A wall is a wall

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, a new wall—one that will divide a continent—is under construction on the US border with Mexico. And a government that once called for an end to such division is today its gatekeeper.

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[kschlyer]

Some of the recent comments I have received on this video highlight the great divide that exists in society between people who care mostly about themselves and their small circle of friends and people who want to create a better world where there are fewer divisions, between rich and poor, north and south, black and white. There is no real bridge between folks who have such drastically differing world views, sadly. What I don't understand is the hatefulness expressed by the one side.

[mcredsox16]

FUCK SPICS

[kschlyer]

I have received several of these comments while this video has been up, and initially I removed them out of shame that the world, and particularly some of my good friends in Mexico would see the menaliity of some of my fellow US citizens. But I have decided to leave them in order to show that one element in support of this wall is steeped in exactly the kind of hatefulness and fear that any wall between peoples symbolizes.

[rezn66]

East and West Germany was still ONE COUNTRY. And how dare you have the nerve to compare Germany to two of the shittiest countries in the world.

[kschlyer]

No offense intended. I'm not comparing the countries, but rather the use of walls to solve problems that would be better solved by well-crafted policy than by steel and concrete.

[gurielzeigerman]

What are you trying to accomplish with this?

[kschlyer]

Just hoping to spark discussion about the idea of walls, their impacts and symbolism, and their place in a modern world.

[updikew]

A poignant video on the terrible history of walls. My main thing with the U.S.-Mexico border wall is that it doesn't work and costs a ridiculous amount of taxpayer dollars. Show me a 25 foot wall and I'll show you a 26 foot ladder. It's a crappy substitute for true immigration policy. The only thing that this wall slows down or hurts is wildlife, including a bunch of endangered species. Do we want to tell our children and grandchildren that we were responsible for the extinction of species?

[jorgetvilla]

why did they spend all that money building a wall??? ridiculous, that money could have been put to better use, that wall is a joke, people are still going to jump over it, or dig tunnels under it.. .come on people ... lets be realistic.

[hihi873hey]

@arKat17 do your own homework, please. immigration from Mexico takes years and thousands of dollars that most of them don't have. the reason many Mexican immigrants try to come here is to make money to give themselves and their families a better life. i"m sorry they can't be as privileged as you and I, because I'm sure they didn't ask for that kind of life.

[lucajax]

@arKat17 Damn you are really not that smart of a person, you tell me why should we decide on the lotery of birth if someone gets al the hope for a great future, or someone gets no hope for any of that.

[picturama]

we need that wall 20 feet high with machine guns.

[manvilletrain]

we need them out of here filthy Mexicans.

[arKat17]

If you want to die, take a trek across the desert and meet up with our new Wall. If you don't, sign out some paperwork and we welcome you with open arms. Go do your homework ksychlyer, your argument bores those with brains and comon sense.

[arKat17]

Umm.. The Berlin Wall was constructed by RUSSIA to keep German citizens IN East Berlin. This 800 mile wall, is constructed to keep foreigners (llegal immigrants) OUT of the United States. This isn't some new injustice that the United States has created. It's Common Fucking Sense.

[QueenLucyThe2nd]

The DDR fell apart for a reason...

[QueenLucyThe2nd]

:( I have two friends in Mexico. I don't understand why people hate them - hate anyone for that matter. My friends are smart, they're educated, they're GREAT people. You Americans are despicable with the way that you treat people from a different country, or who have a different religion, or are of a different race. No wonder every body hates us. America doesn't deserve to be a super power country with the way that we act.