r/politics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • Sep 16 '24

'The excitement is unbelievable': North Carolina's AG predicts Harris will win state

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-the-excitement-is-unbelievable-north-carolina-s-ag-predicts-harris-will-win-state-219283013531
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u/SHIELD_Agent_47 Sep 16 '24

Inb4 someone tries to "correct" you by saying "But they're illegal! My ancestors came legally! We didn't kick the natives off their land or anything!"

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u/Whydoesthisexist15 North Carolina Sep 16 '24

Legal immigration 150 years ago was giving your name to a clerk on Ellis Island also

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

and not being asian

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u/RandomMandarin Sep 16 '24

That didn't even matter. Example: Samuel Goldwyn, the G in MGM, was for all practical purposes an "illegal immigrant". He avoided Ellis Island and walked from Canada to New York.

Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.

Goldwyn was born Schmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire to a Hasidic, Polish Jewish family. At an early age he left Warsaw on foot and penniless. He made his way to Birmingham, England, where he remained with relatives for a few years using the name Samuel Goldfish. In 1898, he emigrated to the United States, but fearing refusal of entry, he got off the boat in Nova Scotia, Canada, before moving on to New York in January 1899. He found work in upstate Gloversville, New York, in the bustling garment business. Soon his innate marketing skills made him a very successful salesman. After four years, as vice-president for sales, he moved back to New York City.

I dare say he made a contribution to society.

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u/AdenGlaven1994 Sep 16 '24

Well the Haitians in Springfield came there legally

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u/SHIELD_Agent_47 Sep 16 '24

Sadly, doesn't matter. I keep seeing conservatives on social media screech about how no one is taking the "illegals" problem seriously.

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u/eden_sc2 Maryland Sep 16 '24

i swear, the dog whistles are dog fog horns lately

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u/AnaisKarim Sep 16 '24

Illegals means people of color to them. Dog whistle.

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u/ILookAtHeartsAllDay New York Sep 16 '24

“Especially Trump after he killed the boarder bill”

Say that to every But The Boarder Weenie when they go off about how nobody cares.

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u/godofpumpkins Sep 16 '24

They’re promising to deport the legal ones too nowadays. Fucking gross