He Didn’t Just Lie About Arizona: Calderon Fibbed About Assault Weapons, Too
Well, again you are letting “seeming” get in the way of reality and sentimentality trump a due regard for the rule of law.
First of all, I am not a Southerner.
Secondly, the brand of sympathy you want me to adopt would have me indulge the illegal immigrant at the expense of those who have to pay for his presence. Alas, sympathy is not a basis for deciding issues of law, for in the mind of any particular person, some people will always elicit more sympathy than others; such is the subjectivity of emotion.
Lastly, because I call a person a criminal does not necessarily mean that I hate him. It only means that I recognize that his behavior eats away at the social fabric of the nation. Like many “sympathetic” people, you wax quite arrogant in your presumption to know my motives. I suggest you reexamine your premises.
You also presume much when you assert what I want. The fact is I do want to subject employers who knowingly hire illegals to the full penalty of the law. And I certainly intend to vote for another brand of politician, one who won’t pussy-foot on this issue.
The truth is, we citizens of the United States are under no obligation to comfort people who enter the country illegally. Other people who have come to America wishing to become citizens have gone through the process of the law. To show the kind of sympathy you have in mind to illegals is manifestly to diminish sympathy for the efforts of the lawful. I sure as hell want to blame the corruption of the fascistic government of Mexico for hindering the citizens of that country from improving their own lives at home. But Mexico is a sovereign nation whose government would resent any reproach I should wish to set upon it. I am quite powerless to change what happens in Mexico. I am sure you agree that it would be wrong for me even to try.
