The question begs is it that or the old "Southie" mentality of shall we say not being so diverse. Boston had a heck of a problem with forced busing if you do your research even when their patron Saint, Saint Theodore was championing these liberal programs that impacted them.
Sadly they didn't put two and two together back in the day and toss his rotund arse out of office. Forest Gump was right, "Stupid is...".....
One thing I absolutely loved about teaching and living in a rural MA town starting in 1968 was town government. MA people have never liked being told how to run their government and their lives.
Control of the schools is an important issue and MA gets some of the best public education results in the country. That's with a very large challenging minority and immigrant population in the older cities. There's NO WAY communities can absorb the central american hordes without it negatively impacting the education of average and above average students.
I think the sentiment for "let us run our lives" is what got Scott Brown elected. He compromised on everything, even the issues where MA would want him to be conservative. Big disappointment....he's a small town guy.
So much authority has been lost to the feds and the state. Add to that, judges are giving town councils authority to over-ride town meeting votes. MA has always had a generous heart to legal immigration of mostly people who would likely be contributing citizens. I'm glad they're finally saying "enough" with the state and the feds telling them how to live.
Maybe the Tsarnov monsters was the bridge too far?
Liberal elites want poor illegals in the United States because they want:
1. A servant class
2. Competing drug dealers to supply their ‘needs’.
3. Cheap women and kids for the whore houses they frequent.
4. Cheap labor to compete with Americans - and keep wages down.
5. Millions of new ‘voting democrats.
6. And to destabilize the country so a ‘heavy hand’ can be used against citizens.
*********************************** What MOST AMERICANS and conservatives want in a sane IMMIGRATION” policy.
People (around 200,000 a year) who are yearning to be free and will become our neighbors and friends.
People who will add to our democracy, cities and states as equals.
I actually remember reading about those protests . . . including a sign which said
They ain’t “bad”
They ain’t “cool”
Get the _______ out of our school”