It is so easy to say country X or religion Y is evil, but this shows, effectively this could mean your neighbor, friend or colleague. People, who are not political but just try live and work and be a part of the community like everyone else.
Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester
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#92Proud to be Canadian, see our PM's latest tweets https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/825438460265762816
> Proud to be Canadian,
I thought excessive chauvinism is what led to Trump at first place?
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#93How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…
Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.
Less than half
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#95Well, right now a Queen doesn't look like such a bad idea..
If Donald Trump was Prime Minister of the UK instead of President of the US, do you think the Queen would stop him from doing something like this?
I'm pretty sure the answer is "No".
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
The petition doesn't mean anything to begin with. The previous administration used them as a PR device. They aren't binding. Who knows if it is even intentional that it still works.
> PR device No. Citizens used it to petition the White House and it worked as designed until recently.
What significant policy changes were initiated by a petition?
How many got pretty unserious blow off responses?
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#97Wasn't Steve Jobs biological father a Syrian Immigrant or Refugee?
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#98I don't think it is by chance or coincidence that Trump's admin is targeting Iranians . What really is it with American government hating Iran and Iranians, when there are equal or even worse ethnocentric, human-rights-abusing, racially intolerant states in the Middle East?
Because Iran is a threat to Israel, and Jews control America. That's why.
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#99How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…
> executed with little to no foresight, warning, or serious consideration, with serious consequences I think it is easy to underestimate the ugliness and disorder such a reckless executive order can unleash unless you start to think about the details or put yourself in the shoes of the people affected. NBC News reports[0]: The Trump administration also has yet to issue guidance to airports and airlines on how to impl…
I'm against this order and generally agree with you, but the conflict-of-interest article is BS. The list of countries is the same as was targeted under Obama for extra screening:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/visa-waiver-libya-somali...
Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester
#100How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…
Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.
Correction: less than half of the voters. Not half.