| | | Tenchusatsu,
You’re trying to put words in my mouth that I never said.
You claimed my position supports banning all Iranians based on religion. That is false. My point was that every government, regardless of party, has reacted to security threats with broad, sometimes overly broad—travel measures. That is a statement of historical fact, not an endorsement of any specific policy.
You also keep demanding that I explain how to distinguish “secular Persians” from “Iranian Muslims” as if I personally proposed a system to categorize people by religion. I didn’t. You introduced that distinction and are now asking me to defend a strawman of your own creation.
You’re acting like:
1 I designed the travel restrictions
2 I get to perform religious tests at the airport
3 Any security measure I acknowledge is automatically something I “support”
None of that is true.
You’re also ignoring the most basic point:
Policies can be flawed, overly broad, or outright mistaken without being motivated by personal hatred toward the individuals affected.
That’s not “projection.” It’s just the reality of how governments tend to respond during a panic, and both sides have proven equally capable of overreach when fear takes over.
Criticize the policy all you want, go ahead, I’ve criticized it, too.
But stop pretending I ever advocated for religious screening or “blanket bans.” You keep arguing against positions I haven’t made.
If you want to debate my actual views, I’m right here.
If you want to keep debating your own invention of them, you can do that alone.
— Joachim |
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