RE: EU official's daughter raped and murdered by "refugee"
December 8, 2016 at 11:56 am
(This post was last modified: December 8, 2016 at 12:04 pm by John V.)
(December 8, 2016 at 9:09 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: When did it happen? when was it suddenly ok to be a selfish arsehole in the US, to be able to watch the suffering of the world and say "I'm ok you can just suffer". There seems to be a growing demographic over here as well, typified by the UKIP voters. But in America being a selfish arsehole seems to be a brand of pride.
We are in the bad version of the star trek universe and that started with Trump.
Its a turning point in history, we will look back and say that's when it all went down the shitter.
Seriously? Others, and a lot of lefty Americans, have been saying Ameirca is full of stupid assholes for as long as I've been here, and for years on other sites before that. A lot of us are tired of hearing it, and yes, we're becoming isolationists.
(December 8, 2016 at 11:55 am)Rhythm Wrote: The boston marathon and 9/11 are included in the fbis stats on terror attacks. It's still less than 1% of all terror attacks, and similar fraction of lives lost. No one's talking about taking care of the rest of the world. We're talking about acceptng refugees that we are in an almost unique position to help. For once, they high skilled refugees from a previously modern state, even.....bonus.
Don't rely on statistics. Pick a rare disease, and statistically, I'm not going to die from it. Yet, some people will, and we try to prevent even those deaths. People aren't going to listen to statistical arguments on this subject. You should know that.
(December 8, 2016 at 9:20 am)Rhythm Wrote: IDK man, it really does hurt to see it. It's not my america. We're supposed to be big-hearted and welcoming. Tons of other shit too, not all of it remotely pleasant.....but big-hearted and welcoming. Hell, that used to be a fairly common global view of americans. Maybe people go tired of trying to be better versions of themselves, of doing their level best to live up to the american ideal, lol? They're just letting it all hang out...it's trumps america now, after all.
Oh please, as noted above, much of the rest of the world, and a lot of the left in our own country, have been calling us selfish assholes for as long as I can remember. It's only now that we talk about isolationism that those people pretend like they considered us big-hearted and welcoming.
