Some Americans Have New Idea To Escape Refugees, There’s Just One Problem

Antonio J. Newell

Some Americans have voiced their opinions about Syrian refugees via Twitter, and they’re definitely illogical, thoughtless ideas. Please don’t follow the advice of these people, who are only responding from emotion. It’s stupid.
UNITED STATES — It’s understandable, given the condition of these United States, that it would be nonsensical to allow so many undocumented refugees across the nation’s borders. The fatal possibilities are many, especially with the recent, direct threats from the Islamic State.

ISIS’s plan is clear. It’s everyone else who wishes to act as if it doesn’t exist..until there are incidents like in Nigeria, France, Kenya, etc.

However, people aren’t thinking. They’re just reacting, and such reactions could set them up for failure. While much of the general U.S. population is opposed to allowing Syrian refugees into the United States, the Obama Administration is set on the action. So, as a recourse, citizens have taken to Twitter to say they’ll be relocating from the U.S.

Moving to Canada if Minnesota lets the refugees in.

— Chris Vanneste (@chrisridebikes) November 17, 2015

But…wouldn’t that be quite hypocritical? While Syrians are emigrants in their own eyes, we see them as immigrants. Likewise, Canadians — which have said they’ll take in 25,000 Syrians by January 2016, as opposed to the U.S.’s 10,000 this year, as reports Global News – Canada — would see Americans as immigrants too, yes? Though, in our eyes, we’d be emigrants. While Americans may think it’d be a quick jump across Canadian borders, Americans must remember that we aren’t really liked outside of the U.S.’s borders, believe it or not.

Some Americans are tweeting that if refugees get let in, they're moving to Canada. Uh…who wants to tell them?

— Kristi Colleen (@KristiColleen) November 18, 2015

While I’m all for sending the refugees elsewhere, particularly the young, single, military aged men, we can’t have a double standard about it. We can’t broadcast to the world as being the ones who rejected Syrian refugees and then also try to become Canadian immigrants. That makes zero sense and only helps solidify what the rest of the world thinks about Americans in the first place.

From this follow-up tweet, you can already see how Americans would be “accepted” in Canada as refugees.

@mmalkoskie sorry – Canada is not taking any more refugees from US. We find your lack of empathy a threat to our culture and way of life

— Van Bits and Bites (@MaryinVancity) November 18, 2015

Many of the U.S. citizens’ statements are based off emotion, and they often end up backfiring. However, the decision not to accept recent refugees during impending attack is logical. It’s not emotion-based. It makes sense. To accept Syrian refugees during this time IS the emotional decision, NOT the logical one.

If those same refugees went to Japan, China, New Zealand, etc., that’d be different. It’d be logical for those countries to accept them since the Islamic State (ISIS or Daesh) hasn’t sent them a direct threat. However, on video, the group has stated, “You’re next, America,” and ISIS members have already been known to infiltrate under the auspices of “Hijrah.” That’s how they got into Europe.

ISIS stated France was going to be attacked, and it was.

Now, you see what’s happening there.

ISIS supporters rally in the streets of Europe.

ISIS supporters rally in the streets of Europe (cont.).

So, to those Americans who think they’re escaping it all, they’re only heading to a greater influx. If you’re going to abandon ship, at least make it worthwhile. Don’t dive out of a plane with one engine left…just to fall into an erupting volcano. The plane could still recover and be steered to safety. Once you’re in the volcano, that’s it. Think before you leap.