Posted on 03/30/2006 11:38:23 PM PST by beaversmom
"Well I am hoping those outside this radical fringe thats in the picture start listening. Again maybe he is talking but its gotten no national airplay."
In Los Angeles this is not the radical fringe.
Perhaps you need to talk to those who are truly inflaming this issue...
...you know, the ones you are defending.
Memo to Senator McCain: That's how we do things here in AZ!
But don't you worry slick, cus' you'll get yours come 2008!
Oh I forgot to say - welcome to FreeRepublic!
Thank You antceecee!
I've got German friends from when I used to live there that love the U.S. and are smarter and more productive than most people I know, yet they can't immigrate. Go figure on that one.
Thank You!
LEt me say this. I have no clue how it is in LA. However, My wife is from Mexican American descent. Through marriage I have a few relatives that couldbe classifyed as anchor babies. What you are seeing on the street does not represent all Mexican American thought. There are many divergent opinions out there in that ethnic community. It gets really confusing when these symbols such as the Mexican flag get used. To my wife its a symbol of ethnic pride and thats it. However, I know there are radical groups out there that have some reclaimation radical agenda that it has different symbolism for them.
I am just saying that the pictures of some these rallies can be quite misleading because it paints a picture that a "whole group" thinks a certain way.
Damn! I was going to check that sign up date but forgot. No wonder I've been wasting my last hour. Well, I hope not anyway.
Oh thanks, I actually have been a lurker for years but decided I wanted to get the pings on the Catholic stuff and some other local issues
Thats cool quote I will have to remember that one.
Man, we definitely know that!
It's all about illegals, not Mexicans, OK!
In your case with your ties, I can understand where you come from.
I live in Virginia and I've got some cool Mexican friends who are not illegal. I don't want them deported.
In my case (I speak for no other FReeper or 'civilian' :-)) I've been researching a lot of things for a lot of years when it comes to geopolitics and probably came off as extreme in my posts.
Our country was founded on 'extremism'.
There is a lot of frustration with regular folks because what The Founders envisioned has been hijacked.
That's my perspective anyway.
Welcome to FreeRepublic and I hope we can educate each other.
Boy, that is a great quote. I haven't seen anything like that from Mencken.
I don't normally think of myself as an angry person, but between the islamofacists and the mexicans, it's just about all I can do to not be angry all of the time. Much of the time, I feel like my whole world, and the world I had hoped to give my son, is gone.
Oh I agree with you there. I mean there are freakin people that are great citizens we just were barely able to get on our Olympic teams. Esp a few Russians that love it here and make a great contribution. Many Indians to that have a great education that would love to come here in the high tech sectors and actually make it their homes. If the situation in Europe worsens we might have another wave of immigration from there.
I don't know (or care) how any particular ethnic group views this, but as a citizen of the US, I take the act of replacing the Stars and Stripes with a foreign flag as prima facie evidence of insurrection. Anyone who doesn't want to be associated with that kind of activity need only issue a plain and simple condemnation of it! But we hear little of that kind of sincere condemnation from anywhere in the Latino community (much like we hear very little outright condemnation of terrorists from 'moderate' Muslims).
If there is an image problem, may I suggest it is up to the Latino community to mend it -- and not by trying to make others feel guilty about what they can plainly discern with their eyes and ears.
Where are your "group's" retractors??? I have not heard them in the media. The presupposition of RIGHTS by those who have broken our laws to come here is the cause of this strife. US citizens who are outraged by this 'citizenship grab' are rightfully outraged. There is no confusion. You are either here LEGALLY or here ILLEGALLY. Very simple, not hard to understand. If you are here ILLEGALLY and wish to ultimately obtain LEGAL status, you need to follow the rules, go home and apply through the proper channels. Sorry, the fact you chose to have and raise your children while you were here ILLEGALLY is not the fault of the American people. IT IS YOUR FAULT! Take some responsibility for your actions, quit blaming others and do the right thing. Instead of protesting you should be hat in hand asking the forgiveness of the American citizens you have scammed for free health care, schooling and a tax-free income. Perhaps then as is typical of the over-generous people of the USA - they will give you the golden ticket to citizenship! Now THAT would be reasonable! Actually admit you were wrong, ask for forgiveness and ask for consideration for citizenship.
What is there to be "deep" about? This is not Mexico. This is not conquered territory. The kids got it right.
It is the adults that cannot see the emperor's nudity and fawn over the wardrobe.
I always loved that story.... The Emperor's New Clothes...
Leave this one alone. I'm a former IT guy. The same a-holes who are lobbying for illegals have created a fake 'shortage' of tech people to drive the wages down just like with the more menial jobs.
This subject is a whole different thread and I'll rip anyone a new one on it.
Ping.
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