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joshcryer

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13. It's an appeal to emotion in both cases.

Reply to WilmywoodNCparalegal (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 10:33 PM

Mar 2016

Only there's little compassion for some IT person coming here and undercutting wages. For the same reason people buy tomatoes picked by Mexicans and yet disparage them at every chance.

Disconnect, lack of empathy, caring, etc.

Of course, Trump is appealing to a nationalist tendency.

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In GOP debate tonight Trump wants to do away with H1B visas. [View all] valerief Mar 2016 OP

So much for that big beautiful door in that great big wall. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #1

Yeah. Once the site is infested with these termites, they eat the whole structure. nt valerief Mar 2016 #2

Termites????? Over half of all H-1B legal immigrants end WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2016 #3

site. site. site. site. site. site. site. valerief Mar 2016 #4

It's an appeal to emotion in both cases. joshcryer Mar 2016 #13

BTW, I misread your post. You mean Trump's wall. I was thinking you meant this site. nt valerief Mar 2016 #6

No worries, I go off half-cocked often enough that I give my fellow DUers wide latitude. Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #7

Thanks. I've calmed down. I usually shrug stuff off here. valerief Mar 2016 #8

It's a complex issue. We have people on both sides of the question Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #11

I worked in a huge corporation that laid off IT workers and replaced them valerief Mar 2016 #12

He's saying this to cause schisms within our party. LittleBlue Mar 2016 #5

Good point. I'm not getting Trump Fever, that's for sure. I trust NO GOP candidate valerief Mar 2016 #9

Same for me. Would rather die than cast a vote for that party LittleBlue Mar 2016 #10