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AZLD4Candidate

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13. The Chinese were also the only people denied immigration rights under the 1871 Chinese Exclusion Act.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #12)

Fri May 15, 2026, 02:21 PM

15 hrs ago

We can thank 1870s California and Grant for that.

It was expanded in 1924 under Coolidge to the Asia Act which barred ALL Asian immigration to the US until 1943.

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Trump responds to Xi's 'Thucydides Trap' comment about America's decline [View all] AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago OP

Talk about clueless nwduke 21 hrs ago #1

I don't think that is stupidity RussBLib 19 hrs ago #6

Well nwduke 6 hrs ago #18

Xi never mentioned Biden Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #2

Xi said 'Can China and the U.S. overcome the 'Thucydides Trap' - pretty present reference dave99 15 hrs ago #17

Trump can't even say "Thucydides" these days hoosierspud 20 hrs ago #3

He probably thinks Thucydides The Madcap 20 hrs ago #5

I'd pay money to see him try to spell it. nt eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #7

"He's an asshole that other assholes says 'now that's an asshole.'" Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #4

Repetition.... live love laugh 18 hrs ago #8

He can't pronounce it and he louis-t 18 hrs ago #9

It almost seems to me, and I am not cksmithy 17 hrs ago #10

Weak. Martin68 17 hrs ago #11

The Soviets and the Americans avoided this trap, although we did have regional spats via proxies across the globe, SWBTATTReg 16 hrs ago #12

The Chinese were also the only people denied immigration rights under the 1871 Chinese Exclusion Act. AZLD4Candidate 15 hrs ago #13

Nice to cite 80-year-old and older bills. Here are other denied entry besides just China... SWBTATTReg 15 hrs ago #14

I'm not denying that and I am not denying the history of xenophobia in this country. AZLD4Candidate 15 hrs ago #15

Me either. It's a stain that we all unfortunately have to live with, try to make amends. Unfortunately, w/ the POS in SWBTATTReg 15 hrs ago #16

The big difference is that Xi is a well educated ass hole fujiyamasan 55 min ago #19