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Of little faith; Editorial; Beaver County Times; March 14, 2010.
Other than rearranging the words a bit, this editorial expresses the same sentiment as previous editorials on this topic.
Unchanged, however, is the Times tactic of claiming a person opposes immigration if he simply opposes illegal immigration. You know, supporting the rule of law, something a recent editorial claimed to support. People who use this tactic do so when they know they’re on shaky ground and thus don’t want to engage in a legitimate debate of the issue. By portraying a position as illegitimate, these folks believe it justifies name-calling, et cetera. Another example issue is embryonic stem cell research. You may recall from previous editorials if you have an issue with embryonic stem cell research because it destroys human embryos, but you fully support adult stem cell research, the Times still deems you oppose stem cell research.
Among previous editorials on this topic are “Stoop labor,” “American dreamers,” “A connection,” “Why the fuss?,” “Return of the nativists,” “Puzzling,” “Have faith,” and “New wave.”
There is one difference between this editorial and the previous offerings. This time the author forgot the obligatory “right-wing” bashing, as if only we on the right want our immigration laws obeyed. Remember, when amnesty for illegal aliens came up in 2007, Democrats held the majority in both houses of Congress and President Bush [as well as future Republican nominee for President, Sen. John McCain (AZ)] supported the so-called “comprehensive immigration reform” effort. If enforcing immigration laws were a “right-wing” issue, “comprehensive immigration reform” would have passed Congress easily; instead it failed.
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