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11-17-2010, 02:04 PM
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buckminsterfullerene
The DREAM Act flyer is excellent, however, when we are responding to comments on a news article it usually not possible to post images, and in some occasion it is not easy to post a link to another site either, Furthermore, I find that it becomes very useful to answer directly to the comments people make, and the biggest challenge is to do so without appearing as a threat and eventually getting in discussion with those individuals to help dissuade their strong stance against the DREAM Act. We understand what the DA is about, we know what it is not, and we know how it affects and does not affect everyone, I think we could have significant ability to quote other sources without compromising how it personally affects us and risking that the people will shut their minds to our comments. Doing so I have on occasion actually gained the respect of the same individuals that are strongly against the DREAM Act, and while they may not change their stance, they don't really attack me as severely as they would someone else, and all because I do quote reliable sources of information, and I do make it known that I comprehend their fears and reasons for supporting the laws on their flawed arguments.

I have proposed this in the past and have been doing so under various pseudonyms, but recently I will stick to the same username I use on this site, I have created membership in various newspapers and found a couple lost dreamers of which I usually get about an e-mail two every couple months where they ask me for information on the DREAM Act detailing their situation in hopes that I could help. I help them and usually refer them to this site, whether they join or become one of the people that don't create an account but read all the comments does not matter, as long as they get informed and go to a place where the responses would be far more positive then some random place on the internet with very biased comments against immigrants.
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