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itcfish

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10. I Was Just Going to Post the Same

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:11 AM

Oct 2015

They are NOT migrants. They are refugees escaping war. Why does the media call them Migrrants? They are not seeking a better economic situation, they are fleeing for their lives.

The media wants to paint these people as greedy people looking for a better life. They are not. They are seeking safety.

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THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SURGE INTO SLOVENIA IN NEW ROUTE [View all] Blue_Tires Oct 2015 OP

Migrants? Is that the new word chosen by the propagandists to replace "refugee" or "human being"? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1

You know not everyone is "refugee" in the legal sense, right? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #2

What to call "these folks", a number were children, that drowned off the coast of Turkey today? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #3

Both terms would be accurate, and both are used in the story Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #4

How do you know they are all "desperate"? Don't desperate people take the first refuge offered? WinkyDink Oct 2015 #6

Yes they do. +1 840high Oct 2015 #7

Desperate for what? Igel Oct 2015 #8

I Was Just Going to Post the Same itcfish Oct 2015 #10

The Neo-Cons certainly stirred up a little shit pot in the Middle East. jalan48 Oct 2015 #5

The Middle East is going to be empty. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #9