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babylonsister

(171,102 posts)
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:28 AM Aug 2018

Laura Ingraham: America as we know it doesn't exist anymore due to 'demographic changes'

Racist dog whistle if I ever heard one... Props to those who disagreed.


Laura Ingraham: America as we know it doesn’t exist anymore due to ‘demographic changes’
By Brett Samuels - 08/09/18 09:01 AM EDT


Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday lamented that the “American we know and love doesn’t exist anymore,” because of demographic changes in the country that she blamed on illegal and legal immigration.

Ingraham was reacting to comments from House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who described in a recent podcast interview the way the country has changed over the past few decades, including the decline of the upper-middle class.

“She’s kind of right in a general sense,” Ingraham said after mocking Ocasio-Cortez's comments.

“In some parts of the country it does seem like the America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore,” Ingraham continued. “Massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people. And they’re changes that none of us ever voted for and most of us don’t like.

“Now much of this is related to both illegal, and in some cases, legal immigration that of course progressives love,” she added.


Ingraham went on to argue that Democrats oppose enforcing immigration laws, which is harming the country. She called for improved border security, the end of sanctuary city policies and the closure of immigration loopholes.

"Remember the old Democrats — maybe some of them Ocasio-Cortez is referring to — they used to think that borders mattered," she said. "But the new activists believe enforcing immigration laws is essentially an ongoing human rights violation."






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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/401044-laura-ingraham-america-as-we-know-it-doesnt-exist-anymore-due-to-demographic
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Laura Ingraham: America as we know it doesn't exist anymore due to 'demographic changes' (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2018 OP
Gee, Laura, maybe the America "as you knew it" sucked... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #1
And having said that, should be easy for all of them to walk away from Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #2
Can I give you a hi five for that? Because you are going to get a hi-five. Afromania Aug 2018 #19
Listen, as a white man who grew up in "her America"... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #22
All three of her children are immigrants! Her daughter is adopted from Guatemala and her two sons deurbano Aug 2018 #37
The America as "she knew it" never existed EffieBlack Aug 2018 #30
Imagine if she were speaking hundreds of years ago... theaocp Aug 2018 #3
My 1st thought also flibbitygiblets Aug 2018 #17
This is their whole ballgame jcgoldie Aug 2018 #4
This from the witch awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #5
That's no "dog whistle" COLGATE4 Aug 2018 #6
She's still feckless. n/t TheCowsCameHome Aug 2018 #7
I mean it's not clear to me what @IngrahamAngle thinks we'll lose with the demographic shift. .... mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #8
Brilliant! Nevilledog Aug 2018 #34
Spoken like someone who insists her people were NOT immigrants but "settlers." JaneQPublic Aug 2018 #9
This is nothing new. Dulcinea Aug 2018 #26
The America I once knew doesn't exist anymore ... CatMor Aug 2018 #10
We COULD blame immigration for THAT... since Murdoch is an immigrant and the Vulgar Talking Yam is deurbano Aug 2018 #38
It doesn't exist anymore because of racist assholes like you Laura still_one Aug 2018 #11
It's much worse than ra acist dog whistle vlyons Aug 2018 #12
Wow oberliner Aug 2018 #13
Hatemongering bitch. America was always a nation Hortensis Aug 2018 #14
Not quite right matt819 Aug 2018 #15
How have we regressed this far? Johnny2X2X Aug 2018 #16
"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Things CHANGE over TIME!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!! hatrack Aug 2018 #18
Well Then, Laura. . . ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #20
I have a suggestion. Move to Russia. Yavin4 Aug 2018 #21
My image of America TlalocW Aug 2018 #23
Sesame Street? Communist..... Caliman73 Aug 2018 #32
I didn't realize Ingraham was a Native American name. Vinca Aug 2018 #24
There were similar complaints during colonial times DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #25
ok, when even a right wing twit like SE Cupp sees this for what it is DonCoquixote Aug 2018 #27
I know...physically pained me to agree with Sippy Cupp Nevilledog Aug 2018 #35
Stop with the racist b.s. It's Outsourcing that's killed the American Middle class Rene Aug 2018 #28
"We the People" C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #29
Historian dismantles Laura Ingraham's shocking racist tirade Gothmog Aug 2018 #31
Then move to Russia Laura Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 #33
"America we know" believes conspiring w/Russian spies is treason. nt oasis Aug 2018 #36
The freeper/klansmen/nazis at freakrepublic agree 100% with Ingraham workinclasszero Aug 2018 #39
I sent her a tweet that read: phylny Aug 2018 #40
is laura a native american? spanone Aug 2018 #41
Ugh... she is a horrible person. n/t demmiblue Aug 2018 #42

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
2. And having said that, should be easy for all of them to walk away from
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:33 AM
Aug 2018

and leave the people who care about this country alone.

