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A reader writes in:

I don't get what point your trying to make with the november 16th
comic. Don't you know what happened to the native americans once the
europeans started settling the americas? I hardly think that illegal
immigrants are going to begin systemic genocide of US citizens, but
pointing to the early american settlers as a reason for having open
border is just...stupid. In your next comic you should point to the
fall of troy as why its a GOOD idea to never worry about sneak
attacks.

I like most of your comics, but this one has to be one of the worst
you've ever done.

ss
Glad you are liking most of my comics. In this one I'm not advocating
open borders, walled borders, or saying that illegal immigrants will
do what European settlers did to native Americans. All I'm doing is
taking this "anchor baby" canard nativists use and apply it to a
situation on this continent hundreds of years ago, hopefully for
humorous purposes. When a child is born here they become an American
with the same right to be here as a Minute Man patrolling the border.
As a zygote they don't have control over whether their parents are
legal are illegal and can't be held responsible for that. This is a
country of immigrants and many need reminded (on this week of
Thanksgiving) of exactly how that happened.


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