Are you mortified about President Donald J. Trump?

[Irulan]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not a conservative, but I do not like the status quo on illegal immigration.

It's not fear. The reasons are two-fold:

1. The people of this country got together and made laws that outline how many immigrants we would like to admit into our society, and what qualifications are required. Illegal immigration disrespects those laws, and disrespects the collective will of the American people, and ultimately amounts to an unlawful invasion tantamount to a stranger barging into my locked front door and crashing on my couch.

2. Not everyone wants to live in a highly multicultural society. There are certain economic and social benefits to multiculturalism, but there are also disadvantages. I prefer my community to mainly be composed of people who have at least vaguely similar behaviors, values and language. I don't mind the difference between me and a rural conservative, for example, but if my neighbor believes that women are property, apostasy should be punishable by death, and that the government should be a theocratic conduit for sharia law, that's a net negative for me.

Anywhere where there have been high degrees of multiculturalism, it has resulted in parallel societies, rather than the melting pot that it is sold as. You can see this on any college campus where you'll have an "African American Student Union", "Asian American Club", and even in the voluntary social networks people form. They are highly self-segregated by culture and, to a lesser extent, race. We are told our entire lives that diversity is strength, but I don't believe we benefit all that much from high degrees of diversity. I think cultural homogeneity is conducive to a strong, stable society, and is arguably necessary for functioning democracy. (for example, examine all the difficulties some minor cultural and economic differences between North and South have caused the US throughout its short history).

Brilliant.