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There was real sympathy for wetbacks before these demonstrations, I tell ya. Nobody gave a shit, we all looked the other way. Trim my hedges, put my roof on. But it's like the gays. I think most people for the last 15 or 20 years were pretty much ambivalent about gays, tolerant as it were. You do your thing, I'll do mine. But then they started the whole Gay Pride Parades, and taking over Disney World, and insisting their agenda be mainstreamed into elementary schools, and a lot of people say you know what? I was wrong about you. Thought you could be a good neighbor. Mind your own business. Now you're sticking it in my face, and, pardon the expression, shoving it down my throat. And words like faggot rose again within the national dialogue. Not to mention rump ranger, queer, cocksucker, and polesmoker. Why? Because the gay community could not take their victory of tolerance and go home and play nice. They pushed the envelope, way too fucking hard, and the backlash is palpable. A real shame.
So it is now with the wetbacks. What was totally off the radar two months ago now has normally docile Americans ready to lynch a damned person who can't produce a temporary visa. And all this talk of Aztlan. Lookit, my little brown brethren: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, that shit is not reverting to you. Ever. You have, in your attempts to sway the discussion, managed to infuriate 75% of the populace here. I, for one, won't buy a Subway sandwich a fucking mestizo makes without they shows a green card. We let you in here, we tolerated you, now you have pissed us the fuck off. Real bad. Again, a real shame. But you must understand the average American is a working stiff themself, and struggling to make ends meet. Why should you get a pass on paying income taxes, whilst leeching our welfare state? And all the while sending your filthy lucre back to Little Mexico? Fuck you!
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Yeah. What He Said
Velociman says:
3 comments:
Yeah. He put it quite well.
I wouldn't say he put it well... I can't hardly get on-board with someone who uses racist name-calling as a debate tool. Other than that though, I understnad the argument. If I broke a law, and was able to lay low for five years, does that mean I get amnesty too?
I consider using a social system (specifically welfare) without having put a single penny into the till to be nothing short of theft.
I'm willing to pay my taxes... and I'm happy that the money is there when some hard-working american is laid off or falls ill and needs emergency assistance to make sure his family is fed and housed and gets their shots on time. But if I wanted that money to go to illegal aliens, I'd write a $100 check to a charity that focused on such issues. They need to go back home and fix their own goddamned country. If I ever get the chance to visit, I promise to be very free with my tourist dollars... but until then my welfare is reserved for american, and any other charities I CHOOSE to support.
I wouldn't have it put any other way. It's the context in this case, not the words.
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