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Originally Posted by soonerguy
What's the difference between the Christians fleeing ISIS in Iraq, and the young people fleeing violence in Central America? The Christian organizations and individuals are all over this one, saying we should help them, children are being murdered. The situations are very similar with the exception of geography. And are children not being murdered in Central America? Where were the Christian organizations a few weeks ago when everyone was clamoring to shove the Central Americans out and lock the door? Our attitudes have really taken a turn.
What really struck me in the last few days as I read some of the comments on the various news sites was this: the majority of the comments on the Iraqi situation were like "God Bless them" and "How can I help them" and "I'm praying for them", "these are real refugees", etc. Vastly different from the hate-filled comments full of stereotypes, misinformation, and blatant racism on the stories about the Central American refugees. And yet the situations are almost identical. And I'm not saying we shouldn't help the Iraqi Christians.
Why is there such a big difference in the attitudes of people and in the media reporting of situations (the media seems to be much more sympathetic to the Iraqi situation)?
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Yet another example of misinformation about what refugee status truly is.
Surely you jest. The bearded "children" coming from Central American countries are not "fleeing violence" and they're
not refugees simply because the news media and uninformed Americans choose to refer to them as such. BTW, one must claim refugee status in the first country s/he "flees" to--no picking and choosing countries is allowed.
You don't bypass Mexico to claim "refugee" status here.
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