Well, the quote I was responding to used the words “open borders” specifically. I may not understand the meaning of the term, as it is being used here, but hopefully you can understand my confusion. I didn’t realize that “open borders” meant “you can have and enforce borders.” I proceeded on the assumption that those two states exist in opposition to one another.

If they’ll accept Ukrainian law and, you know, not attempt to take over the country, yes why not?

And if the Russians don’t accept those terms? Or, say that they accept them to gain entry only to then carry out a campaign of slow annexation?

During Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope asked that God ‘open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred’

Borders do serve a purpose, though. Should Ukraine open their borders to Russians? There are legitimate reasons for wanting to keep other people out.

But most of it isn’t shit.

Well, I disagree. I think most of it is shit.

God, I hate this country.

You’re not getting it. If you like a girl, but there’s a part of her that you don’t like, you can’t just break up with that part of her, you break up with all of her. ALL of her. You get what I’m saying?

You say you love America, but there’s this big part of America you hate. So you don’t love ALL of America, do you?

But you also ignored the part of my comment where I rightfully pointed out that racism in America is not limited to only the South. Again, if Trump had won only the South, he wouldn’t be president. You also ignored the part of my comment where I, again, rightfully pointed out that racism is not America’s only problem.

I love all of it except the South.

Do you say to a significant other I love 2/3 of you? It’s an odd compartmentalization, to slice off a large part of something, set that part aside, look at what remains and say I love this thing. I’m talking about America, all of America. The good and the bad, taken together.

You might say that taken together, the good outweighs the bad. In your mind, the bad is contained, concentrated in one specific region, but that’s just not true. If you think racism only exists in the South, you’re foolish. Did Trump only get votes in the South? If Trump had only won the South, he wouldn’t be president right now.

There’s also a lot more wrong with this country than racism. That is not our only problem. Even in the areas that might not be as racist, there’s plenty of greed, selfishness, an attitude of “I’ve got mine, screw everyone else.”

The South is a big part of this country. You say you love this country, but are you sure you don’t just love your small part of it? There’s a lot more to this country than just your community.

When I say I hate this country I’m talking about the whole thing. The aggregate, the sum of all its parts, the good and the bad. There are good things about this country but they are outnumbered by the bad. For every good person, there are ten terrible people.

I just don’t know how the country can sustain itself, or if it even should.

It shouldn’t. It’s a lost cause.

I hate this fucking country so much.

And I believe such a solution is within reach. In fact, I think I’ve stumbled upon an idea that could help us get there…I’m currently putting the finishing touches on the concept and plan to publish it in the coming days. This article serves as a prelude

Lol, k. Can’t wait to hear this great solution.

It’s hard to get two sides to come to an agreement on something when one side is totally irrational.