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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]If one of the refugees attacks a westerner without being provoked to do so.[/quote]

No, that would not be our fault. 
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Then stop making blanket statements.[/quote]

I didn't make any. 
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"These folks will assimilate quite easily, at least as long [b]as they don't encounter a solid wall of prejudice, fear, and hatred. [/b]"

Blanket statement - if Syrians don't assimilate, it will be because they have encountered a solid wall of prejudice, fear and hatred, which implies it's directly the fault of Americans, French, etc, not the Syrians themselves.[/quote]

I'm sorry that you have trouble comprehending simple English. "Not assimilate" is not the only alternative to "assimilate quite easily". Do you believe that a solid wall of prejudice, fear, and hatred leads to easy assimilation? Come on. Even you must know better than that.
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I don't believe there is a solid wall of prejudice, fear and hatred. That's where we differ.[/quote]

I didn't say there was either. You really do struggle with basic reading, don't you? Find someone to help you understand the concept of "as long as".

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I do indeed. I would not think to put that statement in unless, in fact, I thought it was possible. You do. There's where we differ - I have more faith in the American people than you do, and understand that difference between blind idiotic trust, and measured trust.[/quote]

Yesterday a family was turned away from Indiana. Also yesterday, the leader of the Tennessee Republican House caucus proposed using the National Guard to round up Syrian refugees. Today, Donald Trump suggested creating a database of Muslims. Also today, a Rhode Island state senator said that Syrian refugees to the US should be detained in camps. So, yes, I think it is entirely possible that the refugees will encounter walls of hatred. In fact, you yourself have made it quite clear that you would be a solid brick in that wall. [/quote]

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