11-12-2019, 07:49 PM
(11-12-2019, 04:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Stepping back into my own shoes I don't, for a second, believe that racism is the primary motivation of the vast majority of people opposed to DACA.
The DACA debate is just an extension of the general "immigration" debates for 95% of the population. They will line up on the same side of both.
And the strongest opponents of immigration always seem to play the racism angle when motivating their base. Listen to Tucker Carlson and pay attention to how often he uses the phrase "preserving western culture". Trump and FoxNews tried hard to sell the "lazy/criminal/dirty/diseased/drugged" stereotype of Mexican immigrants. So why play so hard on racism if that is not the key issue to move their base?
To some people it sounds good to say "I am not racist at all. I just want to preserve western culture in the United States."
