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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody
There are several studies that show that unfettered immigration has an adverse effect of the wages of unskilled labor & the working class. So if it is a concern amongst many blue collar Republicans as well as a large % of democrats, than it may be warranted sentiment.
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i've heard people on the left claim the opposite. i've be honest and say i don't know that much about the economics... so feel free to go ahead and share those studies with me.
but i stand by my comment on trump & co tapping into xenophobia. that's not the same as saying there's no legitimate issue to be had with immigration... i just know rabble rousing when i see it, i can tell it by its tone. so i'm calling a spade a spade.
i mean the basic picture that ann paints is that the democrats (specifically ted kennedy or whoever) passed an immigration bill in the 60's for the sole purpose of changing the racial demographics of the country because this would be favorable for democrats... she talks about how the left glorifies the 'browning of america,' and to a certain extent she's correct about that. but in pointing all of this out, clearly they are worried about more than just economics. we've been hearing 'warnings' about whites becoming a minority in this country for decades now. there's simply no way to spin that kind of rhetoric as being about working class jobs or economics... they're weary of demographic changes as well. once again, that's not to say that there aren't any economic concerns, and i'm open to hearing those. but it doesn't negate the cultural aspect of the issue.
same with me saying the leftist media takes a lot of trump's statements and disects them/amplifies them to broadcast the message that "trump calls illegal immigrants mostly rapists" or some **** like that... i see that as a dishonest media tactic, since that's really an exaggeration of the message he was attempting to send... even though at the same time i know trump was being purposely inflammatory and preying on xenophobic and racist sentiments.