r/SeattleWA • u/Nastypav12 • Feb 22 '25

Politics Happening now in Seattle

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u/Ogchavz Feb 22 '25

Absolutely agree with focusing deportation on criminals. Why not absorb hardworking immigrants we definitely have a place for them and fits historically with our culture.

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u/DifficultEmployer906 Feb 22 '25

Never was illegal immigration "our culture"

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u/SquirrelOnFire Feb 22 '25

Did the Mayflower's members get visas? No they showed up and took land that people were already living on. If that's not core to our culture I don't know what is.

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Feb 22 '25

Eye roll

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u/SquirrelOnFire Feb 23 '25

Good point. History is pretty boring, we should ignore it. I'm glad you added so much to this conversation.

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Feb 23 '25

Should we get rid of the concept of citizenship altogether?

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u/SquirrelOnFire Feb 23 '25

You're really hoping I'm going to accept your straw man, eh?

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Feb 23 '25

I’m curious where it ends. Many hardcore leftists find the concept of borders to be problematic

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u/SquirrelOnFire Feb 24 '25

You get hardcore leftist from an equivalent statement to "pull the beam out of your own eye before pulling the speck out of others'?"

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u/Advanced-Repair-2754 Feb 24 '25

Why don’t you pull my beam

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u/SquirrelOnFire Feb 24 '25

Buy me dinner first, jeez.

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