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Saw a blurb on the national news this morning about the immigrants being bussed to Chicago, DC, and other non-traditional immigrant states. You want sanctuary cities, you got it.

Cry me a River.

That stunt is really a rather gloomy look into the future of our national dialogue.

Ahh well, we’ll be fed the anger-filled amusement we desire. 

(And before someone reads that wrong, I’ve no beef with immigrants ending up in cities that are held up for narrative purposes, nor would I be if they landed in cities that weren’t)

That stunt is really a rather gloomy look into the future of our national dialogue.

Ahh well, we’ll be fed the anger-filled amusement we desire.

(And before someone reads that wrong, I’ve no beef with immigrants ending up in cities that are held up for narrative purposes, nor would I be if they landed in cities that weren’t)

It's not a stunt. It's a message, and it's unfortunate. I don't like it, but I completely get it.

None of those (terrible) leaders up North care about the border until a bus shows up, and then they bitch about the governors of Texas, Florida and Arizona?

They should be bitching at the true cause! Maybe take a trip down to witness what's happening? Or just welcome them into your supposed sanctuary chitty with open arms?

The Border Czar doesn't seem to have any ideas. I heard her just this past weekend state (with a straight face) that the border is secure.

In the case of Chicago, the mayor (for now) immediately had the last bus shipped to a conservative wealthy suburb - also without warning.

Hypocrisy.

I'll admit I didn't have "Sitting governor publicly bragging about 54 counts of conspiracy to kidnap" on my 2022 bingo card.

I'll admit I didn't have "Sitting governor publicly bragging about 54 counts of conspiracy to kidnap" on my 2022 bingo card.

Ha!

I also didn't have "Crowd-funded bombers in a war zone" for 2022, but sure enough, it's happening in Ukraine.

Crazy times we live in.

Ha!

I also didn't have "Crowd-funded bombers in a war zone" for 2022, but sure enough, it's happening in Ukraine.

Crazy times we live in.

Touche. I don't think either of us had "Russian army exposed as paper tigers" either.

It's not a stunt. It's a message, and it's unfortunate. I don't like it, but I completely get it.

None of those (terrible) leaders up North care about the border until a bus shows up, and then they bitch about the governors of Texas, Florida and Arizona?

They should be bitching at the true cause! Maybe take a trip down to witness what's happening? Or just welcome them into your supposed sanctuary chitty with open arms?

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In the case of Chicago, the mayor (for now) immediately had the last bus shipped to a conservative wealthy suburb - also without warning.

Hypocrisy.

If it's a message, it's not one aimed at the other side. Let's put it this way, if some folks in opposition to you tried to send a message that way, there's not much chance it would resonate, most likely it would harden you. 

In another sense, you point out, this hasn't actually triggered much response of "Oh God, now these illegals are here." The complaint has been "Wow, that's a gross, weird stunt." In some cases, they have been welcomed (we'll get to Chicago later). It does nothing to change people's thoughts on the border. At all. And if it did, it wouldn't do so in two days.

Now, this is in some ways a message to the base. It gives the base some har hars. A chance to sort of jump the gun about the response and remember that we'll be fed "we'll fight for you" culture war slop going forward. And the other side will almost assuredly do the same, thus dividing us all for the mirthful fun of it.

The Chicago part is quite illustrative. Sending more illegals to Chicago is ... theater and little else. The city/region has plenty of illegal immigrants. Just about no one in that city is saying "Oh gosh, someone from the other side of the border, never seen one of them." (No one who's gonna see the new group anyway) It's just theater to give the base a chance to chuckle at a juvenile burn. The Mayor proved she's not above such juvenile things. She did her own stunt. And the only message it sent was that the person organizing that busing to the burbs is a real asshole (which she is!).