I can totally see how Elsa’s story can be read as a queer allegory.

underrated post!

I washed out of the immigration system. Don’t count on getting to stay there; you won’t have significantly more guarantee than the people trying to make it here. I think this is a fight we have to win or lose here, on our own. If the US becomes genuinely unsafe for liberals, I don’t think Canada will be far enough to…

Give up and fuck off. You can think our fears aren’t warranted, but you don’t get to put words into our fucking mouths.

You’re full of shit. When we are talking about a phenomenon actually associated with fascist regimes (in this case, prison camps for people of a demographic the Man takes a dislike to), Godwin’s Law doesn’t apply. It’s completely legitimate for us to fear where this goes; we don’t have to wait to see the smoke from…

Wasn’t there a plea bargain involved? The sentence you’re thinking of is probably why he went quietly with something like this.

The Australians have been doing this on an island, and it’s been ugly.

I’m functionally anosmic, so I wouldn’t know. I can’t smell it if I leave the gas on. I can’t smell it if the cat pisses somewhere she shouldn’t. I make curry so strong I can’t digest it. And so on. I think it’s a major factor in why it doesn’t bother me.

Feline AIDS is a thing

The wealthy Gulf states absolutely deserve criticism, especially when if it weren’t for functionally enslaved migrant labor they’d desperately need people like these Syrians for a labor force.

8 out of tens of thousands isn’t even close to 1%. We’re talking a tenth of that at the most.

I don’t think you’re assessing the risk sensibly, with regards to the numbers involved. Your loved ones are at far more risk from drunk drivers, influenza, risks we daily treat as trivial. Why is this so special, so different, that it merits throwing a large number of desperate people under the bus?

This. Consider their interventions in just the last couple years in Mali, Ivory Coast and the Central African Republic. Not to mention the Napoleonic conquest of Europe, if you want to go further back.

Really, we just need to reinstate Reconstruction. The South ran great when Southern whites couldn’t vote and the Northern army was running the show.

There’s plenty of that in the US, too; this really is a huge country with lots of viewpoints and subcultures. Here in Minnesota we get a lot of refugees through the Lutheran churches; after the Catholics they’re probably the most organized outfit with regard to resettlement. It’s just the redneckiest places where…

Is my gif working??? Anyways, daaaamn!

Am I the only one to think that sandwich actually sounds kinda good? I’d be worried about it getting soggy, but with a drier curd type, it might be decent.

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Why there? Although I’ve heard similar things about rural Atlantic Canada; the men all move west to the oil sands.