• Mac@mander.xyz
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      Porn is already blocked in some places due to the age/identity verification crisis.

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      Don’t think this ends anywhere viable for a modern American.

      America didn’t start anywhere in the neighbourhood of viable, this is just the inevitable conclusion.

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    Because “show me your papers” is making a full-throated racist comeback.

    Morons don’t understand that going to school is the #1 way we indoctrinate children as Americans first, and I mean indoctrinate in the sense of civics and governance. There is some fundamental propaganda you kind of need to know. If you stop that then you deny them the ability to integrate with other kids, sometimes stunt their language learning, and you truly do create an underclass that is less educated, but above all else: has no formal schooling in the civics and laws of the country they live in.

    I mean this sincerely: this means they will be less likely to internalize themselves as Americans first, and thus more likely to do the exact thing conservatives don’t want, and simply adhere to their existing culture and import it wholesale, no blending or “melting pot” effect (forgive the analogy but it’s the one they know).

    It is a complete own goal that will harm conservatives short and long term and hurt millions of innocent children.

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      You’re almost correct, except that conservative legislature has a weird tendency to make things worse on purpose so they can blame the other side for making things worse so they can campaign on “fixing” things by making them worse again.

      This will help conservatives win elections. This will not help achieve the goals that conservative voters think they’re voting for

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    Aren’t they already going after free education for anyone? Isn’t that the entire point of the whole push for school voucher programs?

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    Honestly, I’m not even sure how I feel about this, or why it’s a devisive issue. I think all social services should be reserved for people who are citizens, but children born here are this, so…

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      The article does a good job of giving the reasons for this, but I’ll try to explain the justification. Quite simply, kids end up here because of their parents decisions. Since they are here, the decision was made that more harm would be caused (and more money spent) depriving these people an education instead of just letting them be kids.

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      In other words - you think people who happened to come from other countries don’t deserve human rights.

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      Yeah these children should totally suffer and be forced to grow up without an education because they were brought here as an infant.

      Illegal immigrants pay $12+ billion in taxes every year while receiving essentially no benefit from it (no, they aren’t collecting Social Security and Unemployment).

      I’m ok with not dooming these blameless children to a life of ignorance and poverty as maybe the one fucking thing these people receive from the government.

      You’d think we’d want more educated people in our country… Citizen or not. Only one reason I can think of that a person would be against this.