rhetoric from Americans in general,on yahoo answers and in Particular Fox News (although it is not a "News" programme in the sense that I am used to)\nDo you think Fox would need to have such a racist agenda if The USA had not taken California and Texas by force. I,m sure this has probably been repeated ad infinitum on your side of the atlantic but it does seem to be totally ignored by right wing media.
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Nearly all of the Americans who are upset about Mexico are the ones that are too stupid or lazy to learn Spanish. We get real paranoid when people talk and we can't understand what they are saying. Fox news is just telling these people what they want to hear. "They're takin' our jobs!" Well maybe they are but it's mostly the crappy ones we don't want to do to begin with.
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I get so put off when people use the past to justify the present...I wonder if we will EVER evolve beyond it...at least some of us have.  \nAnd if you're gonna quote history as your argument, you need to be fair and look at ALL the history of the United States before you start hating just one group.  \nI actually don't like the fact that I've recently moved from S. Texas partly because of the illegals trespassing across my property, but I also believe our govt. needs to get a grip and help solve the problem instead of adding to it...
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QUOTE:\n\n"It seems to me that these high profile illegal immigration supporters are trying to re-define our language..."\n\nSpot on, buddy !\n\nLanguage shapes thought.  Propagandists have used this subtle craft to effect throughout history.\n\nGet educated about this age-old problem, it may surprise.\n\nExamples I could use are politically incorrect here.\n\nhttp://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6303
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Ethnocentric racism by the GOP. They're trying to pander to the extreme right-wing of the GOP, and in the mean time ignoring the middle of the road conservatives who are Republicans. \n\nAs a Democrat, I miss the old GOP. This new breed of proto-fascists is scary. At least the old GOP respected democracy and the institutions that made America great.\n\nIt is inherenltly racist. Why don't they suggest putting a fence between the US and Canada? Don't they think illegal immigrants come from there too?\n\nRacist pigs. \n\nBe sure to get involved with local political groups and vote.
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Get your head out of the sand. Rose is not racist. Rose, like me is plum fed up with the fact the government hasnt enforced the laws for years and is now surrendering because of their own failure.\n\nThe scary part...The OTM that are infiltrating our borders. Even since 911. \n\nAnd, if any illegal immigrant tries to conquer me, I will shoot to kill.\n\nYou guys attack her for legal immigration and not one of her posts does she bash the legal immigration. Read them before you answer.\n\n"Stolen" land? Ok lets fight for it then the way we "stole" it. Lets see who wins.\n\n\nRock on Rose!
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I guess knowing that all the Neo Nazis are part of your party. The Republicans have exposed themselves and their true agenda and views to America. Racism is alive and well in the Far right of your NEO_CON Nation. Bush letting the illegals get out of control in America is back-firing on him, so I look for your approval rate to go even lower. He's going to have to do something about Republican policy that doesn't work. So if there is an Apocalypse, friendly fire will most likely go towards the Republicans. To rid America of this plague.
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What the heck are you talking about?\nI can make my own mind up about whom and what I want to be racist about.  It has nothing to do with the people that came before me.  And stop using racism as an excuse as to why people are against illegal immigration.
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It is so important to be informed.  You can't make decisions based on the junk that is shoved at you from every media angle.  Every news station has an agenda, and they know what demographic is watching, and what they want to hear.  It's all about ratings for them.  This is why you need to be in the know yourself.  It is a responsibility we all have as Americans, and alot of people fought very hard to maintain this, the very least we can do is care about the land in which we live enough to involve ourselves in its betterment.
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Why don't americans realize....?\n\nAnswer; Right wing fascist propaganda.
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My Grandparents came here around the 1912 or so.If you deleted anything concerning Illegal Immigration because of some misguided ideology that smells of media censorship. I broke no rules.What I have to say is for the access of anyone to use or not.This is not a private forum.Is it that you are feeling the heat because I tell the truth.Listen what I have said or not said is not the issue.We need to make people aware of certain questionable actions or half truths.This is one of last forums that host freedom of thought.Please tell me what was so offense that it caught your attention!
