America's Fear of Outsiders (Immigration, Know Nothings and the KKK)

Time Magazine ^ | By Richard Brookhiser | May 31, 2007

[GATOR NAVY]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, bigots, blah, blah, blah, racists, woof, woof.

[umgud]

Lets be honest here. America doesn’t feel like these 12-20 million illegals are a net benefit to America. It’s not because we’re racists or bigots. It’s because they are 3rd world immigrants and they’re here in too large of numbers. This bill will not only make these folks legal, it will allow most of them to bring in their relatives and this could be tens of millions more 3rd world immigrants. Also don’t forget, many of these folks will have more anchor babies and to top it all off, we don’t believe the gov’t will stop more illegals either.

To be blunt, if we’re not happy with these 12-20 million, what makes gov’t think we’d be happy with tens of millions more?

[SteveMcKing]

Mumbling dope. He's lucky that drool doesn't show on camera so well.

[Army Air Corps]

Time can smooch it.

They can try to cloud the issue by confusing legal with illegal immigration.

Since they have the metal acumen of a very slow 2-year-old, I shall illustrate the difference in terms that Time and Congress members can understand.

LEGAL immigration - good.

ILLEGAL immigration - bad.

[EternalVigilance]

If I said what I think about Brookhiser, my post would be deleted at a minimum.

[stephenjohnbanker]

We don’t have “immigrants” much any more. Just illegal lowlifes who give us the finger, and take our money and benefits!

[stephenjohnbanker]

What happened to this drooling fool??

[stainlessbanner]

It's not racism, it's economics and security.

Has there been any other time in U.S. history:

• when government handouts are so great?
• when the trade deficit is so unbalanced?
• when our armed forces are spread so thin?
• when fedgov spending is so high?
• when the threat of civilian terrorism is so high?

[cripplecreek]

Seems to me that many in our government have decided that by calling us racist, they absolve themselves of any responsibility to we the people. I don’t believe that’s how it works. Their responsibility to us is the same whether we’re racists or not.

If they don’t want to serve us “racists” they’re free to resign at any time.

[EternalVigilance]

I don’t know. Maybe he took too much LSD or something.

[Sister_T]

*yawn*

The race card is getting played far too much, to the point where people aren’t even phased by it anymore.

[Uncle Miltie]

Legal Good.

Illegal Bad.

Jeez folks. If you can’t distinguish that part of our argument and insist on equating us to the KKK, then:

TIME Magazine is written by idiots!

(That at least is proved.)

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!!

[rockinqsranch]

I saw “Time Magazine”, and I saw “Brookhiser”, and cruised on.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Name calling is the last desperate barrage from those who have nothing to offer in the arena of rational discussion.

Brookshire is late to the attack. The President and many Senators and Representatives, began demonizing us several weeks ago.

[garyhope]

How many of these illegals truly want to assimilate to the ethos of Western European and Anglo civilization?

How many feel a real sense of respect and gratitude?

How many speak English or ever want to learn to speak English?

How many are truly loyal to the USA and what it stands for?

The old legal immigrants couldn’t just hop across the border to visit “home”? In the old days of the Ellis Island immigrants, you couldn’t just pop over to Europe for a week. It took more than a week just to get there and another long voyage back. You didn’t return to “the old country” casually.

Heck, even among so called “native” Americans on the left, how many of them feel any loyalty much less love for their own country?

The number of leftists who hate their own country today is shocking, scandalous and extremely depressing.

[Rottweilerson]

When will the pro-amnesty elites understand that for us, The Pro-secure Boarders & Ports Americans, race has nothing to do with our position. For us, it’s common sense to protect entry points after 9/11/01.
Not only that, but after The May 2005 Illegal protests, when MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS BURNED OLD GLORY & RAISED THEIR MANY NATIVE COLORS UP WHILST MAKING DEMANDS. We just decided that it is best to be on the defense.

[Cacique]

I hate people who don't know what they are talking about.

CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!

WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!

Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them. This is a bipartisan issue not a Conservative or Liberal issue BUT AN AMERICAN issue.

STOP AMNESTY NOW!! WE CAN DO IT!!

The best way to stop Shamnesty

[Hugin]

America is our home. We get to decide who we invite to live with us.