US to the hellhole they just left. These people need to be purged from the country, let alone letting them vote in our elections. The NYT can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

14 posted on 08/01/2021 6:13:47 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Kaslin

people who consider themselves to be “like Americans” to be able to vote in our elections

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If this is taken to the ultimate conclusion, anybody in the world, even somebody, who has never even been in the USA, could claim to be “like American”!
Another 4 billion of Democratic voters discovered!


15 posted on 08/01/2021 6:19:04 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHGreco RomNQkryIIs)
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To: Kaslin

I hear that the population of Poland consider themselves like Americans. We should let them vote in our elections.


16 posted on 08/01/2021 6:19:20 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: Chainmail
She holds Swiss, Canadian and Iranian citizenship

So I can now vote in Swiss, Canadian and Iranian elections? Hot damn, sign me up!

17 posted on 08/01/2021 6:26:44 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (When everyone is an expert, no one is.)
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To: Kaslin

The NYT should publish an op-ed that advocates for NYT op-ed writers being the only people permitted to vote in US elections.

Why not?

This way, Democrats will be able to steal elections with a lot less hassle.


18 posted on 08/01/2021 6:34:45 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: Kaslin

The entire point of the illegal alien inundation has been to import a permanent Democrat majority and it has been bipartisan and going on for 30 years.


19 posted on 08/01/2021 7:35:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: elpadre

It says only natural born citizens can be President and ALL of our elected and appointed ignored that and let four nationality Obama and three nationality Harris into office.


20 posted on 08/01/2021 7:39:26 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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