Posted: 07 March 2020 at 10:38am | IP Logged | 3
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Well Matt, you seem to me to be a big part of the problem. Your opinion has clouded your ability to read what I have written apparently and instead of discussing it, you'd rather assume the worst and call me a piece of shit.
I have put an effort into reading about both sides of this story and come to my (current) opinion about it and stated why. But it seems that if I don't grab a pitchfork and agree with various labels and semantics, not to mention assigning me opinions I did not suggest, I'm a piece of shit.
I'm not lobbying for anyone to be hurt or defending a particular party for party's sake. I'm someone who was trying to look past the rhetoric and emotion and not rely on what one side screamed at the other.
The US government is keeping kids in cages? There's no defending that so I looked to see how bad it was. First thing I see is that one picture credited to this administration was actually from the previous administration. Then I see that the current, temporary holding areas labeled as cages are actually large areas with benches surrounded by chain link fence. Akin to a DMV with chain link as opposed to walls.
I fully expected to see scenes resembling the guy Rambo found in part two. Dirty, emaciated and crammed in a cage like a dog. Malnourished and tortured. Perhaps that is my fault but it sure seems like what is being implied by that side of the conversation.
Did the practice of separating children and their families not work? Obviously. This administration and the previous one both fell egregiously short in handling that, primarily in a lack of documentation which has led to difficulty in getting kids back to who they belong with.
Here's another article that talks about a popular photo of a kid in a cage. It was not as it appeared but many people ran with it. Which is what I'm trying to avoid. I agree that not every case has been handled ideally or even kindly but it isn't due to Trump being a monster. IMO, it's due to such a large number of people to deal with and a serious lack of resources and personnel.
Some kids are still being separated from their families but those are cases where the adults are suspected of criminal activity. Which relates to what I suggested before, that some of these people are trying to use their kids as get out of jail free cards.
Which is why I put the onus on those who are bringing those kids. This is not a simple situation and I don't deny that there has been some people mistreated. But both sides have been misleading or lied.
So, what is the answer for thousands of children who need to be processed? Where should they be kept while trying to find their relatives or guardians or sponsors? Do you separate boys from girls? Teens from toddlers? If so, how?
It doesn't make things easier for everyone when two of the most popular pictures about the situation both turned out to be false.
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