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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:45 PM Original message |
Racists are taking advantage of immigration anxiety |
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Xeric (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. And many DU'ers |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Much of America is taking the bait. Sad. Really sad. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you for saying that! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. i agree,also.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I may end up leaving DU over this |
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bigluckyfeet (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I guess people here only think white's are Racists |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Where did you get the idea that people here think that? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. The immigration issue on DU has made me see "liberals" in a new light |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The RW is playing on people's fears once again. Sad to see so many... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Was it this bad in the 60s? |
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Jack113 (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Racial hatred |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Don't get me wrong; I was free to make up my own mind also |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Hi Jack113!! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Welcome to DU, Jack113! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Look back to Columbus' time, his invasion of this country & the genocide.. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Your father should have let you watch that news. I watched it |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I was 8 years old and making myself sick |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. They are really making ROVER and the CONS Happy |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Your trouble is... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You seem to be translating "some DUers" into "everyone"... |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Thats all the Open Border crowd does |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Not quite Berseker. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. "Open Border Crowd" are the REpubiCONS that have allowed it |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. The Open Border crowd is hijacking this debate |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. The extremists on both sides are the ones who are exacerbating the |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Do you know any Hispanic immigrants? |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
61. As a matter of fact I do... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Some knee-jerk types would call Cesar Chavez a racist for opposing |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Are you referring to these "close-minded, knee-jerk idiots"? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Look ... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well, I guess everyone should just join hands w/the racists, and forget... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Broad-brush smearing of people with whom one disagrees is appalling. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Who is "Broad-brush smearing of people with whom one disagrees"? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Please spare me the faux naivete. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. My goodness!!! How about a few more insults?!?! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You're offering me more insults? No thanks. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. No, I was expecting yet more insults from you... and I got them. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Maybe they are rightwing sources "visiting" DU |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Well, people are definitely being played! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I used to think that |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here is what SPLC thinks of Lou Dobbs |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Lou Dobbs' many supporters should read this; it might open a few eyes. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I started a thread with this info yesterday |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Just read through the thread. Interesting, yes. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Lou belongs on FAUX |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. As H.L. Mencken said: |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That is exactly what is happening! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Excellent quote! So very true... and, yes, it is working. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. And that's the correct way to put it. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. I went looking around on the internet |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. CIS is not bipartisan. Here's a link to their origins. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. The current "anxiety" is a pure media creation, too |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. Many of the "secure the border" folks ARE racists |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. "good whites" don't care a whit about being on the same side... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've got an idea. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Is that what you think the SPLC is doing? "crying racism or xenophobe... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Actually, I think the SPLC... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. No, immigration isn't the only target of racists, but it IS a target. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
50. And some people don't get that |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. No, they don't. |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
56. So I am racist now? |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. There it is again |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Did you see "jerry611" anywhere in the OP? Or in any of my posts? |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
62. kick |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
64. This was totally foreseeable |
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