NYC’s Isolated Open-Borders Tycoon - Michael Bloomberg’s ‘open-minded’ hypocrisy on immigration
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When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at the Harvard University commencement ceremony in May, he inadvertently gave his many critics a good, old-fashioned belly laugh. In his address, Bloomberg railed against liberals, especially Ivy League college students, for stifling free speech and repressing conservative ideals. Said Bloomberg, “Great universities must not become predictably partisan. And a liberal arts education must not be an education in the art of liberalism.” Bloomberg emphasized that a university’s obligation is not to teach students what to think but how to think.
Most would agree with Bloomberg’s learning philosophy: Keep an open mind and hear out opinions that may conflict with your own. But Bloomberg would be unlikely to apply his seemingly generous reasoning to immigration. In fact, in his 2008 State of the City address, Bloomberg took a direct shot at politicians that have “embraced xenophobia.” Bloomberg, then considered a potential Republican presidential candidate, used his pro-immigration platform to identify himself as favoring of “freedom, compassion, democracy, and opportunity.”
Since 2008, Bloomberg has become richer, more influential, and one of the most unbending and outspoken amnesty advocates. Bloomberg’s $33 billion net worth places him as the world’s sixteenth richest man. ...
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