About three years ago OLO had a long discussion about the horrors of illegal kids being held in cages by the Trump administration. The consensus among the luvvies was that it was an "outrageous treatment of innocent children."

It was said to be entirely Trump's fault and proved how fascistic he and the Republicans were. This even when it was shown that it also happened under the demi-God Obama.

The outrage was palpable and the virtue signalling paramount.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=8303

Of course, it wasn't just the reflexively TDS crowd here that got all bitter and twisted. People like AOC in the US staged fake visits to the site of the cages to show how appalled they were.


Well in those days, at its peak, there were about 2600 kids in detention under the Trump regime.

Today, under the regime of President Asterisk, there are about 18000 kids held in detention having crossed the border. That doesn't include those who died trying to cross the border with unknown numbers drowning in the Rio Grande.

It is claimed that 80% of women and young girls are raped on the way to the promised land. That used to matter to the woke.

And it is now said that the children held in detention are being sexually assaulted, aren't being fed properly and have little outdoor access. They are of course being held in the same cages that so distressed the virtuous three years ago but in vastly greater numbers requiring overcrowding that ignores all the covid social distancing rules.

The current government tried very hard to hide the problem and refused access to all reporters and photographers in to see what was really happening. But the truth will out. But even then, the old levels of outrage failed to appear.

So 2600 kids in detention- greatest act of inhumanity since Hitler.
17800 kids in detention- nothing to see here. Move along.

Its almost as though the people who decried the Trump handling of the issue don't really care about the kids - they were just a means to an end.

mhaze said- Its almost as though the people who decried the Trump handling of the issue don't really care about the kids - they were just a means to an end.

Answer-Classic communist tactics- stay on the offensive- don't worry about logic. I'm sure all sides are hypocritical at times- but communist tactics endorse it. Good point mhaze- kudos.

I admit I haven't followed the issue very closely, but AIUI there is one huge difference between now and three years ago:
Three years ago the children were locked in cages after the US government separated them from their parents.
The US government no longer separates them from their parents.

Am I wrong on this?

Dear Aiden,

No you are not wrong and the number of encounter between border officials and unaccompanied minors is still no where near what was occurring during its peak in 2019 under the Trump administration.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56405009

mhaze does not care about what happens to the children, all he really wants is the fear tactics of his president to be reinstated so the numbers drop. Nothing new here.

Everything is about politics, particularly if you are one of those lovely, kind and thoughtful lefties. This situation was brought up at least a month ago, in America, where the only people who can make their feelings known to the US government live. Nothing to do with us. Nothing we can do about it. My only thought on the matter is, what scumbags the people sending the kids are.

ttbn,
Why do you see everything in terms of left v right? Surely this is a libertarian v authoritarian issue?