advertisement

SSN on Facebook SSN on Twitter SSN on YouTube RSS Feed

14 Comments
Columns

Letting Syrian Refugees Stream in? Don't Be Ashamed of Protecting Your Family

November 25, 2015 - 9:00pm

Sorry, but I'm not buying into the attempt to shame Americans into accepting hordes  of Syrian refugees.

This could have major implications for Florida, and the nation, and it is too important to succumb to appeals to emotion.

Those who want to open the borders say that it is “un-American” to refuse Syrian refugees. “That's not who we are” is one formulation.

To the contrary. It is exactly who we are. America takes in more immigrants and refugees than any other country. It also provides more help to them on site wherever there is a problem that causes refugees.

But it does not mean any and all refugees belong here. Government's No. 1 job is to protect American citizens. It doesn't do the job when it has open borders that anyone can cross.

The arguments of intolerance and racism hold no water either. At some point tolerance becomes stupidity. Radical Muslims who want to destroy this country have made it clear that they would use our own high capacity for tolerance against us, by infiltrating, building huge populations and then taking over.

This is precisely what is happening in Europe. When someone tells you what they intend to do, you should believe them, especially if it is an existential threat.

Mark Steyn's book "America Alone" demonstrated the demographic plight. European countries have a low birthrate. Muslims move in and, with males having multiple wives, they have a high birthrate. They are taking over nations just by breeding.

Minneapolis welcomed Somalian refugees and now that city has become a major recruiting center for Islamic extremists.

No place in Florida is safe now, including Jacksonville.

I'm also skeptical of the claim that it is just a few radicals who present a threat. There are 1.5 billion Muslims. If only a few are murderous barbarians who kill other Muslims when they can't find Christians or Jews to kill and the rest don't support them, then why are there not large Muslim armies in the field opposing the barbarians?

It isn't as if the refugees have nowhere to go. Muslim nations have millions of square miles of empty land and billions of dollars from oil revenue. It strains credulity to say Muslims don't have room for 10,000 more Muslims and they must come to America.

Two-thirds of Americans oppose the move. They aren't fooled.

Let's see how tolerant other Americans are -- especially those in Hollywood -- when new Muslim majorities want to stone to death women who commit adultery and throw homosexuals from tall buildings.

Americans have nothing to be ashamed about when they choose to protect the homeland rather than introduce large numbers of people with customs and traditions that are not compatible with America's.

Let them do as they wish in their own land, but this is the home of freedom, tolerance and compassion. Let's see if the large numbers of people already admitted assimilate peacefully before we continue allowing them to stream into our nation.

Lloyd Brown was in the newspaper business nearly 50 years, beginning as a copy boy and retiring as editorial page editor of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. After retirement he served as a policy analyst for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Comments

Well written. Thank you Lloyd.

Fear, fear . . . . be very afraid! . . . . protect your family from all unreasonable threats . . . . . can't go to the mall because there have been mall shootings . . . . can't send them to school because there have been school shootings . . . can't travel by car due to road rage shootings . . . . . . can't go to church because there have church shootings/bombings . . . . . can't stay at home due to home invasions . . . . . . . flee, flee to the mountains, in fear! . . . . . . . . . . . . GOP fear politics for gullible little minds . . . . . . . . PATHETIC . . . .

Hooray for Lloyd Brown. Don't be fooled by Obama or any other pile of left wing Democ-rat Party crap. ALL their policies, foreign and domestic, show that they care NOTHING for the lives of their fellow Americans. They must be expelled form power!

Gee . . . . . based on what is ongoing in Colorado Springs, looks like we have more to fear about homegrown Radical Christian Terrorists in our malls, than 18 month - 3 year vetted Syrian refugees . . . . . . . . PATHETIC . . . .

They must be kept out because a good muslim cannot become a patriotic American. The sh!thole countries they escape from are that way because of sharia, which they intend to implement in America. No muzzies.

I agree with this article on EVERY point. Well said.

For all those wanting to let Muslims in America, let them move in with you or next door to you, especially the politicians! Vote for Trump and buy more ammo so you can protect yourself and your family! That way you'll have some to leave your children and their children!

Congress needs to write laws against foreign and domestic terrorism and terrorists. Secure our borders and enforce our laws along with the U.S. to leave the Middle East and stay out.

Lloyd's fear mongering is the problem.

Your koolaid drinking is the problem

intolerance and racism is exactly what this post is along with fear mongering and being scared of your own shadow. You should be ashamed spouting crap like that Lloyd------------------------------------------------------------------ Repubs/Bush started ISIS by war mongering in Iraq so we have some responsibility here. But letting in orphans, young children and their mother frightens you yet 33,000/yr US gun deaths don't give you a second thought.--------------------------------- Why don't you analyze Bush's, your roll in protecting oil dictators, terrorist supporters by paying for both sides of the oil wars for international oil corporate welfare which has caused all this and running our economy into near bankruptcy by barrowing the money for it on our children to pay.--------------------------------------------- But you'd rather live in a state of fear. Pitiful really

The problem is that Obama is importing recruits into his domestic Federal police. He will be using them to subdue and enslave our nation. He is the enemy the took a pledge to defend us against in his oath of office, "against all enemies both foreign and domestic." Yesterday Obama said that he is unaware of any credible or eminent threat, that is because he had all the mirrors in the White House removed.

Yes, yes, written like the total hate-everyone shrill who's previously stated "Obama’s plan as a Muslim Terrorist is coming to a head, the total destruction of the United States Economy" . . . . . "Republicans stain their shorts every time the wind blows against them" . . . . . . "I am sick of the GOP reaching out to the gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, etc." . . . . . . . yes, like your hate-everyone idol Donald Trump . . . . . . . . . . PATHETIC . . . . .

You are so right - He is our biggest threat.

Comments are now closed.

columns
advertisement
advertisement
Live streaming of WBOB Talk Radio, a Sunshine State News Radio Partner.

advertisement