{"id":15532,"date":"2021-03-23T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=15532"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:29:01","slug":"flattery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=15532","title":{"rendered":"Flattery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=15533\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1040%2C756&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1040,756\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C509&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=412%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15533\" width=\"412\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=1024%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cImmigration is the sincerest form of flattery.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack Paar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is hard for me, a conservative libertarian who is in favor of much more open borders to find a peer group in the USA. But just because the task is hard doesn&#8217;t mean I should stop trying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rationalimmigrationmovement.com\/\">RationalImmigrationMovement.com<\/a> and on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rationalimmigrationmovement\/?ref=page_internal\"> Rational Immigration Facebook Page<\/a> I try to explain why I think letting in many more people is a net positive for our country and how we can make it acceptable to most Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my blog for the next few months I will replay some of the most succinct arguments in favor of open borders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cImmigration is the sincerest form of flattery.&#8221; Jack Paar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[402,10],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-15532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor","category-radical-migration","tag-immigration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/946C4013-5163-4B13-9B52-03241157A423_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1040%2C756&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s99jGb-flattery","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15534,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532\/revisions\/15534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}