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Old 09-23-2009, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer
They won't say it but most Pro-Illegals are ok with Illegal Mexicans taking the jobs because they are their relatives. It doesn't matter some other minority has had their job ganked so long as their family and buddies get it.


Talking out of one's a++ with ignorant comments like this one isn't productive to a conversation.
I believe a majority of the people with illegal relatives in the US are pro illegal. They are protecting their kin. I'm not saying it's right but I believe it is reasonable to assume this.

 
Old 09-23-2009, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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Reasonable, or just an effort to make it us vs them? Only reasonable, because certain people like to think they represent America, and everyone else is a foreigner or traitor.
God forbid America be full of different views.

It's just an effort to create more distrust and prejudice of Mexican-Americans, which has been a constant in this country since the Mexican-American "War". If people truly want to keep race or ethnicity out of it, it's not that hard. Scapegoating and demonizing a group of Americans is what creates divides in this country. Not Mexican-Americans simply existing and sharing an origin with the largest group of people here illegally.

Push and alienate Mexican-Americans more, and they will sympathize with the immigrants. Keep alienating them and grouping all Hispanics together, and that's what'll happen. The easiest way to alienate and anger the Hispanic-American community is making criticism of illegal immigration(reasonable argument) intertwined with criticism of the Hispanic or Mexican-American community and culture(prejudice).
Watch the threats there----------such an attitude will invoke more and more prejudice against Latinos. What I find disgusting is that sorry 'tribal mentality' of many 'American' Hispanics with their so-called 'raza' vs. the USA as a whole.

Again: briefstop; be very careful what you wish for............you may get it.
 
Old 09-23-2009, 10:30 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Originally Posted by briefstop View Post
Reasonable, or just an effort to make it us vs them? Only reasonable, because certain people like to think they represent America, and everyone else is a foreigner or traitor.
God forbid America be full of different views.

It's just an effort to create more distrust and prejudice of Mexican-Americans, which has been a constant in this country since the Mexican-American "War". If people truly want to keep race or ethnicity out of it, it's not that hard. Scapegoating and demonizing a group of Americans is what creates divides in this country. Not Mexican-Americans simply existing and sharing an origin with the largest group of people here illegally.

Push and alienate Mexican-Americans more, and they will sympathize with the immigrants. Keep alienating them and grouping all Hispanics together, and that's what'll happen. The easiest way to alienate and anger the Hispanic-American community is making criticism of illegal immigration(reasonable argument) intertwined with criticism of the Hispanic or Mexican-American community and culture(prejudice).


Your racist for even going there.

Has nothing to do with hispanic. Mexican, Honduran, Costa Rica, is not a race of people, like you wish to turn this into.
Your the racist for even going there.
 
Old 09-24-2009, 02:08 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by briefstop View Post
Reasonable, or just an effort to make it us vs them? Only reasonable, because certain people like to think they represent America, and everyone else is a foreigner or traitor.
God forbid America be full of different views.

It's just an effort to create more distrust and prejudice of Mexican-Americans, which has been a constant in this country since the Mexican-American "War". If people truly want to keep race or ethnicity out of it, it's not that hard. Scapegoating and demonizing a group of Americans is what creates divides in this country. Not Mexican-Americans simply existing and sharing an origin with the largest group of people here illegally.

Push and alienate Mexican-Americans more, and they will sympathize with the immigrants. Keep alienating them and grouping all Hispanics together, and that's what'll happen. The easiest way to alienate and anger the Hispanic-American community is making criticism of illegal immigration(reasonable argument) intertwined with criticism of the Hispanic or Mexican-American community and culture(prejudice).
lmao because I said the relatives of illegals, not Mexicans btw, would protect their family members that in some way will creat distrust and prejudice???
 
Old 09-24-2009, 04:55 AM
Yac
 
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I think this thread has run its course.
Closed.
Yac.
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