Professor installs seesaws across US-Mexico border to form connection 'on both sides'

The Hill ^ | 30th July 2019 | The Hill

[Ennis85]

A pair of college professors have built pink seesaws to place across the U.S.-Mexico border in order for people “on both sides” to draw a connection with each other.

Ronald Rael of the University of California, Berkeley, and Virginia San Fratello of San José State University — who initially designed the fulcrum in 2009 — teamed up to create the fluorescent pink seesaws.

Rael posted photos and a video of kids swinging up and down on the toys on both sides of the border wall in an event he said generated “joy, excitement and togetherness” at the divide.

“The wall became a literal fulcrum for U.S. — Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side,” Rael wrote in the post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0fY2R6hfKr/

The post has received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, with users praising the professors for their idea.

“Beautiful. Bringing people together even though they're kept apart. ❤️” one user wrote.

“Interconnections over divisions,” another commented.

The U.S.-Mexico border has served as a focal point since President Trump’s 2016 campaign when he promised to “build a wall” between the two nations and secure America’s borders.

During his White House tenure, Trump and his administration have continued to focus on the issue, coming under fire from critics for a number of hard-line immigration policies and for the conditions of migrant detention facilities near the border.

The Supreme Court last week ruled that the Trump administration could start using $2.5 million in military funds to construct a wall on the southern border.

[BenLurkin]

loons

[ealgeone]

I guess phd does stand for piled higher and deeper.

[z3n]

These are our “intellectuals”

[lee martell]

Please tell me this is just a joke or satire!
Nowadays, the cap is off the bottle for knowing what’s real.

[Huskrrrr]

How about we place a street lamp at the border, with a drug dealer and underage prostitute standing under it?

[yldstrk]

genius (not)

[Telepathic Intruder]

That will give MS-13 something to do other than raping and killing Americans.

[rktman]

Why not rainbowed teeter totters? They have something against gay folks?

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Prolly got a NEH grant for this crap.

[gunsequalfreedom]

That is a pretty dynamic video.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

In the video, it looks like Mexicans on both sides of the wall are using them.

[lightman]

Pink?

Not rainbow striped?

How homophobic of them! /s

[Hieronymus]

If someone gets hurt on the equipment, who gets sued?

And who is qualified to certify the equipment on both sides of the border simultaneously?

If someone in the U.S. jumps off quickly, causing someone in Mexico to break an ankle, can they sue the publicity seekers in the U.S. who thought that confusing jurisdictions would be a good thing?

[zlala]

I didn’t see any kids on the U.S. side. - Yes apparently I’m racist b/c I presume it’s the U.S. side - all the light skinned people. One again altered news, to create the outcome they want. If it’s partly true, doesn’t matter if the rest is true. 🙄

[gibsonguy]

Cute. If was found out the Hispanic vote broke 60-40 for the GOP this fool would be demanding the wall.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Berkeley. Isn’t that the place where both weed and ‘shrooms are not just legal, but their usage is a requirement?

[bgill]

What government grant, aka my tax dollars, was used for this sham?

[VietVet876]

We need some large trebuchets installed just on our side and aimed south. You cross illegally and you are immediately zip-tied and flung back the way you came. The ultimate E-Ticket ride, maricon.

[TXnMA]

The libfool way: Symbolism over Substance ...

"Symbolism will be their downfall." (I read that somewhere...)

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Observe the video -- and analyze:

• The ratio of trash on the Mexican side vs the U.S. side

• Compare crowd size on the two sides

• Kids on the seesaws -- on the Mex side

• Only a handful (libtard, wetback) Adults -- on the US side

• Look at who "puts on a show" of playing on the US side...

• How long before the adults tire of "Virtue Signaling" -- leaving the kids on the ground?

• How long before the [unused and useless] "seesaws" are stolen?

• On which side of the border will the entire dumb@$$3d project wind up?

• How far above body temperature (C) is the mean IQ of the "Professsors" who spent time and money on this display of stupidity?

SMH.... :-{

TXnMA