I'm not in favor of an expansive border barrier no matter who proposes it.
But what makes what Trump is doing different is the narrative he created to support the building of a wall.
He specifically said the people coming across the southern border were the "bad" ones. The rapists, the murderers, the drug dealers. He has repeatedly described the people coming as an "invasion." He has demonized and dehumanized the people coming from Mexico, Central and South America. That's what's wrong with his proposal more than anything else.
People want to play games about this person was for a barrier, now they're not. I could see supporting some barriers, while not wanting to support one based on the premise that it's being put up to keep the less than human brown people out of our great civilization.
But what makes what Trump is doing different is the narrative he created to support the building of a wall.
He specifically said the people coming across the southern border were the "bad" ones. The rapists, the murderers, the drug dealers. He has repeatedly described the people coming as an "invasion." He has demonized and dehumanized the people coming from Mexico, Central and South America. That's what's wrong with his proposal more than anything else.
People want to play games about this person was for a barrier, now they're not. I could see supporting some barriers, while not wanting to support one based on the premise that it's being put up to keep the less than human brown people out of our great civilization.