For the first time in our history, we are calling a moratorium on this month’s topic. Although the response has been heavy in number and high in passion, we reserve the right to never refer to human beings as “illegals” or suggest that immigrants are “crawling into our country.” If you detect a bias here, you’re absolutely right. We confess to seeing some issues less as dividing “Right” and “Left” than as matters of “Right” and “Wrong.”
We’ve tried to honor opposing views, but the outright cruelty and general ignorance of the law expressed by so many have no place here. The general disregard of human suffering and callousness toward babies and children is hard to fathom, whatever one’s political persuasion. The ignorance of our country’s history and values expressed is disheartening, to say the least.
So we are choosing now “to say the least.” Thanks to those who have written from the heart and the mind, and attempted genuine discourse without rage. To the rest: while I appreciate your participation, I wonder how many of your immigrant ancestors would agree with your feeling of “I’ve got mine; to hell with anyone else.”