posted by geeblock

I was referring to this article I read this morning 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration?CMP=share_btn_fb

So, you pretty much proved my point that I have made numerous times.  You can't come up with your own opinions.  You read this op-ed and then posted it as your own take lol. Now you're playing it off as "referring" to the article, even though your original post made no mention of the article.

This article is the equivalent of the "damn white people and *shuffles deck of cards* and (insert made up victim terminology)" meme.  As gut said, I have never heard anyone call anyone an expat other than people who live/work abroad, whether it is in the US or another country.  An immigrant is referred to anyone who migrates to another country.   The author of this article from siliconafrica.com is just pulling a fake controversy out of his ass.   Some people just chose to find a reason to always be miserable I guess.

posted by like_that

So, you pretty much proved my point that I have made numerous times.  You can't come up with your own opinions.  You read this op-ed and then posted it as your own take lol. Now you're playing it off as "referring" to the article, even though your original post made no mention of the article.

This article is the equivalent of the "damn white people and *shuffles deck of cards* and (insert made up victim terminology)" meme.  As gut said, I have never heard anyone call anyone an expat other than people who live/work abroad, whether it is in the US or another country.  An immigrant is referred to anyone who migrates to another country.   The author of this article from siliconafrica.com is just pulling a fake controversy out of his ass.   Some people just chose to find a reason to always be miserable I guess.

I agreed with the article. How else do you form and opinion. You either read something or experience something. In the future I will post sources lol sheesh 

posted by O-Trap

Umm ... I am?

That’s.... interesting. What’s your reasoning behind that belief?

posted by geeblock

I plagiarized the article. How else do you form and opinion. You either read something or experience something. In the future I will post sources lol sheesh 

FIFY.  

Normally if you're going to use an op-ed as your own opinion, then you would post the article and provide your take.  "I read this article.  I agree, because blah blah blah."  Look at O-Trap's "Democrat Hamburger" thread as an example.  This is pretty basic stuff. 

posted by geeblock

I was referring to this article I read this morning 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration?CMP=share_btn_fb

Why were you reading an article from 2015, from an author who has 2000 followers on twitter and hasn’t posted since 2016? With other articles like “100 amazing African cities completely destroyed by Europeans”.  

You agreed with the article bc you don’t understand what words mean. Expat isn’t a color. If a black US citizen goes to England for work, he’s an expat. 

posted by iclfan2

That’s.... interesting. What’s your reasoning behind that belief?

This is one of those libertarian takes that I can't get behind.  It's definitely a point of contention with those who consider themselves libertarian.  I think you can be a libetarian and have much higher standards for border security. 

posted by iclfan2

Why were you reading an article from 2015, from an author who has 2000 followers on twitter and hasn’t posted since 2016? With other articles like “100 amazing African cities completely destroyed by Europeans”.  

You agreed with the article bc you don’t understand what words mean. Expat isn’t a color. If a black US citizen goes to England for work, he’s an expat. 

LOL, didn't even notice the date. 

posted by iclfan2

Why were you reading an article from 2015, from an author who has 2000 followers on twitter and hasn’t posted since 2016? With other articles like “100 amazing African cities completely destroyed by Europeans”.  

You agreed with the article bc you don’t understand what words mean. Expat isn’t a color. If a black US citizen goes to England for work, he’s an expat. 

It was posted in a thread on Twitter I was reading. It fits with many other things I have said here and I agreed with the way some people who go to other countries for work are viewed. You can agree or dis

posted by iclfan2

That’s.... interesting. What’s your reasoning behind that belief?

Well, I basically teeter on the line between minarchist/libertarian and complete anarchocapitalist (might change depending on the day).

If one opposes the existence of the state, then one generally opposes the existence of guarded state borders.

Plus, hopping over an imaginary line, whether guarded or not, doesn't violate the NAP or even the most liberal use of John Stuart Mill's minimalist ethic.

I still strongly adhere to a philosophy that backs individual property rights, but it's because they're the property of private individual.

