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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,786 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:08 PM Jan 2017

Could you imagine if the Soviet Union demanded we pay for the Berlin Wall ? [View all]

Neither could I.

BTW, does it bother you as much as me that Trump is bullying a much weaker nation?

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One prominent Mexican has responded. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #1
Do you know what the Berlin wall was? It wasn't like your fence, it was a prison wall to enslave braddy Jan 2017 #2
The Berlin Wall was built to keep people in. Trump's Wall is to keep people out. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #3
There is a huge difference between a border wall, and a prison wall, you can make your case for braddy Jan 2017 #4
I do not believe in open borders. It is the symbolism of The Wall that offends me. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #5
I didn't have sympathy for the Soviet empire when I was helping to protect the non occupied braddy Jan 2017 #6
Trump's Wall is every bit as morally odious as Kruschev's Wall. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #7
You clearly don't understand the Berlin wall, but most people do, so it isn't an effective argument. braddy Jan 2017 #8
The Berlin Wall was built to keep East Germans from fleeing to freedom. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #9
So the Berlin Wall would have been OK if the West Germans had built it? MarvinGardens Jan 2017 #10
It wasn't a border, it was a prison wall. braddy Jan 2017 #11
Trump's Wall is every bit as antithetical to liberal democratic values as Kruschev's Wall DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #12
We agree on that, but not my question. MarvinGardens Jan 2017 #16
The intent behind both of them are horrible uponit7771 Jan 2017 #13
Which has nothing to do with how ridiculous it is to pretend they are the same thing, people know braddy Jan 2017 #14
Moving the goal posts. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #15
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