He's a good columnist, this is no sudden conversion.
My impression of Navarette is that he generally puts being a good American ahead of being pro-Hispanic.
My impression of Navarette is that he generally puts being a good American ahead of being pro-Hispanic.
*Gasp!* Did he say that? He can't say that!
I am labeled by people like this almost daily. Mainly the leftist women that attend the same college as me.
I'll say something like:
"Wow, have you guys seen the news lately? Those Texas landowners on the border are screwed! They've worked their whole lives to build these ranches and now they're worthless! They can't give them away! Illegal immigrants have destroyed what these people worked their WHOLE LIVES to build!"
"But they're PEOPLE too!" "You're such a jerk!"
Usually it takes me a minute of stunned silence to even BEGIN to form a response, as I'm stunned with my mouth hanging open that anyone could be such an idiot and still be attending an institution of higher education. And then I realize that there are more of them here than me. Then I usually walk away, because I realize that if they'll use an argument that doesn't pertain to the discussion in one place, they'll do it in every other place too. I think next time they ask me what I think about the war or about social security, etc., I'm just going to pre-empt this and respond with "You're such a jerk!".
Here is the end of the column.
"I received scattered applause, but it was nothing compared to the rousing response that went to another panelist – Raul Yzaguirre, former president of the National Council of La Raza – when he said that he didn't like the term "illegal immigrant" because he didn't think that people who came to this country to feed their families should be considered criminals.
"What else would we call them? They broke the law. We can be sympathetic to their plight without condoning their actions. In order for Latinos to make real progress, first they have to stay in the real world."