Daily Kos Founder Attacks Tea Partiers On Immigration-"They Hate Brown People"

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[AuntB]

“I can’t imagine half the Dems supporting this going into the mid-terms.”

Most democrats feel the same as conservatives about illegal immigration...they don’t like it. But the dems can keep their base in line by dividing us by screaming ‘racist’!
They also know 3rd worlder imports will vote socialist every time.

Actually, progressive democrats have a group opposed to amnesty.

Survey of 600 Progressives and Liberals

Progressives for Immigration Reform
National Poll
Conducted By Pulse Opinion Research
April 14, 2009

http://www.progressivesforimmigrationreform.org/2009/06/23/survey-of-600-progressives-and-liberals/

[snips]1* Overall, do you think the level of immigration into the United States at the present time is much too high, somewhat too high, about right, somewhat too low or much too low?

46% Much too high
21% Somewhat too high

do you believe this level of immigration is too high, too low, or just about right?

60% Too high
7% Too low
27% Just about right

4* Given the link between population growth and immigration in the United States, would you say that current levels of immigration help the environment, hurt the environment, or have no effect on the environment?

11% Help the environment

5* Without a change in immigration policy, the nation’s population will grow by more than a third in the next 50 years. If the population where you live were to increase by this amount, would it make the quality of life a lot worse, somewhat worse, no different, somewhat better, or a lot better?

43% A lot worse
24% Somewhat worse

6* The United States adds nearly 1 million legal foreign-born persons to the workforce each year. Do you believe that increasing the number of foreign workers helps or hurts the availability of jobs for American workers, or does it have no impact on the availability of jobs for American workers?

15% Helps availability of jobs for American workers
63% Hurts availability of jobs for American workers

9* Given the current rate of unemployment in the United States, do you believe that it is a good thing to add more foreign workers to the United States?

20% Yes
63% No
17% Not sure

[PMAS]

I think it is time we all start posting there and pouring salt on the recent wounds.

[Quix]

Took a survey in the last 48 hours . . .

The powers that be are evidently looking closely at this issue . . .

The survey involved Muslims, Hispanics and whites . . . and included a very sophisticated module at an external website at Harvard for a professional study in prejudice etc.

That module was sophisticated but probably quite difficult for most people to manage well, if at all. It was sophisticated in what it was trying to do. It was not very sophisticated in human factors ease of use. And even the instructions were likely to be confusing and hard to follow for most people.

It showed pics of different races—browns, blacks, whites (no Asians) and one had to click whether the word presented matched the face or other word presented, or not. Words used were like “good,” “anger,” “happiness,” etc.

It was a reasonably well done survey.

I just kept wondering who all was going to see the results and to what end.

Will they use it to help time the civil war? What will they do with the findings. Interesting.

[dragnet2]

says that ‘Teabaggers’ and Republicans 'Who Hate Brown People’ Will Put the Brakes on Immigration Bill

Whoever is making these comments has to have a, "Destroy America mentality" or is just plain ignorant.

I base this on the fact that American is overwhelmed by immigration, both legal and illegal. If they cannot see this, they are beyond reason or help.

[FlingWingFlyer]

DemocRATik “strategist”, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, is one of the main reasons why Americans have been kicking the DemocRATS’ asses lately.

[sten]

class warfare and racism mixed together

obvious strategy. but considering the education system within the US, it’ll be lost on the navel gazing, emotional pudding heads that make up the base of the liberal/progressive voting block

[Prospero]

Gotta love these "white people," who presume those of us of hybrid heritage (Aboriginal-Anglo-German-God-Knows-What) and who happen to simple want to enforce the contract of citizenship and the Rule of Law "don't like brown people."

Another case of ideology over self-interest. Or, to put it another way, "get bent, self-hating white person."

[LonePalm]

I like Brown people. Here are some.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[FreeStateYank]

I hope all fiscally conservative ‘brown people’ show up BIG TIME for the Tea Party Express III and their pics are plastered all over the media.

Let’s nip this crap right in the bud.