Plus, since the government is technically a public entity, and the border (and the property used by government to guard it) is subsequently public land, and land itself is included as one of the means of production, then technically, federal land or government property is a socialist concept.

posted by geeblock

To even bring up open borders is stupid. No one is for open borders. You only deal with extremes. I’m sure there is a term for that but it’s hard to take u seriously when u always give an extreme example that is mostly not true to prove a point 

You seriously aren’t paying attention if you don’t believe the left wants open borders now. 

posted by geeblock

I was referring to this article I read this morning 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration?CMP=share_btn_fb

Congratulations you have found a person other than yourself that doesn’t know the definition of words he uses. Did you get gerrymandering definition  from this guy too? 

LOL, things Gblock perceives to be true....

- a lot of people are secretly white nationalist who only reveal themselves at Trump rallies

- no one wants open borders

- calling someone an immigrant is racist

- Trump is President because of gerrymandering

posted by gut

LOL, things Gblock perceives to be true....

- a lot of people are secretly white nationalist who only reveal themselves at Trump rallies

- no one wants open borders

- calling someone an immigrant is racist

- Trump is President because of gerrymandering

 

Lol there you go with the extremes. I seriously didn’t think people really wanted open borders tho 

posted by iclfan2

Why were you reading an article from 2015, from an author who has 2000 followers on twitter and hasn’t posted since 2016? With other articles like “100 amazing African cities completely destroyed by Europeans”.  

You agreed with the article bc you don’t understand what words mean. Expat isn’t a color. If a black US citizen goes to England for work, he’s an expat. 

I understand what the word meant jackass. The point was it’s not applied the same for everyone. I wasn’t talking about people showing up at the border seeking asyl

While you guys are triggered might as well throw this one out there. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/republicans-standards-nothing-racist/594223/

Somehow you can easily find the racism and coded language when it comes to dems/Omar but struggle with trump. 

posted by geeblock

I understand what the word meant jackass. The point was it’s not applied the same for everyone. I wasn’t talking about people showing up at the border seeking asyl

I don’t think you do know what it means. Keep fighting the good fight on here being afraid of the white boogeyman tho.

gblock has now moved onto the "yall triggered" portion of his act after getting stuffed into a locker.  Rinse and repeat. 

posted by geeblock

Lol there you go with the extremes.

Those were your statements, not mine.  Seems kind of bizarre to say "there you go with extremes" when someone is simply repeating what you've said.

posted by gut

Those were your statements, not mine.  Seems kind of bizarre to say "there you go with extremes" when someone is simply repeating what you've said.

If that’s your level of understanding and education off of what I said I can’t help you. Nothing is ever in absolutes that I have ever said 

posted by geeblock

Lol there you go with the extremes. I seriously didn’t think people really wanted open borders tho 

You realize he literally quoted things you have said, and you called them “extreme”. Just saying, you are calling your own statements extreme. 

posted by geeblock

I understand what the word meant jackass. The point was it’s not applied the same for everyone. I wasn’t talking about people showing up at the border seeking asyl

Your original post about expats and immigrants shows you did not know the difference in the words. Similar to gerrymandering and it’s role in POTUS elections. 

posted by geeblock

If that’s your level of understanding and education off of what I said I can’t help you. Nothing is ever in absolutes that I have ever said 

Then I think you should look-up the definition of the words you're using before posting.

And I didn't quote any absolutes, I simply quoted you. 

posted by jmog

You seriously aren’t paying attention if you don’t believe the left wants open borders now. 

Eh, most of the ones I've come across don't.  They do want a faster process and lower bar, but remember, most liberals are big on growing social programs.  Social programs are paid for, in a major way, through taxes.  Taxes are achieved most easily through people's income being tracked, a la citizenship or legal, documented presence.

posted by O-Trap

Eh, most of the ones I've come across don't.  They do want a faster process and lower bar, but remember, most liberals are big on growing social programs.  Social programs are paid for, in a major way, through taxes.  Taxes are achieved most easily through people's income being tracked, a la citizenship or legal, documented presence.

 

 

I said the left not liberals, classic liberals you are right. I meant the current left. 

posted by jmog

I said the left not liberals, classic liberals you are right. I meant the current left. 

Well, classical liberals don't care about generating tax revenue as much, because they believe in smaller government.

The current left, on the other hand, seems pretty keen on taxing people to pay for public initiatives.  But you can't tax someone's income if they're undocumented.