Afromania

(2,771 posts)
19. Can I give you a hi five for that? Because you are going to get a hi-five.
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 11:07 AM
Aug 2018

She seems to forget that in her Amerika she would be required to stay at home, listen to "father" and take care of those awful stepford children you'd just know she'd spawn.

I won't even be bothered to mention how her Amerika would have been for anybody not white,of course we know that she knows and approves of how it was.


edit: also fivers for everybody else down thread with posts in the same vein.

Wounded Bear

(58,754 posts)
22. Listen, as a white man who grew up in "her America"...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 11:39 AM
Aug 2018

it would be easy for me to agree with her.

However, I have grown up, at least a little. And I have become painfully aware that "her America" was not a very nice place for far too many of my fellow citizens. Many people were not well treated in this country and it is long past time to stamp down on the white supremacist bullshit that permeates too much of our nation.

deurbano

(2,896 posts)
37. All three of her children are immigrants! Her daughter is adopted from Guatemala and her two sons
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 04:52 PM
Aug 2018

from Russia.



theaocp

(4,245 posts)
3. Imagine if she were speaking hundreds of years ago...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:35 AM
Aug 2018

...and in defense of Native Americans. So many demographic changes.

jcgoldie

(11,656 posts)
4. This is their whole ballgame
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:35 AM
Aug 2018

They know their era of white privilege is coming to an end so they are going to use this falsely elected jackass to throw out anyone who doesn't look like them or make it impossible for them to vote. It explains the stupid wall when the numbers show immigration is less a problem now than its been for 30 years, it explains their undemocratic attempts at voter suppression, and it explains why they are willing to suck Putin's dick if it means they can cling to their god guns and racism at home. She's right the America they love is coming to an end... thank goodness for that. Let's just hope Cheetolini doesn't burn down what's left before we can take it back.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,675 posts)
8. I mean it's not clear to me what @IngrahamAngle thinks we'll lose with the demographic shift. ....
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:44 AM
Aug 2018
I mean it’s not clear to me what @IngrahamAngle thinks we’ll lose with the demographic shift. If anyone misses people like her it’s easy to train a Golden Retriever to bark at black people


JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
9. Spoken like someone who insists her people were NOT immigrants but "settlers."
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:45 AM
Aug 2018

Let's hope her kind -- the snobby, DAR "My ancestors came over with the Pilgrims" type of bigot who thinks people of color should be cleaning up after her and not heard -- will soon die out.

Dulcinea

(6,672 posts)
26. This is nothing new.
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 12:52 PM
Aug 2018

There was a time when the Irish, Italians, & Eastern Europeans weren't considered white people, & were destroying America's moral fiber. Should we go back to that?

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was the Jeff Sessions of his day! https://medium.com/@michaeldelong/the-jeff-sessions-of-his-day-senator-henry-cabot-lodge-and-immigration-restriction-8b3910c7d036

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
10. The America I once knew doesn't exist anymore ...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:45 AM
Aug 2018

because of Fox News and her and of course the biggest crook, con man ever trump.

deurbano

(2,896 posts)
38. We COULD blame immigration for THAT... since Murdoch is an immigrant and the Vulgar Talking Yam is
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 04:59 PM
Aug 2018

the son of an immigrant mother. (Imagine how much better off America would be if those two had stayed home.) But somehow, I don't think those are the kinds (colors) of immigrants Laura is ranting about.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
12. It's much worse than ra acist dog whistle
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:47 AM
Aug 2018

From a Buddhist perspective, hers is the very point of view that keeps her and her ilk in fear, resentment, and bigotry, because change is all there is. All things are impermanent. Everything is always in the flux of change. We have the capacity to deal with change, and find beneficial ways to take advantage of change. But no ------- it is that relentless attachment to having things be the same that ensures our eternal dissatisfaction with the ways things are.

And of course, under all that racist bigotry is the fear that our children and grandchildren will marry and have children with people of color. Well I lived in a multicultural environment. The most physically attractive people around were of mixed race. And even so, they weren't all that different than people anywhere. They wanted to be happy. To fall in love. To know their children were safe and went to a good school. To provide for their families. To have interesting and rewarding work.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Hatemongering bitch. America was always a nation
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:48 AM
Aug 2018

of diverse people mostly descended from immigrants, both willing and forced, of new mmigrants, and of original peoples.

