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jmowreader

(50,562 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:18 PM Jan 2019

I thought of a counter to the "your doors have locks, right?" talking point

The new Fox News Approved Talking Point to try to shame liberals into supporting the Monument to Stupidity is "your doors have locks, right?" Because obviously if you think we don't need a wall (we don't) to protect "America's house" you should also think that your own house doesn't need to be protected.

Suggested response:

"Yeah, the door on my southern wall has a lock...but to make my house like the US border I'd have to tear down the north, east and west walls so people could come in that way, tear down half the southern wall because the Mexican border ends at Texas, cut 48 holes in the southern wall big enough for people to walk through, remove the roof so people could come in by air, and pass out little pieces of paper that say 'it's okay for you to come in any time you want' to anyone who wants one. Now...since making the US border like your home is such a priority to you, you've done all those things, right?"

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I thought of a counter to the "your doors have locks, right?" talking point (Original Post) jmowreader Jan 2019 OP

My home doesn't have a moat. but once they were cutting edge. n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #1

I live close to Mexico in thick mesquite. Quite secluded on my acreage. panader0 Jan 2019 #2

I live in a reasonably safe neighborhood, and I generally lock my doors. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #9

Someone here posted today, violetpastille Jan 2019 #3

I heard this bit Thursday on talk radio underpants Jan 2019 #4

If my house were locked, roody Jan 2019 #5

I now lock my doors KT2000 Jan 2019 #6

exactly why the metaphor is inapt treestar Jan 2019 #7

I own my home and it's contents Raven123 Jan 2019 #8

I would say my doors have locks to protect myself from crazy Americans with guns. Vinca Jan 2019 #10

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)

1. My home doesn't have a moat. but once they were cutting edge. n/t

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:23 PM

Jan 2019

panader0

(25,816 posts)

2. I live close to Mexico in thick mesquite. Quite secluded on my acreage.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:26 PM

Jan 2019

I never lock my doors. Where I live, if someone wanted to get in,
they could break a window and no one would hear or see them.
Jeannie insists on locking at night, but I don't worry. I have nothing
worth stealing. No guns.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,894 posts)

9. I live in a reasonably safe neighborhood, and I generally lock my doors.

Reply to panader0 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 06:24 PM

Jan 2019

But I am aware that if someone wants to break in they could break a window and get in that way. I sincerely hope no one will ever do that, but very few homes are such fortresses that bad guys couldn't get in if they really wanted to.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

3. Someone here posted today,

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:28 PM

Jan 2019

I don't remember who and I don't remember the exact phrasing, something like;

"My doors have locks to protect me from crazy white people. Who are the most likely to commit violent crime."

(And not incidentally most likely to vote for Trump.)

underpants

(182,870 posts)

4. I heard this bit Thursday on talk radio

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:31 PM

Jan 2019

Local host.

It was so mind numbing I flipped over to something more intellectually stimulating- sports talk radio.

roody

(10,849 posts)

5. If my house were locked,

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:49 PM

Jan 2019

my undocumented housekeeper would have a key.

KT2000

(20,586 posts)

6. I now lock my doors

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Sun Jan 6, 2019, 05:52 PM

Jan 2019

because white guys are breaking into homes here. They have criminal records, drug and alcohol issues, and a break-in for even change on the counter makes it worth it.