It is no surprise that the progressives are calling their opposition "racists". The age old tactic in shutting up an opponent while avoiding the issue is name calling. Instead of acknowledging the facts of the argument, they are doing everything in their power to avoid them.
There are a number of issues involved with the current push to defend the border of our country. The first and most obvious is that it is a "border". Being the outer edge of our country, it only stands to reason that our government should be enforcing the fact that there is a difference between our country and the countries to which it is connected.
There are significant social and economic aspects to border security. An open border, such as the one we now have, has contributed to serious criminal activities in both our country and Mexico. On our side, we have "illegals" (not undocumented workers, not immigrants) that are bringing violent crimes (rape, assault, kidnap, murder) and activities (drugs, prostitution, smuggling) into our country. (as if we didn't already have enough of that already) On their side, we have violent criminal enterprises built on the fact that we DO NOT secure our border.
Were the United States of America to have secured the borders after "Operation Wetback" (I didn't name it), the rampant criminal activities of human smuggling, kidnap, drugs, etc would have not been cultivated to the point that it is now. Of course those things would still exist, however, our government has created an environment where they will simply THRIVE.
More to the point of the accusations, defending the border is not racist simply because a progressive activist organization has deemed it as a way to avoid defending our country. For some reason, they think American's are stupid enough to think that if you are for securing the border, that you want to kill people from Mexico as part of some ethnic cleansing ritual.
The next time you hear a pundit cry racism, look at it differently. Instead of mindlessly agreeing with them, take a moment to wonder what issue they are really trying to avoid talking about.
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