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0 pointsreliabilityguy1mo ago0 comments

Why? Immigrants cannot commit crimes?

This kind of logic does more disservice than people realize. You can combat bigotry towards immigrants (issue #1), without covering up for criminal immigrants (issue #2) in fear of increase of issue #1 among the natives. It only brings up more resentment and bigotry.

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notahacker1mo ago

You can also insinuate that decisions completely unrelated to immigrants (issue #3) are a coverup to "protect immigrants" in order to use the popularity of bigotry towards immigrants (issue #1) to make the issue salient to bigots that have literally no interest in the rights or wrongs of third party court databases, which anyone with the slightest level of political understanding can see is going on here.

reliabilityguyOP1mo ago

> make the issue salient to bigots that have

That’s why the government should be transparent.

pjc501mo ago

Crimes are committed by individuals. "Immigrants" is a group.

Prosecution of sexual assault is often handled extremely badly. It needs to be done better, without fear or favor, including people who are friends with the police or in positions of power. As we're seeing the fallout of the Epstein files.

blell1mo ago

Immigration policy is one of the most important things people vote for in an election. We need transparent crime data so we can make an informed vote.

hackable_sand1mo ago

Immigration policy has nothing to do with crime

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Steve163841mo ago

Imho it's only "important" because the media make such a big thing of migrants being the cause of all our ills.

gib4441mo ago

Oh, it's "nothing to see here" bingo time?:

- Policing language to distract from the topic.

- Trying to claim things are just a series of isolated incidents with absolutely nothing in common

- Claiming there are wider problems (that should be addressed in a manner that would take years and isn't even defined well enough to claim measure as being "better")

reliabilityguyOP1mo ago

> Crimes are committed by individuals. "Immigrants" is a group.

Great. How does it change the substance of my comment?

Perhaps, instead of arguing about whether “immigrants” is always a group as a collective, or a certain number of individuals acting together, you would focus on the high level implications of government’s action or inaction?

What do Epstein files have to do with anything right now? Stop shifting the goal posts.

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notahacker1mo ago

reliabilityguyOP1mo ago

> make the issue salient to bigots that have

That’s why the government should be transparent.

pjc501mo ago

Crimes are committed by individuals. "Immigrants" is a group.

blell1mo ago

Immigration policy is one of the most important things people vote for in an election. We need transparent crime data so we can make an informed vote.

hackable_sand1mo ago

Immigration policy has nothing to do with crime

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Steve163841mo ago

Imho it's only "important" because the media make such a big thing of migrants being the cause of all our ills.

gib4441mo ago

Oh, it's "nothing to see here" bingo time?:

- Policing language to distract from the topic.

- Trying to claim things are just a series of isolated incidents with absolutely nothing in common

- Claiming there are wider problems (that should be addressed in a manner that would take years and isn't even defined well enough to claim measure as being "better")

reliabilityguyOP1mo ago

> Crimes are committed by individuals. "Immigrants" is a group.

Great. How does it change the substance of my comment?

What do Epstein files have to do with anything right now? Stop shifting the goal posts.

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