Offer something other than slippery slopes and reductio ad absurdum. You have a border. You had a border. You're overreacting out of fear.
As for those values, remember that they include but aren't limited to.
Reagan wasn't wrong.
We also have values enshrined on the Statue of Liberty.
Quote:
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
|
Our capacity to assimilate, grow and lead is still there. Republicans used to understand what that meant. To respect freedom and creativity. And to roll up our sleeves and do the hard work and be the example.
When Petro is the better Christian and sounds more like Reagan than we do, you know Trump's lost the plot and you've lost your way.
Don't care for Reagan? How about Franklin?
Quote:
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
|
Let's see how deep your knowledge goes regarding the context of that quote and how it applies in common parlance vs the original situation that led to its creation