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Of course it is. The president's rating is lower than it has ever been and even the red states are beginning to turn against him, so it was time for the republicans to bring a new debate to the table. It will work just like the homosexual debate did because the democrats don't have the balls to stand up and say "hey, what about Iraq? what about all of our young men and women that are dying over there? what about Iran? why aren't we agreeing to go into talks with them?" Luckily for the Republicans, most Americans seem to have the attention span of a goldfish and are too lazy to check out so called facts that are given to them, so whatever issue is waved in front of their faces at the moment is all they care about.\nAnd by the way... in response to one of the other answers... there are no Mexicans in Spain. Mexicans come from Mexico, Spaniards come from Spain.
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Absolutely! The Unites States of America has the right and sacred obligation to control her own borders. \n\nRecognizing that right and seeking to enforce it does not make us racists. Our Federal government has turned a blind eye to the drastic, daily influx of hundreds of illegals flooding across our southern borders, terrorists included. Our northern borders need fortification as well! Hats off to the non-racist Minute Men/Women for drawing the attention of all Americans to this high priority issue that we've tried for years to get our elected officials to pay attention to! \n\nAmerica has been built upon the value that the "tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free" have brought to our shores. Many of those immigrants were processed through Ellis Island and entered LEGALLY into our country. No doubt about it, we value LEGAL immigrants from all around the world and want LEGAL immigration to continue. \n\nUnfortunately, the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" (sentiment inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty) have turned into huddled millions yearning to take advantage of the free!
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This is NO JOKE, people.\nThese people want to take California (and other south western states.) In case you weren't sure, it has already begun. If they want Calif. back...the only way we should give it is without any of the infrastructure that was designed, built and has been maintained by the U.S. \n\nThe land was theirs before, but now it's not. They should get over it. If they want to be Americans, no problem....but if you want to run around town with a Mexican flag, you should do it in Mexico. In case there's any confusion, if you're geographically challenged, that's south of San Diego! Bye bye!!! Hasta Luego! Que te vallas bien y nunca regresan!\n\nSeriously, though. You should go to the site below and read how racist these guys are. (Yes, the same ones who call me racist for wanting my government to enforce the law.) They want to take over what they consider to be already theirs. \n\nWAKE UP, PEOPLE!! This is not a joke, it's serious.
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Yes, there maybe some issues here but alot of what you have said is true.  Why there is not an an admission of this is unknown to me....I think that in this era people are uncertain of thinking this way since the desegragation and the ongoing violence that race still provokes(Rodney King for ex.).  People that remember this violent time in our county (1960's) do not want it to be repeated and those that have mearly learned about it have been conditioned to ignore the white issues surrounding blacks because it has become "politically incorrect".  There is a seemingly new race "war" brewing...Black's vs. Mexicans.  Now that is ALL our great nation needs..............
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Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.\n\nThe pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
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I'll take a shot at it, if you don't mind Ma'am! They are looking for anything to gain sympathy and portray themselves as victims. They are extremely cunning, as their real intent is to take over by sheer population. Putting up a wall will stop them from doing this. They also feel that this is their land, much as the Palestinians feel that Israel is rightfully theirs. Their propaganda machines are in overdrive right now, as this is a make or break time for them. The Mexicans really hate us, and I think it is them that we should be wary of. Americans have seemed reasonable in their attitudes and responses to these people, but it is them - they are full of hatred and rage. To me, someone with that much hatred is a much stronger candidate to participate in an extermination or genocide.
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I can't believe the extent that people will go in order to justify illegal immigration.  You guys will find any excuse to justify breaking the law.  \n\nAnd how is Made_in_America's statement racist?  I also saw the news and they stated it was Mexicans, not Americans, bringing in the drugs.  \n\nAs far as the lame excuse about "whites" buying drugs, if drugs weren't here, there would be nothing to buy.  Stating that "Whites" buy drugs is a racist remark in itself.