alt Hacker Newscan we not call a spade a spade anymore? what part of cruelly cancelling green card applications fits with “give me your tired, your poor?”
can we not call a spade a spade anymore? what part of cruelly cancelling green card applications fits with “give me your tired, your poor?”
> cruelly cancelling
This is assigning intent without evidence, as is common in tribal politics. A non-charged assessment might use the phrase "abrupt cancelling."
We cannot create a better republic without constructive discourse, and we cannot have constructive discourse when we default to characterizing the views, concerns, and actions of those we disagree with as rooted in moral failure. Even if it is true from time to time.