Ah, the NYT, fearless speaker of truth to power.
I find the nauseous logic-chopping about political asylum seekers particularly grating: So, if you are threatened because of wholly passive political behavior(group membership, beliefs) you are a Totally Legit™ asylum seeker. If you actually do something because of your political beliefs, apparently not! How cute, we don’t deny the legitimacy of political asylum, just its application to absolutely anybody who would be worth persecuting on political grounds.
Also, we don’t even mention to (obvious) fact that ‘persecution, unlawful imprisonment, or even death’ are totally reasonable things to fear if you let the Americans catch you alive.
I’m surprised they managed to write that without feeling worse about themselves as people. I certainly do.
