November 18, 2015

Syrian refugees = Jewish refugees

Comparing this refugee crisis with a previous refugee crisis, we see little has changed:Retweeted Avraham Bronstein (@AvBronstein):

In the 1930s and 1940s enough Americans thought Jewish refugees may have included Soviet or German agents. ‪#‎NeverAgain‬ ‪#‎SyrianRefugees‬

Retweeted Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani):

I tweet this every day now, but 169,000 Bosnian Muslim refugees came to the US in the 1990s, from a radicalized warzone. Not one terrorist.

Retweeted Terrell Lewis (@SgBz):

Thank goodness the innkeeper wasn't a Republican Governor ‪#‎p2‬ ‪#‎tcot‬ ‪#‎Christian‬ https://t.co/IZJiiPzfy1
Retweeted Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani):

America is literally formed as a country by people who ran away from persecution...

Retweeted Historical Opinion (@HistOpinion):

US Jan 20 ’39: Should the US government permit 10,000 mostly Jewish refugee children to come in from Germany? https://t.co/5cFs5RabQn


"If they're not white Christians," said America, "we don't care. Let 'em die in the Holocaust. They're not our responsibility."Retweeted southpaw (@nycsouthpaw):

What benefits has the US ever gained from admitting displaced persons? https://t.co/EpgS1CkjFn
Dr. Quimby on Twitter:

America...founded by cowardly Europeans who couldn't take the heat.

Retweeted Pete Fraser (@petefrasermusic):

One of these was in today's Daily Mail and one is nazi propaganda. Take your time. https://t.co/VjPYrwYKvS



If you're a Syrian refugee, you can move next door to me. I won't mind.

For more on terrorism, see Republicans Afraid of Syrian Refugees and First Thoughts After Paris Attacks.

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