>> It's this type of black and white thinking that is so poisonous to current discourse. ... > Nothing I said contradicted any of that. On a purely logical le

>> It's this type of black and white thinking that is so poisonous to current discourse. ... > Nothing I said contradicted any of that. On a purely logical level, you are correct. But presenting a complex problem as a binary choice between two un-nuanced options dismisses other significant considerations that people care about. In this case, presenting immigration as a simple choice between deportation and no deportation disregards all the other interests, such as treating people with dignity, creating a fair system, and many more. Creating false dichotomies is a classic rhetorical strategy, but it is particularly insidious because it disregards any nuance which will be necessary to make any real-life policy work.