{"id":79627,"date":"2015-11-18T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T00:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=79627"},"modified":"2015-11-18T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T00:26:49","slug":"citizenship-race-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=79627","title":{"rendered":"CITIZENSHIP, RACE, NATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.radixjournal.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/citizenship-race-nation\">Richard Spencer writes<\/a>: In thinking about immigration and migration, I could not care less whether someone filled out the paperwork correctly or passed a civics exam. I oppose the immigration of an African who waits his turn and genuinely \u201cwants to be an American\u201d; conversely, I would gladly accept thousands of \u201cSwedish boat people\u201d who wash up on the shores&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Muslims who attacked Paris last week were not (so far as we know) Syrian refugees; they were, in fact, French \u201ccitizens\u201d. In other words, the issue is one of race (and all that this word implies) and civilization, and not legality or geographic location. In turn, in the age of mass migration, the threats to a nation are just as likely to be \u201ccitizens\u201d as foreigners or invaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Spencer writes: In thinking about immigration and migration, I could not care less whether someone filled out the paperwork correctly or passed a civics exam. 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