[Aedammair]

Eloquent and excellent post. I can't abide the hate all muslims all the time channel; I just can't. I rarely visit or post on those threads because they mostly sicken me. Today on an immigration thread someone actually used the phrase "OPERATION WETBACK" in a reply. There's no promise for, or heart in, a person whose distillation of the immigration issue is such. So dialogue is a waste of time and effort.

But I have a question to ask you. When you stated that some people needed to take a cold shower was that directed at me, and if so, why?

[Ohioan]

I assure you that my cold shower remark was not directed towards you. I tried to direct my response to "all," but the software being used, apparently rejects that now.

While I am in favor of very sharply curtailed immigration, I would agree with you that a tone of hatred towards others, adds nothing worthwhile to the debate. Indeed, it detracts from one's argument.

I think that some people vent their frustration with the way the Left has misdirected our values and priorities against those whom they see as the beneficiaries of the policies objected to. But the focus of the argument ought to be directed against those who mislead, and the discussion should be on the fallacies of their position.

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