Konstantin Kisin
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But we can't throw away the baby with the bathwater. And I think one of the reasons America is so great is that there is a legal system that allows people recourse to appeal and so on. And I think that's really important.
But we can't throw away the baby with the bathwater. And I think one of the reasons America is so great is that there is a legal system that allows people recourse to appeal and so on. And I think that's really important.
Now, look, here's where I'll say something that I think is a very complicated issue. My understanding, I don't know the law very well. I have read a few things about it, and my understanding is it's very complicated. However, you and I, I think, are always going to err on the side of people being allowed to speak their mind and not be punished for it.
Now, look, here's where I'll say something that I think is a very complicated issue. My understanding, I don't know the law very well. I have read a few things about it, and my understanding is it's very complicated. However, you and I, I think, are always going to err on the side of people being allowed to speak their mind and not be punished for it.
Now, look, here's where I'll say something that I think is a very complicated issue. My understanding, I don't know the law very well. I have read a few things about it, and my understanding is it's very complicated. However, you and I, I think, are always going to err on the side of people being allowed to speak their mind and not be punished for it.
And so from that perspective, I think deporting people who express their lawful opinion in public, even if it's at a protest, I think is totally wrong. On the other hand, and this is not about the specific incident, so just to be clear, I think people who say things that people don't like shouldn't be deported from the country.
And so from that perspective, I think deporting people who express their lawful opinion in public, even if it's at a protest, I think is totally wrong. On the other hand, and this is not about the specific incident, so just to be clear, I think people who say things that people don't like shouldn't be deported from the country.
And so from that perspective, I think deporting people who express their lawful opinion in public, even if it's at a protest, I think is totally wrong. On the other hand, and this is not about the specific incident, so just to be clear, I think people who say things that people don't like shouldn't be deported from the country.
Just as a matter of principle, I'm not talking about these specific cases because I don't know the details exactly. The claim is they were pro-Hamas or whatever. I don't know if that's true. But if they are pro-Hamas, I think that needs to be established in court as opposed to someone just saying it and then these people being removed. On the other hand... It's not even on the other hand.
Just as a matter of principle, I'm not talking about these specific cases because I don't know the details exactly. The claim is they were pro-Hamas or whatever. I don't know if that's true. But if they are pro-Hamas, I think that needs to be established in court as opposed to someone just saying it and then these people being removed. On the other hand... It's not even on the other hand.
Just as a matter of principle, I'm not talking about these specific cases because I don't know the details exactly. The claim is they were pro-Hamas or whatever. I don't know if that's true. But if they are pro-Hamas, I think that needs to be established in court as opposed to someone just saying it and then these people being removed. On the other hand... It's not even on the other hand.
That is said, and I don't take back any of that. But you and I are visitors to the United States. Would you go to a protest to protest about stuff in this country as a visitor? No. And neither would I. And I think the reason for that is there's a fundamental recognition that there's a difference between being a citizen of a country and being a visitor there or having a visa to come there.
That is said, and I don't take back any of that. But you and I are visitors to the United States. Would you go to a protest to protest about stuff in this country as a visitor? No. And neither would I. And I think the reason for that is there's a fundamental recognition that there's a difference between being a citizen of a country and being a visitor there or having a visa to come there.
That is said, and I don't take back any of that. But you and I are visitors to the United States. Would you go to a protest to protest about stuff in this country as a visitor? No. And neither would I. And I think the reason for that is there's a fundamental recognition that there's a difference between being a citizen of a country and being a visitor there or having a visa to come there.
And we've got a conversation that will come out in a while with Barry Strauss, who's one of our favorite historians, talking about the collapse of the Roman Empire and how he sees parallels in the modern world. And one of the things he mentioned is once you erode the concept of citizenship,
And we've got a conversation that will come out in a while with Barry Strauss, who's one of our favorite historians, talking about the collapse of the Roman Empire and how he sees parallels in the modern world. And one of the things he mentioned is once you erode the concept of citizenship,
And we've got a conversation that will come out in a while with Barry Strauss, who's one of our favorite historians, talking about the collapse of the Roman Empire and how he sees parallels in the modern world. And one of the things he mentioned is once you erode the concept of citizenship,
and the privileges and the duties that come with that that's when you're going down a very dangerous path and i think that's true and my sense is that again i say i think the legal system in america in relation to this issue is quite complicated and so i'm not commenting on that i'm just saying as a matter of principle i think it's perfectly fine
and the privileges and the duties that come with that that's when you're going down a very dangerous path and i think that's true and my sense is that again i say i think the legal system in america in relation to this issue is quite complicated and so i'm not commenting on that i'm just saying as a matter of principle i think it's perfectly fine
and the privileges and the duties that come with that that's when you're going down a very dangerous path and i think that's true and my sense is that again i say i think the legal system in america in relation to this issue is quite complicated and so i'm not commenting on that i'm just saying as a matter of principle i think it's perfectly fine