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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is horrible.

Also, https://www.abc4.com/news/southern-utah/st-george-man-arrested-as-suspect-in-his-wifes-death/

Police found Niki A. Sampson, 47, dead inside the home. Police said that the circumstances around her death were suspicious and upon further investigation, her husband, 59 year old Eric L. Sampson, notorious American and social security card-carrying U.S. citizen, was identified as a suspect and arrested.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

where did the "notorious American and social security card-carrying U.S. citizen" part come from? It doesn't seem like a phrase that would be in an NBC article.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See, I added that part as absurdist contrast to the sensational and terrifying news coverage of immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your straw man omitts one critical point, illegal aliens can't commit crimes if they are not here to commit crimes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Irrelevant. The issue here is the flaw in your thinking: you have been conditioned to believe that every desperate person who crosses that border illegally is a murderer, a rapist, an arsonist, a thief, a drug dealer, etc. You have been conditioned to think this way by a constant stream of propaganda.

undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of felony offenses. Relative to undocumented immigrants, US-born citizens are over 2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over 4 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2014704117

If someone believes that a person who crosses the border without authorization is by definition a criminal and is subject to consequences, that would be understandable if they weren't also planning to vote a convicted felon into the Whitehouse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Irrelevant. The issue here is the flaw in your thinking: you have been conditioned to believe that every desperate person who crosses that border illegally is a murderer, a rapist, an arsonist, a thief, a drug dealer, etc. You have been conditioned to think this way by a constant stream of propaganda.

It relivent, illegal alien crime can be prevented by not letting illegal aliens in the country. It doesn't even matter if the debunked stats are true those crimes could be stopped.

https://cis.org/Report/Misuse-Texas-Data-Understates-Illegal-Immigrant-Criminality

https://cis.org/Report/Misuse-Texas-Data-Understates-Illegal-Immigrant-Criminality

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/staggering-75-percent-of-all-ny-arrests-in-midtown-are-migrants-police-sources-estimate/ar-AA1pV5Hv

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/non-citizens-account-64-percent-all-federal-arrests-justice-department-n1045286

If someone believes that a person who crosses the border without authorization is by definition a criminal and is subject to consequences, that would be understandable if they weren’t also planning to vote a convicted felon into the Whitehouse.

You really should get your TDS looked at before it becomes more debilitating.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You really should get your TDS looked at before it becomes more debilitating

That's all you got? People so concerned with crime are voting for a criminal, and all you can say is "TDS"! That must be how you deal with your cognitive dissonance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Be honest what's the longest you can go without thinking about Trump?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes let's be honest. Your concern for immigration is really just a cover for your racism, isn't it? Yeah I thought so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The old liberal playbook, anyone who disagrees is racists.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nothing in the article states Sampson was a citizen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The user you replied to is trying to draw a false equivalency by posting a different article. He must be upset that someone who was previously deported, and thereby committing a federal felony by returning, had his criminal history mentioned in a crime report.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I found it odd that they posted an unrelated article, lied about it, and then went on some illogical tangent.

It is concerning when illegal aliens commit crimes against people in this country. Our government should protect us from people who shouldn't be here. The crime would not have been committed if this person had not been here illegally.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"lied about it" is a bit dramatic. I wasn't sure and confirmed that it was to draw a contrast between the hyperventilating "omg an immigrant" reporting you prefer and articles about regular ol' Americans killing people. It's normal for conservatives to see things in drastic black & white, though, so not surprising that was your reaction.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article doesn't state what he claims it states. That is a lie.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I just directly addressed that. So did the person you're referring to, in a reply to me. I wasn't sure what he meant so I asked about it.

I understand rhetorical devices are difficult for some people. Calling it a "lie" is like someone watching Monty Python and not understanding sarcasm. It reminds me of trying to explain things like that to kids in 4th grade. What they said, if you can't read it yourself for some reason, was

See, I added that part as absurdist contrast to the sensational and terrifying news coverage of immigrants.

If you can find any information that demonstrates that "Eric L. Sampson" is in fact not a natural born US Citizen, that would be informative. As it is, it's reasonable to assume that he in fact is and this non-literal reference was totally lost on you. Are you a native English speaker?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you intentionally tell a a falsehood. It’s a lie.

It’s not my burden of proof. I didn’t make the claim.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

so essentially "I'm a complete moron who can't handle discussions. I participate only in bad faith, or I have an iq of about 85". Ok. You don'tt sound remotely Texan, btw, except for your "views". I know texans and you do not seem like a Texan. You're very generic. Getting indicted soon?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

A swing and a miss. No, that's not why I'm upset.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gosh it doesn't? But what if there were a series of news articles with headlines like "American rapes nun" or U.S. citizen stomps puppies to death" or "American-born killer shoots girlscout, steals cookies" and this goes on for years, and people post these headlines in political discussion forums even tho individually they don't seem to be about political issues?

Then you would think there was an attempt to plant the idea that Americans are mostly lawless violent criminals, wouldn't you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

For some reason "immigrant assaults woman" is 'conservative' news, but "alabama pastor molests 10 kids" doesn't garner a mention. I wonder what that means, could it be that it's an anti-immigrant agenda and nothing to do with protecting innocent people?