I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran

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I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran

Samjag904
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01-29-2017, 05:52 PM

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He began to get death threats. 1978 Iran, from what he has told me, was a powder-keg. A populist powder-keg. People in Iran were [BAD WORD REMOVED] off. Mostly because they felt they were being over-run by outsiders. They felt that they were losing their identity. They hated the fact that the West was coming in and taking the country in a direction they felt was foreign. Protests were rampant. And the protesters wanted to ensure Iran would remain for Iranians. The protesters also were able to co-opt the highly religious within the country. The protesters made a strong push that Western ideology was against the teachings of God. They changed the minds of the religous to view anyone that was pro Western capitalism and neo-liberalism as being anti-religious.

I empathize with your story but I have a few reservations. American culture as we knew it for most of the 20th Century is something worth preserving. In terms of culture, we are committing demographic suicide. Assimilating in new immigrants is a little bit like cooking. When it says to mix an ingredient gradually and stir, you gotta do that and not just dump it all in and toss it in the oven--a big chunk of unassimilated Jello powder isn't good for anyone. In the past, we had immigration but it would happen then stop for a while and the people would eventually start reaching an equilibrium.

Let's be candid here, this doesn't apply to all Muslims by any means, but Islam has bloody borders and it always has. Wherever you see Islam interacting with another group of people, you get trouble like Sudan, the Balkans, India, Israel, and now Europe. With a nice slow immigration of people like your parents, it works out pretty well generally, they blend in, they add a lot to the USA and we are happy to have them, but when you have a massive influx of people, you don't get that mixing, you get no-go zones, and insulated communities where outsiders are not welcome.

Right now it is pretty obvious that we cannot properly screen all of these people as non-ISIS types. We need to pause our immigration for a bit until we can do this properly and do it for the benefit of our country. It makes no sense that a country should admit foreigners against its own interests and this crying over us pausing immigration from dangerous places is a rather entitled mindset. The USA should act on the behalf and interests of Americans, not the entitled whims of people overseas.

Calling Deshawn Watson a future bust since 3/19/17. If I eat crow, I will keep this in here and proclaim JackCity a genius.

Messages In This Thread

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by The_Anchorman - 01-29-2017, 05:18 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 05:37 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jerrad - 01-29-2017, 05:46 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-29-2017, 05:47 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Samjag904 - 01-29-2017, 05:52 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-29-2017, 05:54 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-29-2017, 06:19 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-29-2017, 06:21 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-29-2017, 06:30 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 01-29-2017, 06:38 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-29-2017, 06:48 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 06:52 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 06:58 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-29-2017, 07:02 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-29-2017, 07:04 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-29-2017, 07:47 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Samjag904 - 01-29-2017, 07:55 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Solid Snake - 01-29-2017, 08:11 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Samjag904 - 01-29-2017, 08:18 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-29-2017, 08:20 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 09:00 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 01-29-2017, 09:17 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by StroudCrowd1 - 01-29-2017, 09:36 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by I am Yoda - 01-29-2017, 10:05 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 10:29 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by I am Yoda - 01-29-2017, 10:30 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 10:49 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 10:56 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 10:59 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-29-2017, 11:05 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by I am Yoda - 01-29-2017, 11:05 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-29-2017, 11:06 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 11:10 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 11:23 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 11:24 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 11:25 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Bchbunnie4 - 01-29-2017, 11:37 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-29-2017, 11:40 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 11:41 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 01-29-2017, 11:43 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 01-30-2017, 07:29 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 01-30-2017, 07:30 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 01-30-2017, 07:32 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Dumptruck - 01-30-2017, 09:08 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Solid Snake - 01-30-2017, 09:52 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jaguar Warrior - 01-30-2017, 09:53 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by pirkster - 01-30-2017, 10:10 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Dumptruck - 01-30-2017, 10:12 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-30-2017, 10:23 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Indy2Jax - 01-30-2017, 10:42 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by StroudCrowd1 - 01-30-2017, 10:47 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by The Real Marty - 01-30-2017, 11:04 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Dumptruck - 01-30-2017, 11:08 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-30-2017, 11:11 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Solid Snake - 01-30-2017, 11:14 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by The Real Marty - 01-30-2017, 11:16 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jaguar Warrior - 01-30-2017, 11:21 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-30-2017, 11:36 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by pirkster - 01-30-2017, 11:41 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-30-2017, 11:45 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jaguar Warrior - 01-30-2017, 12:03 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by flsprtsgod - 01-30-2017, 11:13 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-31-2017, 10:42 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by flsprtsgod - 01-31-2017, 11:05 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by pirkster - 01-31-2017, 11:12 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by rollerjag - 01-31-2017, 11:18 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by WingerDinger - 01-31-2017, 11:29 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-31-2017, 12:16 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Cleatwood - 01-31-2017, 12:18 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-31-2017, 12:40 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-31-2017, 03:05 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Byron LeftTown - 01-31-2017, 03:41 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-31-2017, 05:58 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by B2hibry - 01-31-2017, 06:02 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-31-2017, 06:33 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jerrad - 01-31-2017, 06:35 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by anonymous2112 - 01-31-2017, 08:09 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jagibelieve - 01-31-2017, 08:16 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by pirkster - 01-31-2017, 08:16 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by MalabarJag - 01-31-2017, 08:53 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by rollerjag - 01-31-2017, 11:50 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by StroudCrowd1 - 01-31-2017, 11:53 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by WingerDinger - 02-01-2017, 12:42 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by pirkster - 02-01-2017, 07:47 AM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 02-01-2017, 12:23 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jamies_fried_chicken - 02-01-2017, 12:26 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by jj82284 - 02-01-2017, 12:30 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Jerrad - 02-01-2017, 07:13 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by Dakota - 02-02-2017, 03:38 PM

I am a United States Citizen, My Mother and Father were Refugees from Iran - by superfan32 - 02-02-2017, 03:47 PM

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