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> "the belief that people of many backgrounds can come together as equals and build a society together." not > "the belief that people of many backgrounds ALW
by Crito 10y ago
> "the belief that people of many backgrounds can come together as equals and build a society together."
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> "the belief that people of many backgrounds ALWAYS come together as equals and build a society together."
- snowwrestler 10y agoTrump's argument was that a fully qualified, experienced, American citizen judge can't participate in civil society--can't do his civil service job properly--simply because his parents were Mexican. It's un-American and wrong. I'm going to speak out about things like this, and everyone reading this comment should do so as well. Each of us, every American citizen, is personally responsible for delivering a society that fulfills our ideals. No one else is going to do it for us.
- tempestn 10y agoI agree with this statement as well. I would suggest though, that it's being strawman'ed. Let's "steelman" the argument just as we try to do here on HN. For example, this statement is a strawman: "Trump said that a judge is inherently biased just because his parents are Mexican." The steelman would be something like, "Trump claimed that a judge had a conflict of interest against him. The judge was born in America, but has Mexican parents, which Trump believes could cause him to have a bias due to Trump's anti-Mexican policy proposals, such as the border wall." Should he be calling the judge's ability to do his job into question? I don't think so, no. But let's argue against what he actually said - in fact, go even further than that and interpret it in the most reasonable way possible - because it's more likely to result in useful discussion among people of differing opinions.