Hearing people talk politics is generally a recipe for depression, but there’s a special misery in hearing otherwise sane sounding people be utterly deranged about immigration and immigrants.
I’ve always felt this way but it’s only gotten stronger since I started teaching immigrants. These aren’t abstractions, these are human beings who want the same things you do: safety, security, prosperity, a better life for their kids. They’re good people.
I just don’t know how to convince someone of the inherent dignity of another person. If you don’t get that instinctively then I don’t think you ever will.
