ancestors weren’t allowed to come to this country because of rules and
regulations none of us would be here today.
First off let’s address the idea that we wouldn’t like “zombies”
taking our jobs. In case none has noticed, immigration benefits the economy of
the United States. Low paying jobs that most of us Americans refuse to do,
allow many immigrants employment. Not only are they doing jobs that seem less appeasing
but they also keep many companies thriving because of strict tax and insurance
laws that can be avoided. Twenty five percent of patents in 2005 have an
immigrant as one of the inventors. This also means that immigrants are helping
the nation become more creative.
In this editorial Dean also complains about “zombies being
covered under Obama care. Well if immigrants are subjected into paying for
social security along with federal and state taxes, not to mention they can
never claim any of this money back because they are illegal, they reduce the
tax pressure put on native born Americans. I know each state is different but
most states with a high population of illegal immigrants usually see this
within the tax revenue.
Dean also talks about Immigrants having to force us to learn
“Rosetta Stone”. This again is ridiculous because immigrants come from every
part of the world. Different people create different ideas about life not to mention
the history that each culture provides about human nature. Different people
help us learn about different food, different people, and different religions.Even though diversity may cause conflict between the older generations. Our
children will be much more educated about the different people of the world. If
national peace is something we Americans strive for, handling legal and illegal
immigration with respect is definitely a step in the right direction. I’m sure
Dean’s last name has some form of immigration behind it.
Ok, so a few issues with Ever Changing Civility's post (http://socratesbuildingblocks.blogspot.com/), and I'll try to keep this gentle and draw as little blood as possible. Do note, that I enjoy playing something of a Devli's Advocate, and while I may not agree with the side I happen to be advocating for, its fun to do so. Though the parallels in this writing were clear, the humor behind it clearly missed its mark. You may not be in his target audience. (Side note: nothing is offlimits to comedians.)
ReplyDeleteTo start with, I don't think I'd call an article by a political comedian an editorial, atleast not a factual one, and always take a comedian's words with a grain of salt. Sure, you can have an editorial with humor in it, but that's not this. There are, ofcourse, parallels with the United States' issue with immigrants and immigration, most notably, of the illegal variety. That's quite clear, which makes it funny and makes you roll your eyes at all the right moments. Still, comedians are very tongue-in-cheek and in your face. In some cases, they don't even believe what they're joking about. Given the Editor's Note near the top of the article, it's clear that CNN is attempting to make sure that people reading it are aware its written by a comedian as well.
I also wouldn't consider it blatant racism, given they're talking about -Zombies-. I don't care how many parallels are being drawn to the current state of affairs in the real world. He's still talking about zombies. Brain eating, undead, shambling zombies. You can't be racist against zombies.
I'm sure if, by some amazing feat of timewarp-mojo, and immigration rules and regulations were as strict (or stricter, as some would like) than as they are now, yea, we wouldn't be here. Do you know who would most likely be here though? The people that our forebearers killed through disease, and famine, and war, shoving them onto tracts of land barely large enough to accomodate them. Would that be such a bad thing?
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Zomg, they're stealing mah jerbz! Meme. Couldn't help it, sorry. The trouble with this is that, while they may work jobs that are "less appeasing", the jobs are still ones that non-immigrants would work, however since we typically demand more money for our time, these jobs go to the immigrants who work for less. I think I need to steal some rose colored glasses here, because any company that hires immigrants soley to avoid certain laws and increase their profit margin can curl up in a deep dark tunnel and never crawl out. Actually, I'd gladly bury the tunnel behind them. They treat their workers like crap, don't give anything back, and use it all to line their pockets.
ReplyDeleteAnd how does one figure that the taxes pulled out from an illegal immigrants pay check (this is, ofcourse assuming that they're not being paid "under the table" or "off the books", neither of which taxes are taken out of because the government doesn't know about it to tax it) ease the pressure on those that are naturalized and native? This country's deficit is too large for that, and if it really eased the pressure, we wouldn't be getting taxed out our ears everytime we wanted a snickers bar. Nor would there always be talk of raising taxes.
And a misquote on Dean here. Dean said he hoped the Rosetta Stone would teach "zombie" as we'd need it. Good news, Rosetta Stone already teaches so many of the languages present in the world, I don't think they'll have to worry about "zombie" anytime soon. Don't forget that history is written by the victors, and Americans have a way of forcing their views onto others. We may not realize it, but really, we give some places no choice in the matter.
Overall, its clear that you're passionate about immigration laws, and (not completely unrelated) rascism. The few grammatical and spelling errors don't detract from the post as a whole. But there are pros and cons to each side of a debate, it may help to address both and add a weight to them. "Yea, this is a good thing about that side of the stree, but there's this over here, and its so much better because of this thing here." You don't want to completely alienate the other side, or a compromise will never be reached.
And unless you can get the joke and the humor behind a comedian's work, your response may miss the mark just as much as his humor did for you. ^.~