Our country has a big problem with illegals.
However conservatives here at FR have their own problem if we quickly ASSume that every person here with a spanish name is an illegal from Mexico!
Critics of FR are quick label us racists when they see a post like this.
The driver may be a US citizen and until proven otherwise doesn’t deserve to be blasted for being an illegal.
If you want to blast him for something, blast him for his poor ability to drive.
And please, try to clean up your act.
I agree. We’re near Mexico, so naturally most illegal immigration will be from there.
However, there’s a lot of folks here on FR who simply hate Hispanics (sometimes because they consider them “not Christians” because the majority of Hispanics are - technically - Catholics). I don’t want to be around people like those FR posters, and I stopped my monthly contribution because it seemed to me that we were being taken over by the Aryan Brotherhood or some other bunch of hate-non-WASPs group.
The hideous crash we had in Florida - where a driver rear-ended a van full of kids and 7 of them were killed - was caused by a local black driver. Does that mean all black truckers are bad? No, this guy had several prior convictions and (IIRC) even one suspension - but the company still let him drive.
Somebody here pointed out that rules for local and regional truckers are different from interstate truckers, and that therefore you get a much different type of driver and furthermore, one who is also operating under different and sometimes more draconian time demands. There are limits to how long an interstate driver can drive, for example, but in the case of others, it varies state to state. So some local drivers may be more tired and inattentive (not to mention hopped up on amphetimines) than national drivers.
Having lived in So Cal for the last 35 years, I think I can at least question if Jorge is an illegal. I have read many articles of late with drunken Mexican illegal aliens killing Americans. If you want to blame someone for that, try the American people who have done little if anything to stop the massive inflow of illegals.
In regards to this accident, I don’t think it matters much if Jorge was illegal or not, everyone is subject to moments of inattention on the road, and often, we get away with it. Jorge was not so fortunate this time. He will spend the remainder of his days mourning his causing the deaths of these children in proportion to his conscience.
How would the "critics of FR" know an individual's race who posts comments on threads like this?
I have no idea if he is an illegal or not. However, if he was illegal the owner of the trucking company he worked for should be charged with three counts of murder.
Amen. If we are going to win this battle against ILLEGAL immigration, we can't link arms with racists. I don't want to live in a country with illegals running around. I have NO problem living with legal immigrants and citizens with Hispanic names.
Bravo! Amen! Veritas!