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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:25 AM Original message |
The Immigration Issue Is Pure Racism |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think that's the case. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Republicans have given us an absolutely booming economy... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. The White/Black/Hispanic people I see on American soaps and news casts... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Yabbut We're Here Already |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-22-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
81. I have to agree with that. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. The immigration issue, to me, has to do with respect for laws... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. If we, as a nation, are going to discuss "respect for laws" |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What possible difference does the ordering make? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Well if those "enforcing" the laws are criminals themselves |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Look too credible to who? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Isn't it easier to go after the little man |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sure. So what? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Show me a Western country in the world |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. We were indeed built on immigration... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The reason we have so many immigrants coming across the border |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Assuming that you're right, and Mexico didn't send us... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. It's been well documented that illegal immigration peaked in the mid-1990s |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I remember Reagan's failed amnesty in the 80s. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Am I the one running for office? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. While Raging in Miami didn't really answer this... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. That's a good solution |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Not blaming you... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. You didn't come off that way |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. Canada: Still actively recruiting some immigrants |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. We're talking legal immigration, right? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
77. Agri-industry, such as Tyson Foods, is not "the little guy". |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Illegal immigration is a felony, I believe. And I'd prefer to deal with |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Illegal immigration is not a felony |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-22-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. No |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Nobody respects stupid laws |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
56. Really? So shouldn't we ask our President and his |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
75. Nixon ran on "law and order". Lots of racists have. In fact, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sure, there's a lot of caucasians in Mexico. |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's a 'flood of illegals' |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Sorry, I Just Don't Buy It |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Indeed. How is that an argument to ignore our immigration laws? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It's More of An Argument to Ignore This Wedge Issue Being Stoked |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, ignoring an issue means doing nothing... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I Asked You First :) |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'm missing the comparison between a single violent felon... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. No, but it could affect the solutions... |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm not for rounding up anyone. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. They did have the documents, in the form of birth certificates... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. The "flood" is mostly Mexican, but rather than racism, the term is |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. What laws would you make, then? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Xenophobia + mostly one race = racism. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. Mexican President Vicente Fox's mother is from Spain. |
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DubyaSux (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. Actually... |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Your post is pure opinion. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Of Course It Is |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Gee, you keep on having such profound "epiphanies" |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm not going to say that racism isn't part of it, but it ain't all of it. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. The hypocrisy is what gets me... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Wow. I Missed That One |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Look here: |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. I've been to France twice and I found that to be a myth |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. I have also been to France twice and I agree that it is a myth. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. They really do have style over there |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. I've been to France a number of times myself |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
76. Hey, is there room for me on this thread? I'm still trying to find out |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's a legal and economic issue, not a racial issue. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. By which side? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why are you against the Legal American Worker? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. See, its that type of absolutism that makes the OP... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. And how about the OPs broad brush smear? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The problem is the black/white way that the issue is presented... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. So we must oppose the interests of US workers... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Immigrants Don't Steal Anyone's Livelihood - Employers Do |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. Agreed. So why don't you post a thread blaming the true perpetrators |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
74. That was my point in Post #24! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Did those immigrants outsource, insource, downsize, trash |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I do place the blame on greedy businesses. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Because you are repeating RW talking points.n/t |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Wow. Just wow. Slander and smear and LIE much? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. The reason you see light skinned mexicans |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. Your post makes no sense. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yes, and you might find if you are a Spanish speaker that |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. Indignation built on a premise reached through |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. So these people don't even have a reservation to call their own. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. No, actually, although |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-21-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
63. The racists should just admit what they are |
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