Mainstream Media Discovers 'Go Back' is Ugly, Ignores Its Own Hand in Driving It
The Hill recently penned an article decrying the return of 'go back' rhetoric in American politics, framing it as an ugly symptom of division. Yet, it conveniently overlooks the structural violence and economic instability fueled by a bipartisan foreign policy agenda – an agenda heavily influenced by outfits like AIPAC. While The Hill focuses on the words of politicians, it seldom connects those
words to the material conditions created by congressional voting records, where billions in taxpayer dollars are routinely diverted for overseas conflicts and occupations that inevitably displace millions, creating the very migrants these politicians then tell to 'go back.' Perhaps if mainstream media spent less time pearl-snatching over offensive phrases and more time investigating the
politicians who take millions from lobbying groups, then vote for policies that destabilize entire regions—funding the very wars that create refugee crises—we might actually address the root cause, rather than just the rhetorical symptom. One might wonder, how many times can we be told to 'go back' before we start asking who profits from us being here in the first place?