Pierre I was born and raised in Albuquerque, and stating that the Southwest was part of Mexico is not pointless. It is a historical, and demographic, fact that there are millions of Hispanic Americans who’s ancestors were here long before Kit Carson, General Taylor, and President Polk brought the Southwest into the Union. These people own land, houses, businesses, serve in the military, go to school, church, college, and they simply do not fit your inaccurate, bigoted, and yes, racisit stereotype.
Yes Hispanics (unlike Congressman Trancedo) do serve in the U.S. Military. I was born in Battan Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque. That is “Battan” as in Battan Death March. Here’s another history lesson for you, a lot of the 11,796 Americans who were in the Battan Death March were from the 200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard, and no they wern’t all white.
Hispanics also vote, what with them being citizens because they were born here and all…and they tend to be pro-life, culturally conservative and entrepenurial; in short natural Republicans. However they are also deeply offended by the politics you and Curly preach. (See my prior reference to the self-immolation of the California Republican Party above.)
I find it hard to see how you can consider someone who’s family has lived in California, or Texas, or New Mexico since before the Jacobite Rebellion, someone who has served in the United States Military, someone who owns his own business and who’s uncle died at Battan, to be less of an American, or of “wanting to party on your dime” simply because he has brown skin and knows the difference between an enchelada, a burrito, and a tamale. I know these people. I grew up with these people. I went to school, church, college, and quite a few bars with these people. Your statments are innacurate, bigoted, and frankly racist.
I also find it ridiculious to think that someone who risks their life on long and difficult journey through a hostile desert filled with coyotes (both two legged and four legged) snakes, and other dangers, simply for the hope of being able to find a job bussing tables, cleaning restrooms, or plucking chickens at minimum wage to be lazy and just out to party on your dime and milk the welfare state simply laughable. It too is innacurate, bigoted, and racist.
And I use those words not as an ad hominim attack, but as a simple statement of fact.
Racist is defined as “a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others” and as “hatred or intolerance of another race or other races”. I have seen (and heard…till I gave up on Talk Radio in disgust) plenty of both of those from the “anti-illegal immigration folks” over the past year.
When I say you and Curly have racist positions I am not trying to be offensive, frankly I don’t care enough about you to want to offend you. Neither do I lack for other arguments, as you can see. When I say your positions are racist, I am merely being accurate. Dealing in Facts.
On the other hand you and your fellow “loud talkers”, who run around saying dramatic things like “Juan McLame” “Juan McAmnesty”, “this is the death of America and rise of the North American Union” and “Mecha is coming! the Reconquista is coming!” while calling Senator (Lt.Cdr.) McCain, Lt.Col. North, and others are not conservatives are NOT being accurate.
Facts are stubborn things. The need to be dealt with. People who take governement and politics beyond the level of “long time listener, first time caller” know that.