The thing is, some people, many of them pretty nice, until recently really saw it mostly as a sort of Ozzie and Harriet America; and where that image frayed, they still imagined that could mostly be restored with better times. Now we're living through the inevitable end to that delusion. It's been a huge and very unpleasant awakening, creating a great deal of anxiety in a type of people who by definition do not deal with change and uncertainty well. They'll need time, but most will calm down. Others will continue dying off.

Large numbers of us always liked the real America, of course. Ingraham can deny it all she wants to her aging, mean little audience (3M out of 330M), but the real America elected Obama twice and followed that with our first woman president. Horrible demographics that we are.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
15. Not quite right
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:55 AM
Aug 2018

America doesn't exist as we know it because of the hate, racism, misogyny, bigotry, and more that you and your fellow right winger spew out every day, and so give cover to your fellow travelers in hate. If it weren't for that, we'd be fine. We'd have issues to address, sure. But you and your kind would be back under the rocks you crawled out from under, and the rest of us could get on with our lives.

Johnny2X2X

(19,212 posts)
16. How have we regressed this far?
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:59 AM
Aug 2018

Not since the 1940s did news personalities have the gumption to spew blatantly racist BS like this. This is not normal, this is White Supremacy. Ingraham is a Xenophobic racist! She should be fired for this, but she'll be praised for it.

hatrack

(59,594 posts)
18. "AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Things CHANGE over TIME!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 11:05 AM
Aug 2018

Why don't you just go claw at your own face and scream until you bleed/pass out, (redacted)?

Yavin4

(35,453 posts)
21. I have a suggestion. Move to Russia.
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 11:25 AM
Aug 2018

Very little racial/ethinic** diversity there.

**Racial/ethnic in the American sense of those words.

TlalocW

(15,392 posts)
23. My image of America
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 12:00 PM
Aug 2018

Though I grew up in rural Kansas comes from Sesame Street (minus the puppet characters for the most part). One where Maria is sitting on the stoop of their building and stops Bob as he leaves for work to ask if he would like to try a traditional Puerto Rican food that her family just sent her.

TlalocW

Caliman73

(11,755 posts)
32. Sesame Street? Communist.....
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 01:26 PM
Aug 2018

Is what a lot of right wingers would say to you. Conservatives do not like Sesame Street explicitly because of the multi-cultural focus that it presents as normative.

This is what many conservatives consider liberal indoctrination and why they also hate higher education because it introduces viewpoints other than the dominant discourse.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
27. ok, when even a right wing twit like SE Cupp sees this for what it is
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 12:58 PM
Aug 2018



You KNOW that the shark has jumped.

Note Laura did not leave out condemning LEGAL immigration. Too bad she was not around when Trump married three foreign wives, or when his Pimp of the Klondike Grandpa came in from Germany, or his mother from Scotland.

Rene

(1,183 posts)
28. Stop with the racist b.s. It's Outsourcing that's killed the American Middle class
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 01:02 PM
Aug 2018

I've had my good IT job with three different companies outsourced to India...to IBM Global Services....three times since 2001

Company owners/management have have brought in H1B visa folks....made us train them, in order to get our severance.....and then sent our jobs overseas to be supported by people over there. Left us scrambling for lesser paying scarcer jobs.

They think nothing of sending our American held jobs overseas...leaving us with no equivalent employment.

C_U_L8R

(45,026 posts)
29. "We the People"
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 01:03 PM
Aug 2018

Purposely does not include racists and xenophobes like Ingraham and her chorus of trumpy-smelling morons

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
39. The freeper/klansmen/nazis at freakrepublic agree 100% with Ingraham
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 05:15 PM
Aug 2018


Here we go again with another wave of attacks against conservative Laura Ingraham who once again speakss the truth about the browning of America.

1 posted on 8/9/2018, 3:42:30 PM by Proud White Trump Supporter

I do not want my country turned into a shithole. Enough is enough......

7 posted on 8/9/2018, 3:50:57 PM by gathersnomoss (Regressive Swamp Dwellers)

phylny

(8,392 posts)
40. I sent her a tweet that read:
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 05:24 PM
Aug 2018

"I did not vote for your daughter to come from Guatemala, but as a Progressive, I welcome her. As a Virginian, I’m really fine with the demographics here. Thanks for your concern."

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