I’m saying that the framing of this response is intrinsically reactionary, if not xenophobic. Criminality itself is rare. Americans themselves are vastly more prone to criminality. And the ideals of the American system, for better and worse, are forwarded only by Americans themselves, and not their guests. If this is about public decency, following laws, and participating in the system, then the call comes from inside the house. “Crime should be punished” is the accepted way of the world. There’s no point in stating it, we take it for granted as part of the ‘civilized world’. For some reason this needs reiterated in the context of immigration, however? Evidence suggests if anything this is of less concern when discussing immigrants, yet it needs restated?
Maybe more simply, it reads, “I don’t trust 'em”. There’s a type of person who says that kind of thing.
I’m saying that the framing of this response is intrinsically reactionary, if not xenophobic. Criminality itself is rare. Americans themselves are vastly more prone to criminality. And the ideals of the American system, for better and worse, are forwarded only by Americans themselves, and not their guests. If this is about public decency, following laws, and participating in the system, then the call comes from inside the house. “Crime should be punished” is the accepted way of the world. There’s no point in stating it, we take it for granted as part of the ‘civilized world’. For some reason this needs reiterated in the context of immigration, however? Evidence suggests if anything this is of less concern when discussing immigrants, yet it needs restated?
Maybe more simply, it reads, “I don’t trust 'em”. There’s a type of person who says that kind of thing.
The framing is because of the context of this conversation. Also that’s a lot of words for a whattabout and an implication of racism.
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