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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:17 AM Original message |
The Rising Hispanic Tide- Latino leaders caution that politicians bash immigrants at their own risk. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Alas, I think the repubs can't help themselves. The base demands immigrant bashing, so they do. |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Everyone would be doing themselves a huge favor by accepting the growing hispanic populations. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's why I hope the Republicans keep on doing it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I would feel the same, except that incessant bashing of any group |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. That fight has already been lost. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've been saying this for a decade. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. in the debate of pro-race, anti-party |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The good of the country is the good of the people. n/t |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
60. A small detail which will be denied by the right until Republicans finally have chins! |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Yes, I've noticed. n/t |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Right-Wing Pols Can Shrug Off A Rising Tide Of Non-Voters, BUT |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The Latino vote is suppressed all over the south west |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. It's Voter Apathy, Not Vote Suppression |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Why can't it be both? We KNOW vote suppression exists. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
58. I understand that Mexican-American demographics in Texas skew very young. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. We had a very good candidate in Bill White |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. We'll it looks like it turned out better than I recalled. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. Obviously, the non-voting had something to do with Obama and Democrats .... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. As Karl Rove correctly recognized years ago, COURTING (not |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's a difference between bashing immigrants |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. When you talk to racists, they insist that they only object to the "illegal" part |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No doubt there are racists who say that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The present dysfunctional system lowers EVERYONE's wages. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Importing millions of cheap labor that is not bound by minimum wage laws |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. "the vast majority of opponents who are not racist" Source for |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You think the burden of proof is on the people being accused of racism |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. No, the burden of proof is on a poster to support a sweeping generalization he or she posted. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. It was strongly implied |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. you're pretty good with that 'guilt by association' card |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Racists haven't changed at all in the last 60 years. n/t |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. hard to argue with that, because there's nothing there but 'ad hominem'; |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Are you defending racists now? |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. now you go for the 'straw man' |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You know, when you accuse other people of logical fallacies |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. you asked if i was 'defending racists', a not so subtle suggestion that i was |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes, you accused me of an ad hom when I was describing racist code. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. ad hominem was a resonable interpretation of your remark, in the context that you made it |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Not what eferrari did, at all. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Which statement about racists is NOT "ad hominem?" |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. How about non-racists who are opposed to illegal immigration? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. People who talk seriously about our present immigration problems |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. not necessarily |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. "You know the rules, you break them there are consequences in life." |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. No -- it's elites who "don't care" what they do to the country -- and gimmicking |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
55. Saying they're here illegally |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. only in the posters little world which represents 0.0000000001% of the population |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. True, but that qualification is not always disingenuous. I know what |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. "illegals?" No such thing as an illegal human being. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. They aren't illegal for being human beings |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Wrong. As I said, no such thing as "an illegal" or "illegals." |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. As far as I'm concerned..,. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. IOW, you're mistaken and desirous of so being. |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. in your own mind maybe |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Saying "you are here illegally" is very different from calling a human being "an illegal." |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Distinction without a difference |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. No -- rw has gotten a lot of mileage using "labels" -- not to be ignored ... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. You seem to think that merely by repeating something often enough |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. how can a population largely indigenous to North America be "illegal" |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. I'm sorry but I don't believe in racial ownership |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. DU should start a pool to guess how soon Tom Tancredo will |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. So are Latinos saying they have "SOMEPLACE TO GO" ... ? |
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pettypace (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
62. 93 percent are citizens |
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