[lbo-talk] "Fight Against Germs Fuels Allergy Increase"

[Andy F]

On 9/15/07, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> [This is interesting intellectual ammo because I've
> known people who oppose immigration [into the US] not
> because they're racist or xenophobic, of course, but
> because "they" bring germs, diseases, and other
> unclean things. This explanation has always annoyed me
> and seemed like a cop out -- masking racism in
> "objective science." Although I think if you have to
> use the below in a debate with someone you've probably
> already caved into their argument too much. -B.]

You can't reason somebody out of something they didn't reason their way into.

-- 
Andy