Bret Weinstein’s Approach to Immigration

I agree with Bret Weinstein’s way of seeing Immigration:

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My feeling is this. I’m not pro-immigration. I’m not anti-immigration. What I want is for people who are not corrupt, who are well-informed about the issue, to figure out what the best level of immigration is and to set up a process that works.

I don’t want to see any illegals. I want to see people who come in legally. I want to see the number. Maybe it’s a high number. Maybe it’s a low number. I don’t know, but I’d like to see the right number. I’d like us to at least aspire to it.

And then most important of all, and I see this in both England and the US, somewhere along the line, we apparently decided it was impolite to ask people who wished to come to our countries, whether they liked us and aspired to be a part of our civilization. And my feeling is whatever the number is that we should be allowing in, I don’t want any who don’t aspire to be American. I want people who like it, who want to make the place better and want to participate in it because they see it as good. We should not be letting people in who want to destroy it. Obviously, I can’t imagine that anyone has to say that out loud, but apparently it has to be said out loud because it’s not obvious to a lot of people.

And the point is, it is what I just said anti-immigrant? No, it’s anti-people who hate us. And I have a right to be anti-people who hate us…

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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