Not to mention the people who do the applications take MONTHS. And forget trying to call them, you’ll be on hold for 2 hours. I finally wrote a long rant to my senator complaining about how stupid the process is for people who are trying to come in legally. The whole thing is a cluster.
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Oh god, we just did all that + the conditional stuff. Good luck. If y’all get through this together, you can get through most things.
My husband is an immigrant from Canada and the process to get him here took over a year and cost thousands of dollars. On top of proving that our marriage was real, I had to prove that I could afford to have him here and that he wouldn’t go on public assistance. We’re now getting ready to remove his conditional status…
Yeah. It would easier just to apply as a student to a college.
The United States also has the most lax immigration standards of pretty much any nation with an economy to speak of.
You let me know how well using violence against these animals goes. Dylan Roof tried to start a race war by murdering those nine churchgoers. He didn’t succeed, NOT because people weren’t and aren’t outraged, but because we all have better selves that we have chosen to be.
Um, why would you be having dinner with Nazis?
Hand holding? Where did I advocate that?
I don’t think you can say that the only thing that’s changed is that he’s scared. I worry about escalating violence with this pack of racist fucks, and defensiveness and fear is our worst enemy with these people. We cannot win the fight their way. They have no moral center and will burn the world to the ground in…
I fundamentally disagree with the notion that this in any way makes progress on anything. Richard Spencer and his followers now have their hackles up and are already prone to violent rhetoric and behavior. I don’t believe this does anything but convince them the race war they believe in is closer than ever. I believe…
If someone insults you with words, and you resort to violence? Really?
Here’s a guy who’s managed to talk at least a few people out of their racism. He may not be perfect, but he’s not walking around punching people in the face.
Only in self defense.
I’m not advocating treating it like another idea at the table, I’m advocating being better people than they are every single time. You don’t win by becoming like them.
Yep. And yet, the Civil Rights Act was passed. Had there been years of returned violence on the part of black people, how do you think that would have played out?
You’re not alone, I think many people agree that it is always wrong to use violence. I think it is also tactically wrong to use violence, because now this jerk can make himself a victim (you just know he is going to act like he was hoisted up on a cross).
Yeah, the New York Times ran a piece on how funny it was that all the poor, suffering menfolk in Montclair had to take care of the children for one entire day all by themselves! One fellow even had to miss the game! These are crazy times we’re living in when it’s the women who go off and do the protesting!
It’s weird to feel alone in saying that punching people is wrong, always.