politics

i think it’s masterful distraction strategy that we’re discussing immigrants in Ohio eating pets as some abstract definition of racism instead of focusing on the *actual* issues caused by an unchecked border (national security and debt, employment, healthcare), and i think we’re all foolish to be falling for it.

I think the ‘Haitians are eating house pets’ lie is racist. Idk if it’s abstract - we don’t have any evidence it happened, there’s no obvious connection between missing pets & “ethnic minority population that lives nearby” is there ambiguity here I’m missing? 

This discussion does distract from policy debates. So are we meant to respond to “Haitians are eating house pets” with policy questions? 

Would love to hear people’s thoughts

yes, i think a perfectly reasonable and productive reaction would be: 

"hey, my read is that you're connecting this bad thing [pet eating] with immigration [haitian immigrants]. why don't we talk about immigration policy and dive into our respective views on it instead?"

don't know why that's controversial

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If someone considers immigration a non-issue, why would they elevate racists and expect to have a good-faith debate with them about it?