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View submission: An Open Letter to the Reddit Community
I hate to be negative, but what exactly does your story have to do with well... anything? Morroco is not on the list of countries Trump banned travel from. Who is being inhospitable? If you're not treating him the way you were treated when you were in Morroco that's not anyone's fault but yours.
My heart is breaking. I am calling, I am writing, I am marching. But my heart is breaking.
Who are you calling and writing to? About what? What are you marching for?
I hope we can stand up, speak out, and make change.
That is such a vague and nebulous goal. Good luck winning elections with that.
Comment by Frawtarius at 31/01/2017 at 11:48 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I hate to be negative, but uhh...it's pretty obvious her story serves as a cautionary tale, and is used to illuminate the baseless prejudice that formed the EO to ban those 7 majority-Muslim countries. There were countries of danger (like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey etc.) that were left out of the list - for god knows what reason, probably a part of which can be attributed to Trump having business interests in those countries yadda yadda - but even banning those would be erroneous.
The point of her story is to show that, based on actual metrics for kindness and compassion, countries we would consider 'primitive' or 'barbaric' or vilify for following an ideology that is so widely stigmatized in the country (which is Islam), are ahead of the United States, where a great many people are fine with the decision to ban people fleeing persecution and from offering their contribution to the country, simply because of the country they were born in. Her story is to show that the United States put a ban on people who can - and often are - the best humanity has to offer, and they are rejected not on the basis of that reality, but of xenophobia and prejudice and an insecure cheeto's attention-starving, power-hungry, selfish tantrums.
Morocco is not on the list of banned countries, but there are countries on the list that are, and they have the same kind of people who are kind and compassionate and can - and would - enrich the lives of Americans they interact with, and the country itself. I don't think there's specifically a risk of Morocco being put on the list of countries banned, but the parallels to prejudice and xenophobia are *rather* obvious.
Comment by CO_Fimbulvetr at 31/01/2017 at 11:23 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I recall someone winning an election recently with 'Make America Great Again', which is about as vague as you can get.