I am not sure which is more cringey, the litany of erroneous assumptions you splayed out or the act of calling upon the student archetype with the intent of derision. Anti-intellectualism, check. src
President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea Tuesday for countries to fulfill a moral obligation to alleviate a global refugee crisis "of epic proportions," despite a political backlash in the US against absorbing those fleeing Middle East violence.
The President's interest in calling attention to the tens of millions of displaced people around the world, and pushing back against the anti-refugee tenor, was underscored by his decision to convene a Leaders' Summit on Refugees at the United Nations Tuesday.
At the summit, he also rejected another aspect of the American political debate swirling around accepting foreigners -- GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's call to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
"This crisis is a test of our common humanity. Whether we give into suspicion and fear and build walls, or whether we see ourselves in another," Obama said, though he didn't mention Trump by name.
Obama singled out the situation in Syria, which has displaced 4.8 million people so far, as particularly "unacceptable."
President Obama at the UN: Then and now
President Obama at the UN: Then and now 01:45
"We are not as unified as we should be in pushing to make it stop," he said, describing the global refugee crisis as both a humanitarian and security challenge that tests countries' ability to take collective action.
"I called this summit because this crisis is one of the most urgent tests of our time," he said. "Just as failure to act in the past -- for example, by turning away Jews fleeing Nazi Germany -- is a stain on our collective conscience, I believe history will judge us harshly if we do not rise to this moment."
The refugee issue is one that's captured the world's attention more in the past two years than at perhaps any time since World War II, seared into the public's consciousness by photos like that of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean and the flood of migrants into Europe.
A recent study by from the UN's refugee agency estimated 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes by conflict or persecution in 2015, up by over five million from the prior year. Many are internally displaced within the borders of their own countries, but about 21.3 million are classified as refugees.
Obama's summit follows a similar UN-led meeting on the issue Monday, which drew attention to the crisis but offered little in the way of binding commitments.
RELATED: Donald Trump Jr. likens Syrian refugees to Skittles candy
"Make no mistake," US Secretary of State John Kerry said at the UN meeting, "additional efforts are urgently needed."
Leaders also called for a more orderly and equitable system to manage refugee flows -- acknowledging the burden is shouldered disproportionally by certain regions.
I miss the times where telling people to kill themselves would make me look like an idiot while the person I told to kill themselves would roast me and I'd almost kill myself.
Now I just get banned instantly, doesn't matter where really, humanity is going to the right direction as pussfags.
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-08-28
I am not sure which is more cringey, the litany of erroneous assumptions you splayed out or the act of calling upon the student archetype with the intent of derision. Anti-intellectualism, check. src
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1 le_epic_xd 2018-08-28
Rude!
1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-08-28
ššš
1 SAC-Lawn_Gnome 2018-08-28
Yes
1 LadyVetinari 2018-08-28
These are so much better than Tay posts
1 le_epic_xd 2018-08-28
Thank you š
1 tHeSiD 2018-08-28
and pizzashill posts too. sue me
1 le_epic_xd 2018-08-28
š² I would never dare!
1 tHeSiD 2018-08-28
TIL you are pillazish
1 Momruepari 2018-08-28
no
1 DistortedLines 2018-08-28
Wow rude!
1 M3mph 2018-08-28
...NEDM
1 watermark02 2018-08-28
President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea Tuesday for countries to fulfill a moral obligation to alleviate a global refugee crisis "of epic proportions," despite a political backlash in the US against absorbing those fleeing Middle East violence.
The President's interest in calling attention to the tens of millions of displaced people around the world, and pushing back against the anti-refugee tenor, was underscored by his decision to convene a Leaders' Summit on Refugees at the United Nations Tuesday. At the summit, he also rejected another aspect of the American political debate swirling around accepting foreigners -- GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's call to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. "This crisis is a test of our common humanity. Whether we give into suspicion and fear and build walls, or whether we see ourselves in another," Obama said, though he didn't mention Trump by name. Obama singled out the situation in Syria, which has displaced 4.8 million people so far, as particularly "unacceptable." President Obama at the UN: Then and now
President Obama at the UN: Then and now 01:45 "We are not as unified as we should be in pushing to make it stop," he said, describing the global refugee crisis as both a humanitarian and security challenge that tests countries' ability to take collective action. "I called this summit because this crisis is one of the most urgent tests of our time," he said. "Just as failure to act in the past -- for example, by turning away Jews fleeing Nazi Germany -- is a stain on our collective conscience, I believe history will judge us harshly if we do not rise to this moment." The refugee issue is one that's captured the world's attention more in the past two years than at perhaps any time since World War II, seared into the public's consciousness by photos like that of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean and the flood of migrants into Europe. A recent study by from the UN's refugee agency estimated 65.3 million people were displaced from their homes by conflict or persecution in 2015, up by over five million from the prior year. Many are internally displaced within the borders of their own countries, but about 21.3 million are classified as refugees. Obama's summit follows a similar UN-led meeting on the issue Monday, which drew attention to the crisis but offered little in the way of binding commitments. RELATED: Donald Trump Jr. likens Syrian refugees to Skittles candy "Make no mistake," US Secretary of State John Kerry said at the UN meeting, "additional efforts are urgently needed." Leaders also called for a more orderly and equitable system to manage refugee flows -- acknowledging the burden is shouldered disproportionally by certain regions.
1 LongPostBot 2018-08-28
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1 PizzaShitt 2018-08-28
I miss ranting about foids on here!
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1 justcool393 2018-08-28
get a new schtick clones have been done to death
1 reallyrunningnow 2018-08-28
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1 Homer00025 2018-08-28
I miss dinoposting.
1 CPT_Clarnence 2018-08-28
Looks like a platypus-type creature of some sort, if Iām not mistaken.
1 le_epic_xd 2018-08-28
perhaps you're correct
1 CPT_Clarnence 2018-08-28
I concur.
1 PurpleIcy 2018-08-28
I miss the times where telling people to kill themselves would make me look like an idiot while the person I told to kill themselves would roast me and I'd almost kill myself.
Now I just get banned instantly, doesn't matter where really, humanity is going to the right direction as pussfags.
1 le_epic_xd 2018-08-28
Tru
1 doughboy011 2018-08-28
I remember when I mentioned I was new and was told to kys. Good times.
1 PurpleIcy 2018-08-28
Now being new here just means that you replace someone.
1 bigberthaboy 2018-08-28
The greatest part of pinging was how often the people here ran out of bantz in two comments and resorted to bussy jokes
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1 PurpleIcy 2018-08-28
Wait, jokes? So I am the only one unironic about it?
1 bigberthaboy 2018-08-28
I can tell when a man loves a man and when a man's been backed into a corner and needs a quick meme to get out
1 PureGold07 2018-08-28
No.
If I wanted to ping someone, I would. I wouldn't let some gay ass rules stop me.