So I agree that this is awful, and our family is most definitely the result of immigrants coming here due to persecution in the country they were in.
But my MAGA family’s response to that? They were “legal” at the time (1700’s). These immigrants are coming here illegally.
Never mind that ~ 100 years ago my grandparents were punished at school (beaten) for speaking their native language there - because they made that illegal, too.
But they’re still the “speak English this is murica” MAGA types. But this time it’s different. They do not see the hypocrisy. They do not care. They just hate brown and black people.
People who hide their bigotry behind the law disgust me. They’ll say that they’re only against illegal immigration while they work to make it harder and harder to immigrate legally. What is legal isn’t the same thing as what is moral. You’re just sidestepping the entire issue by hiding behind the law.
So I agree that this is awful, and our family is most definitely the result of immigrants coming here due to persecution in the country they were in.
But my MAGA family’s response to that? They were “legal” at the time (1700’s). These immigrants are coming here illegally.
Never mind that ~ 100 years ago my grandparents were punished at school (beaten) for speaking their native language there - because they made that illegal, too.
But they’re still the “speak English this is murica” MAGA types. But this time it’s different. They do not see the hypocrisy. They do not care. They just hate brown and black people.
People who hide their bigotry behind the law disgust me. They’ll say that they’re only against illegal immigration while they work to make it harder and harder to immigrate legally. What is legal isn’t the same thing as what is moral. You’re just sidestepping the entire issue by hiding behind the law.
“legal at the time“ - I guess native indians who were displaced from their land would see things differently