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originally posted by: ksiezyc
a reply to: MysticPearl
You didn't recognize the sarcasm?
The Skittles analogy fails because all asylum seekers are vetted before being accepted into the country as formal refugees.
originally posted by: carewemust
Obama wants to open America's arms to AT LEAST 10,000 Syrian refugees before September 30th. So far, we're up to 9,000 or so. He wants to allow 85,000 this year from several countries.
Story: www.washingtontimes.com...
Hillary wants to EXPAND Obama's Syrian refugee open door policy by 550%.
Source: www.breitbart.com... /
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
Where is the confusion?
If a bag of skittles has 10 poisonous..skittles, would you still take the bag
Same with refugee's
If 10000 Syrian refugees have 100 ISIS members, would you still take the refugee's ?
Should i explain it again ?
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Agit8dChop
People aren't skittles.
It is nothing more than an over simplified analogy for people to look at say how simple it is.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
Sounds like they are trying to save as many innocent Syrian lives as they can. I for one am brave enough to go along with that plan. Saving lives it's what real Americans are best at.
originally posted by: MongolianPaellaFish
The Skittles analogy fails because all asylum seekers are vetted before being accepted into the country as formal refugees.
This is like testing each individual Skittle for poison before eating any of them.
Trump Jr. has no idea what he's talking about.
originally posted by: AnkhMorpork
a reply to: stinkelbaum
I was just going to post this you beat me to it.
Here in Canada there's been no problems and the "Skittles" were very grateful for our Canadian hospitality.
I've been closely watching Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton's reaction and response to the weekend's events.
Donald Trump would in so many ways, let the terrorists win, and ruin the United States.
Racial profiling?
Trump could have handled this in a way that was Presidential, but he went straight for the fear and loathing card.
Here in Canada, we are proud for having received some of the Syrian Refugees, but I knew at the time that the US would have a hard time accepting any.
Now they are considered bad skittles by Bush Jr. Like father like son.
The Trump campaign is starting to make me very nervous for our friends and neighbors. At stake is the very thing that made America great to begin with.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
It's not the same. No one would take a bag with poison skittles. But these are not skittles we are talking about , they are human lives. Here is a better analogy. If you have 10 children and 1 of them is a terrorist, would you let all 10 children die or would you try and save them?
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Agit8dChop
People aren't skittles.
It is nothing more than an over simplified analogy for people to look at say how simple it is.
originally posted by: ksiezyc
a reply to: stinkelbaum
His post was great. It's a good comparison and a good question.
Thankfully my country of origin realizes this. So proud.
originally posted by: stinkelbaum
linky
changing tact from posting memes from neo-nazis, the donalds idiot son has decided to post what looks like an official poster comparing syrians to skittles.
'if i told you three skittles were poisoned would you take a handful?' being the puzzling question posed, followed by,
'thats our syrian refugee problem'.
nice to compare people fleeing a war torn country to sweeties and poison, his dad must be proud.
but,
is this in reaction to the somali guy who got stabby and shot?
or maybe the afghan who went mythbusters using pressure cookers to blow up, nothing?
what about the kid from new york?
so,
what's his problem with syrians?
america have taken around 3'000 syrian refugees, hardly a huge number.
thus far no skittles have been offended.
originally posted by: AnkhMorpork
a reply to: Zanti Misfit
I think it's just a cover for unapologetic racism and xenophobia intended to play on people's fears.
There's no indication that ISIS fighters and sympathizers are among the refugees and they have been and are well vetted.
It's just nonsense, and there's no basis in reason or logic to support the idea that in every handful of refugees are hidden terrorists.
It's just hyperbole and demagoguery, mixed with white American nationalism and racism, and a healthy dose of irrational fear.
Here in Canada, we've welcomed 30,647 refugees since November of last year.
www.cic.gc.ca...
The population of Canada is 35 million.
And I don't think we've had a single bad skittle yet.
These are refugees who's fled from ISIS. They are real people, not skittles.
You can't let a man with a knife or a few pressure cookers alter the nature of the American heart and soul, and start talking about racial profiling in the streets of America and the suspension of habeas corpus.
Imagine that you're an American Muslim who accidentally gives a donation to an organization that's found to have a fringe terrorist element in it, when all you're doing is trying to be helpful to your community, and then you end up tortured in Guantanamo Bay for providing material support to terrorism. That kind of thing could happen under a Trump Presidency.
Think twice before you buy into all the hype from the likes of Donald Trump and his sons. It's disgraceful, and it's un-American.