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Right! Like I said what she did in the USA was minor. To force her back to her country is a crime.
I know you are angry. I am angry too. I am here for you to chew out lol.
My apologies if I misunderstood. I ask the posters directly because they are the ones who made the comments, and I am trying to get their meaning straight from the source. It is never a good idea to speak for others...you might find yourself in an uncomfortable situation by doing things like that.
We aren't going to have an influx of illegal aliens in drag unable to be shipped back home. Frankly it wouldn't bother me if that happened sometimes if it kept people from being tortured or returned to a place notorious for human right's violations.
And you think those people will listen? Like I said that person you replied to understood and admitted it.
So basically they are worried about guys like this?
So basically they are worried about guys like this?
Listen? To what? If someone comments on a thread, the rest of us have every right to respond to that. Why are we still having this discussion? I am addressing the person who made the callous remark
Had I seen such a thing, I would not have asked him/her the questions in the first place. Your personal assumptions about what he/she meant are not an acceptable alternative to hearing it from the actual person.
They have asserted, earlier in the thread (and so did the OP), that this incident will cause a flood of people pretending to be transgender and suffering torture as a ticket into the country.
They seemed to be saying people would fake being transgender after committing a crime that would normally see them returned because if they were transgender there was a chance of torture.
I think what most people were worried about was having everyone that was going to be deported suddenly "discover" they were transgender and claim asylum
For the record I appreciate that you tried to show someone may have said something that was being perceived in the wrong way, and that they may have recanted
and that they may have recanted (I'm too lazy to hunt through the thread
I think most reasonable people wouldn't want to see someone shipped back to a place where they had been tortured.
a reply to: tigertatzen
They have asserted, earlier in the thread (and so did the OP), that this incident will cause a flood of people pretending to be transgender and suffering torture as a ticket into the country.
No. This is about people already in the country.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said on "Fox and Friends Weekend" that this is an ideological decision that's not actually based on U.S. immigration law.
"It's just another reason for more illegal aliens to come in and claim this type of protection," Fitton said.
I think what most people were worried about was having everyone that was going to be deported suddenly "discover" they were transgender and claim asylum because their home country treats transgender folks poorly in prison/general. If that were the case, I can understand the concern, and I would think actual transgender folks would hate that sort of thing too since it would further the narrative of a transgender person being a man in a dress.
The transgender populace are not just men wearing dresses...in fact, as has been stated repeatedly here, fashion choice has nothing to do with gender reassignment.
a reply to: tigertatzen
I think you need to take a break. I get that being transgender makes this sort of thread more emotional for you, but you seem to be completely misunderstanding the tone of a number of posts.
The transgender populace are not just men wearing dresses...in fact, as has been stated repeatedly here, fashion choice has nothing to do with gender reassignment.
This is a little example. I said that transgender people would be upset because this would further the narrative of a trans* person just being a man in a dress, something that is false and detrimental to your acceptance.
I agree with you, but you seem incapable of actually understanding what people are saying to you.
I don't think you really have to worry about the influx of illegals because of this. It's hard to pretend to be a transgender person, don't you think? That's what many posters here have been trying to say.
It is also what I have been saying. Their concern is silly and completely unfounded. Which is exactly what I was addressing in the first place.