Ever since pictures surfaced of children being held at immigration detention centers, the mainstream media, social media, celebrities and world leaders have had harsh words and condemnation. To say Trump and his administration have experienced a firestorm of criticism may be an understatement. Actor Peter Fonda recently deleted his tweet where he said he wanted to
'rip Barron Trump from his mother' and put him in a 'cage with pedophiles'. Meanwhile, north of the border, a member of the Liberal party
called Trump supporter's subhuman and said they should be rounded up and have their children taken away from them. British PM Theresa May
said:
"On the very important issue that he's raised, of what we have seen in the United States, the pictures of children being held in what appear to be cages are deeply disturbing. This is wrong. This is not something we agree with. This is not the United Kingdom's approach."
Meanwhile, the UK has its fair share of
deplorable conditions and treatments of immigrants and asylum seekers which sees people held for indefinite periods of time in what essentially amounts to prisons, before anything is done about it. And let's not forget that the UK also
separates children. As for the rest of the world? Well,
Canada is not exactly the most liberal when it comes to detaining families and/or separating children. Same goes for
Australia and
Germany. The blatant hypocrisy is even more apparent seeing as Western countries in particular are often
the cause of refugee crises to begin with, fomenting destabilization and regime change across the Middle East and around the world.
Comment: Since they were ousted in 2010 as the city with the tallest freestanding structure, it seems Torontonians are trying to be the highest by a different means.
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