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Right, if only that's all they were doing. Just innocent verbatim reporting and clear contextual analysis instead of ludicrous and deliberate mischaracterizatio

Right, if only that's all they were doing. Just innocent verbatim reporting and clear contextual analysis instead of ludicrous and deliberate mischaracterizations of every single one of his talking points. How many times have I read about Trump's "dislike of immigrants", conviniently leaving out the illegal part? The list goes on and on. If you read foreign news, it gets even worse and more blatant since most of their readers don't have the luxury of understanding the source.

akhilcacharya 8y ago
His policies and the people he surrounds himself with have made his disdain for legal immigrants clear. Stephen Miller wants to reduce all immigration, not just the illegal kind.
- hnuser1234 8y ago
  > His policies and the people he surrounds himself with have made his disdain for legal immigrants clear. Like the immigrants he married and fathered children with? >Stephen Miller wants to reduce all immigration, not just the illegal kind. Why is this problematic?
- blancheneige 8y ago
  See this strikes me as very representative of the whole misunderstanding surrounding his policies (whether intentional or not). You seem to conflate his intention of reducing the influx of immigrants with some kind of intrinsic xenophopbia that's often cited by the media to trigger an emotional response. I'm a legal immigrant myself, and yet I share his stringent viewpoint -- given all the effort, multiple tests and exams, interviews, references etc. I had to go through to earn my visa, I more than support a merit based system instead of conveniently ascribing (hell, projecting?) "disdain" to his administration. Mind you I support the same policies for my home country as well, which suffers from the same issues.
  - akhilcacharya 8y ago
    >You seem to conflate his intention of reducing the influx of immigrants with some kind of intrinsic xenophopbia that's often cited by the media to trigger an emotional response. Trump speaks for himself. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-... https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/07/trump_total_and_complete_shutdown_of_muslims_entering_united_states.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/07/trump_tot...

akhilcacharya 8y ago

His policies and the people he surrounds himself with have made his disdain for legal immigrants clear. Stephen Miller wants to reduce all immigration, not just the illegal kind.

hnuser1234 8y ago
> His policies and the people he surrounds himself with have made his disdain for legal immigrants clear. Like the immigrants he married and fathered children with? >Stephen Miller wants to reduce all immigration, not just the illegal kind. Why is this problematic?
blancheneige 8y ago
See this strikes me as very representative of the whole misunderstanding surrounding his policies (whether intentional or not). You seem to conflate his intention of reducing the influx of immigrants with some kind of intrinsic xenophopbia that's often cited by the media to trigger an emotional response. I'm a legal immigrant myself, and yet I share his stringent viewpoint -- given all the effort, multiple tests and exams, interviews, references etc. I had to go through to earn my visa, I more than support a merit based system instead of conveniently ascribing (hell, projecting?) "disdain" to his administration. Mind you I support the same policies for my home country as well, which suffers from the same issues.
- akhilcacharya 8y ago
  >You seem to conflate his intention of reducing the influx of immigrants with some kind of intrinsic xenophopbia that's often cited by the media to trigger an emotional response. Trump speaks for himself. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-... https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/07/trump_total_and_complete_shutdown_of_muslims_entering_united_states.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/12/07/trump_tot...