JimBowie1958
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- Sep 25, 2011
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but none of that changes the simple fact that Birthright citizenship is merely case law and PRESUMPTION by the legal elites and can be changed with a simple law followed up by court challenges, then an amendment if necessary.I somehow managed to pass by the idiot who doesn't know the constitution and the 14th amendment. I was shocked that the idiot didn't know the 14th amendment and what it says. Thankfully others on the thread told the idiot.
Now I come to your incredibly and embarrassingly stupid post.
For your information there are 30 nations in this world that give citizenship by birth.
This is off topic for the thread, but I have to say this because it's a behavior, a phenomenon or trend, that sadly I see in the comments on USMB, and not just once or twice, but in droves.
You have hit squarely on the head one of the easiest ways to know just what kind of person you are dealing with from the instant they make the first remark. This is how you know you have found yourself in a discussion with someone (1) don't know what the hell they are talking about and (2) doesn't actually give a damn whether they do or not.
But how can one know that for this particular thread? For two points of data:
The instant you see inaccurate remarks about those two things, you know it's only about what they think and what they want to believe, in spite of the fact there's no reason to believe it. Individuals like that neither confirmed their own beliefs nor read the content provided and laid at their feet to facilitate their participation in a mature and honest discussion.
- The 14th Amendments immigration section, Section 1 of that amendment, is quoted in the OP.
- The very first linked supplemental content is the OP takes one to an article that says, "30 countries of the world's 194 have a policy of birthright citizenship."
The instant you see someone making remarks are just not factually accurate, and for which there's no reason at all for them to have done so because the information they needed in order not to do so is made available right there in the post to which they respond, you know you are dealing with someone who neither displays the barest bit of respect for their readers, nor shows any intellectual or discursive integrity and thus respect for themselves. And that's the saddest thing about it. And those are the people who blame everything they think is wrong in the world and in their lives on someone else, usually their political adversary (person or party).