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DemocratSinceBirth

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5. I do not believe in open borders. It is the symbolism of The Wall that offends me.

Reply to braddy (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 05:48 PM

Jan 2017

Kruschev built a war to keep people in. Trump built a wall to keep people out. I actually have more sympathy for the former because I know he was the leader of a deeply flawed system.

And he is bullying the Mexicans to pay for it.

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Could you imagine if the Soviet Union demanded we pay for the Berlin Wall ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP

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