I don’t have an easy to write out answer to a problem as complex as this. I think we have seen in our past that it is not wise to sacrifice the liberties of others for perceived temporary safety. This isn’t about the protestors.
The protestors should be dispersed, violently if necessary. That they are flying Mexican flags while under the banner of our protection pisses me off to no end.
I understand what point you're making here, and I disagree with the extent to which you buttress it.
I agree, any rights taken away are never given back. I agree that sacrificing security for liberty means you deserve neither. I agree that the Heglian Dialectic is a slippery slope to enslavement.
Where I disagree is that you're using those truisms to defend the largest mass migration in history and illegal invasion of our country.
It's not about the protestors... you mean rioters? Fine. I am totally willing to make it only about the people here illegally (who are also agitating the riots, oddly)- for whatever bleeding heart index case you can lob (mother of cancer kids, separating families, ICE asking for ID just because they might 'look illegal')- and they have to go. Full stop. It sucks for those people here illegally that may be otherwise good people, but life is hard. If I was them, I would be super pissed at the Dems for championing wife beating human trafficking MS-13 gang members and making Mr. Maryland Man the face of this issue. If only some calm people in suits could have stopped turning the temp up at every turn, we could have talked about it. The time to talk is now over. We are in "FO".
This is a national security issue that puts Americans at risk. That fact trumps (see what I did there) all other tangential concerns about the possible constitutional rights of people that started their life in America by breaking our laws.
Snip...People cross illegally because they are incentivized by businesses/corps that'll give them jobs.
People cross illegally because America is the single greatest, most free, most tolerant, most benevolent force in the history of the universe. And then they dare to murder our women and children and fly their flag while they burn our cities and condescend about how we "should morally act" when we respond with like force and fervor.
I am over it.