I'm not afraid of terrorism, are you?

[henryp]

Refugees are -fleeing- a shitty situation, not looking to create one.  A terrorist will get into this country no matter -what- you do...and tbh I don't know why we fear foreign terrorists entirely out of proportion to their contribution.  Americans have committed more acts of terrorism on american soil, and taken more american lives.  It's not even close, and it never has been.....even -since- 9/11 it's 2/1.

Right wing anti government loons and racists are what we ought to be quivering about.  They're who we ought to be "doing something" about.  They're who we ought to be "looking into".  They're who the media should be running non-stop exposes on.   They're already here, they;ve always been here, already doing shitty things...they're better at it, and always have been, than the current boogeymen.  But no, no.....let's implicate refugees....victims.  Let's be afraid of that.  That's where the danger is...........that's the face of evil.  

Whatever happened to giving us your tired, your poor, your hungry?  What kind of america are we seeking to defend by pointing the fickle finger, and centering our irrational fears around refugees ?

I think "Give us your tired, your poor, your hungry" is outdated like most of the things from horsey riding days.  The US has all the tired, poor, and hungry it needs.  Back when we were filling up the country, and building the infrastructure, and getting the industrial revolution going.  Sure.  Send us a bunch of people, we'll hook them up with crazy difficult/dangerous jobs building a railroad 14 hours a day or working in a mine, and in exchange, they can start a little life here.  

Those days are gone, and then some. 

As for foreign terrorists fears.  It's not fears, it's practicality.  Germany just had a refugee go bonkers 1 day ago.  Why take the risk?  It's like picking up hitchhikers.  And of course, keep an eye on anti-government loons.  I assume/hope they are being watched.  And it'll be easier to do, when the govt doesn't have to split up resources keep an eye on a bunch of refugees as well.  Alas, those crazy right-wing folks are our loons, and I don't think other countries will let us deport them to their land.