"Build the wall!"
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Good fences make good neighbors.
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@Jolly said in "Build the wall!":
Good fences make good neighbors.
Just want to point out that aside from The Road Not Taken, this is perhaps the most infuriating Frost quote you can come across. Libs love to believe the neighbor's a simpleton for repeating his father's line without questioning it. Conservatives take it at face value without much context. I think there's a lesson there.
Anyway, really what it means is that you shouldn't build a wall unless you know why you're building it. And it's important to point out that nature would naturally destroy the wall over time—that's why they have to repair it every spring. Third, perhaps most importantly, the only reason it can be repaired at all is because they both agree to participate. Ironically, it takes periodic collaboration between both you and your neighbor to maintain a mutual boundary. Makes all the sense in the world to reference it here when talking about US/Mexico.
tl;dr: Props for correctly applying the quote in a proper context. Most people who use it don't manage that.
