if they were not in a large group? Would they walk down our streets alone and call us names and protest?
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Mob mentality has a lot to do with their behavior.  People will do things in a group they would never do if alone.\n\nThe immigration issue is a difficult one.  What needs to happen is that workable, enforceable laws must be established and supported that allow LEGAL access for those wanting to work in our country, but they must work within the system.  If they don't, and we allow that, it's an insult to every immigrant who waited and worked to get here legally.\n\nWe simply cannot allow our laws to not only be disrespected and disregarded, but to have to financially support those who are breaking our laws as well.  That recipe will lead to disaster for our state and our country.  So change the laws.  Establish a win win situation for both sides.\n\nOur neighbors across the street worked three jobs each to get enough money to legally bring their relatives to the United States.  Is it fair that their hard work and sacrifice be dismissed, and the same rights granted to those who flaunt the laws of our land and "sneak" in?\n\nIt's a difficult situation, but we cannot abandon the rule of law.
422186
Nip it in the bud.Call them out now,so hopefully they won't be called out on the other side.
276939
they would just follow us they want to be us they would trash it out here and just when we are comfortable there here they come gimme gimme
584471
Yes they do here. Their nice, but they don't do their job. I can just call my brother and friends that live up the street, they would get here faster than the cops and do what needs to be done to clear up the problem.
366072
We probably wouldn't defend them, but we would take their side in the dispute, and give them military equipment.  But as for joining the fight, no.
436023
Yes. I think we are all acting like a bunch of sheep with blinkers on (we don't want the trauma of seeing the wolves herding us).\n\nWe forget that the police are there to enforce the law and not to "protect" us. If it comes to martial law (I'm not talking about the fat TV detective), then whoever is in charge will be the law. Of course he may not be called Adolf, but we could get a modern form of national socialism.
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I would say they are still around. They have no need to arouse attention to themselves as most of them weren't so much anti-government as they were anti-democrat and apocolyptic. Quite a few of them I would wager are part of this new "minuteman" craze which is hell bent on securing the US borders from illegal immigrant attacks.\nBTW I believe they think they are fighting for the right...
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That would have been difficult, if not impossible. First, those demonstrations were in many different cities. Second, it's against the law to use the Army for police work (because of the posse comitatus act). Most importantly, though, many of those protesting were not immigrants. Some, many, were U.S. citizens protesting on the behalf of the immigrants. They're not required to carry proof of citizenship on them. so sorting them from the illegal immigrants would have been impossible. But even if all of those other things were not true, it would have been politically disastrous to round up mass quantities of people behving in an orderly manner.
403667
no because their history may very well be different from ours...
166346
I love this question...we could be like the 60's and just boycott! If you can find someone to organize this nationwide...I'm in...until then I suggest we all get more involved in our community, state and national elections. The fact of the matter is that only a small percentage of the public actual vote. If more people were like you and purposed this question, maybe we could do something about it!
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If one person went on the street and protested against the government, nobody would listen to him/her. And if the authorities get a hold of him/her, then they would make their life a hell.\n\nBut if a large amount of people gather on the street, they get media coverage and their voices would be heard much more loudly and clearly. Also, they would not be able to punish all the people since the authorities cannot punish a thousands of people. As a result, it is surprisingly safer to protest in groups than as an individual. \n\nHowever, there have been instances where even protest by large groups have been quashed (Read about Tiananmen Square  students protest in 1989 if you are interested).
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Life would go on... I don't think America is going to fall apart without any one minority (not that I have anything against Hispanics, or minorities in general)... I suspect this is in response to 'what would happen if illegal immigrants get mad and leave the USA.  This seems to be the line the media is running with these days, but the mass protests on May 1st didn't affect the economy in any substantial manner (the 10cent hike in gas prices has done far more than they could hope to do), heck it even made my day better, since a segment of the population wasted their time making fools of themselves protesting in the streets instead of impeding traffic on the interstate...
185992
You would be called a racist, or be considered a hate group.
524685
We should call it a "violent uprising against another group of people in an attempt to make them obey you"
150567
Oh, there will definitely be rioting.  If they have the guts to wave our flag upside down, and insist that they deserve the American rights, even though they are not American, they will certainly riot if we try to deport them.
224566
This might be a good idea.... because if they get voted out by the citizens of this country then they will know who has the power to get them out of office, the next senators who take their place will think twice before acting!  I belive we have the power to change things if we unite and get it together, just as the Illegals did with their march/boycott.
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Actually, I'd go, and I would wear my nametag.  I'm not ashamed of a single question or answer I've made.\n\nI do think that the room would split into believers and non-believers, and we'd probably send out "champions" from each side to fight one-on-one to the death, until only one remained.