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There are hundreds of mosques springing up around America. There is a call to prayer tower, I think it's in Illinois. It's not operational yet but the very fact that it is even being built is disturbing.
I could go into a lot more but I don't want to derail the thread.
It is just one of those things I might like one person, but not like you.
I don't care much for judgemental people in general.
I understand....you don't care for judgemental people....because, in your opinion, you 'judge them' as being all too willing to judge others. Sort of like your saying "I'm pretty tolerant..but I just can't STAND those who are intolerant."
Makes a certain amount of sense, I guess. May I add another hypothetical theory? I think PART of the current prejudice against illegals has to do with ethnicity. IF the stereotypical American "man-in-the-street" can be assumed to be a narrow-minded, xenophobic bigot.......and IF we can assign the term "he" when speaking of this segment of society...then, is it POSSIBLE that "he" (the 'man in the street') may be assumed to experience CONSIDERABLE ALARM at the situation...and, indeed, that this may almost approach the point of 'panic'.....and thus we could say that "The American workingman is in a state of alarm, and illegal immigration is part of the cause of 'his panic' ".....and is it THEN too big a stretch to think that maybe "his panic" looks subliminally similar to "Hispanic"...and maybe THIS is the cause of much irrational fear? (after all, they're SPELLED the same....right?)...
Just a thought. Certainly we'd both agree that SOMETHING irrational is driving all this anti-immigrant bias..right? It couldn't POSSIBLY be that people are really that alarmed about a few hard-working new neighbors....could it?
I understand....you don't care for judgemental people....because, in your opinion, you 'judge them' as being all too willing to judge others. Sort of like your saying "I'm pretty tolerant..but I just can't STAND those who are intolerant."
Makes a certain amount of sense, I guess. May I add another hypothetical theory? I think PART of the current prejudice against illegals has to do with ethnicity. IF the stereotypical American "man-in-the-street" can be assumed to be a narrow-minded, xenophobic bigot.......and IF we can assign the term "he" when speaking of this segment of society...then, is it POSSIBLE that "he" (the 'man in the street') may be assumed to experience CONSIDERABLE ALARM at the situation...and, indeed, that this may almost approach the point of 'panic'.....and thus we could say that "The American workingman is in a state of alarm, and illegal immigration is part of the cause of 'his panic' ".....and is it THEN too big a stretch to think that maybe "his panic" looks subliminally similar to "Hispanic"...and maybe THIS is the cause of much irrational fear? (after all, they're SPELLED the same....right?)...
Just a thought. Certainly we'd both agree that SOMETHING irrational is driving all this anti-immigrant bias..right? It couldn't POSSIBLY be that people are really that alarmed about a few hard-working new neighbors....could it?
I would say put the blame where the blames started, with employers and our government. It is crazy to blame the ones that come here to work.
If there were no jobs they would not come.
I would say put the blame where the blames started, with employers and our government. It is crazy to blame the ones that come here to work.
If there were no jobs they would not come.
True. And if we all rode bikes, there'd be no car thieves. But some of us drive cars, anyway....and when a car gets stolen, we may blame the owner, for leaving the keys in the ignition....but MOST of us (including the police) would also blame the guy who does the stealing....and that's not 'crazy'.
I don't know anyone who doesn't blame the Government for this crisis, as well as employers. However, most of us don't share your feeling that it's 'crazy' to blame the illegals, as well. They have a part in this too. You're not suggesting that they 'can't help themselves'...are you?
True. And if we all rode bikes, there'd be no car thieves. But some of us drive cars, anyway....and when a car gets stolen, we may blame the owner, for leaving the keys in the ignition....but MOST of us (including the police) would also blame the guy who does the stealing....and that's not 'crazy'.
I don't know anyone who doesn't blame the Government for this crisis, as well as employers. However, most of us don't share your feeling that it's 'crazy' to blame the illegals, as well. They have a part in this too. You're not suggesting that they 'can't help themselves'...are you?
If there were NO jobs, they would not make a decision to risk their lives to come over here in the first place. Is it possible for the employer to know ahead of time who is legal and who is illegal? If you were an employer would you know by looking at their documents if in fact they were illegal?
I do not blame the Illegals for trying to make hopefully a better life for themselves and their families.
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