Clearly the person in this article was a racist and deserved to be beaten...how dare he exercise his legal right to free speech....right...are y'all with me on this?\n\nhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/04/10/assault_underscores_tension_as_congress_weighs_immigration_reform/
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It those kind of ignorant actions that make they're cause look bad. I hate cowardice actions like that anyways. Hit someone, then tuck tail and run, real brave.....\n\nUnless you believe that everyone just magically appeared in one certain location, how do you know the "Native Americans" did not migrate here? Where you here to bear witness to this appearance? Every race immigrated from somewhere, there were no laws, no governments etc. preventing people from coming here back then. This world is now a lawful world, if you don't abide by said laws you are a criminal. It is really a very simple idea, being made unnecessarily complicated.
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Mckinney, Public Official or not, needs to learn when to deflate her head. Race is not an issue but, isn't it convenient that, that excuse comes up? Isn't it convenient for an African American to scream that? We are not the racist, they are, meaning the African Americans whom scream that. The Racist card has expired so Mckinney get over it. \n\nRespectfully,\n\n2nd Lt. Tobacco III, Vincent W. \nUS Army
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i was totally blown away!\ni saw a preview with an exclusive interview with him on the letterman show tonite and he "claims hes not racist."\n\nwhich is a huge pile of bull.\n\nhes a comedian and im sure hes taken criticism before, if he couldnt take someone telling him he wasnt funny then he shouldnt have become a comedian. hes an ignorant, washed up, stupid a s s man and he'll get what he deserves!
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As bad as his comment was what about towards the end of the incident when they called him a "Cracker" and a "F**cking Whiteboy" And I havent heard anything about their apology's for their racist remarks yet..\n\nIt's a double standard! The fact that rappers say the "N" word (No I don't use it!!) all the time!! And you hear all these little hip hop clowns refer to themselves as it again every other word...I have no problem with the fact that he snapped and called them something they probably refered to themselves as all day long anyway....It was the comment that precipitated it\n\n"If it was 50 years ago you'd be hanging upside down with a fork in your a*s" That blew my mind...\n\nSomething like that just doesn't roll off your tongue unless you've thought about it before..That was unbelievably offensive and crossed every line there was to cross in my mind!! The dudes career has been dead for years. So I can't even say he buried himself with that comment...But he sure let people know where his mind lies..He's racist no if's ands or buts about it
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The poster above still just is'nt getting it\nSince when was reporting an actual infraction of the law a smear campaign?  The man was caught with an illegal documented perscription, end of story, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED.  Now if some people choose to smear him that is their own perogative, but simply stating a fact is simply stating a fact
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I would LOVE to read this book. Funny, isn't it, how college profs whine about Republicans trying to stifle free speech - but the colleges do that all the time. SCARY. Brown University's Women's Studies program even pulled their funding for Gabriel to speak, knowing that she was going to speak out against the treatment of women under Shira law. The Muslim group on that campus (Brown) protested Gabriel speaking because she is "too controversial". Yeah, someone who has lived under radical Islam would definitely be "too controversial" - she might actually present another side to the story. Makes you sick, doesn't it?
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I have not seen anything on the Internet yet. It seems to me that the ones supporting illegals being in this country are being more racist then the ones trying to kick them out. People need to grow up and answer a question without having to go the racist route in their answers
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Excuse me....President Bush did not chastise the Chinese woman who "balked" at the President of China, nor did he have her arrested.   As for the Dixie Chicks, no one has infringed on their freedom of speech,  they spoke out the about the president and the war (or whatever) and apparently you listened right?   You sound as if you want a law to force all of us to listen...that's not freedom of speech.   You might be guaranteed freedom of speech by the constitution but you are not guaranteed an audience!!!!     Grow up
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Yes, it is an insult.  Whether he was drafted of not, he risked his life for his country and possible watched others die for it.  It's a slap in the face.  Anyone who thinks it's a "statement" isn't looking at the whole picture.  There are ways to protest one part without insulting a whole.  Disagree w/ government?  Burn pictures of congress.  Don't insult an honest man for doing what had to be done, when it needed to be done.
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In the United States a citizen has a right to voice their opinion. This is called Freedom of Speech and unfortunately you cannot do much about it.  If that person were to infringe on your rights, or commit an act of violence because of your nationality/creed it would be a hate crime.  The best thing to do is to keep on going and ignore their hateful comments.  If you let an idiot affect you, what have you become?  an idiot.  So don't let these people get beneath your skin because thats what they want.  If you take steps to silence this person, well that would be infringing on their rights, so its best to just ignore them and move on.
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absolutely the most ridiculous instance of police abuse/brutality that i can recall in many years.....i am appalled...i sent this link to my dad as he and i discuss these issues daily and he says believe it or not it happens everyday all over.....just so happens someone caught this...i cannot believe they expected that guy to just get up...i wonder how easy it would have been for them to get up after being tazed...and to threaten him with tazing again? OUTRAGEOUS!...he was obviously incapacitated if he couldnt even get up so where was the threat to them that would have caused them to do it again!?!...i'd have probably been still puking my guts up too much to get off my knees!...can you say lawsuit?...i hope they get what they deserve...this was totally senseless....thank you for opening my eyes today
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The worrying thing is that this has actually happened - some numbskulls on a council estate attacked the home of a female paediatrician.\n\nMakes you despair of this country, doesn't it?\n\nYou know what - I actually feel EMBARRASSED for the twats that took this seriously. Wake up to yourselves, FOOLS!
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No, I dont think you are wrong to be bothered.  At the very least, its extremely insensitive, at most, he is likely an American-hating person that is likely just at Yahoo Answers to bait Americans.  If he's American (or a number of other nationalities) he has the right to free speech though- but you also have the righr of free speech, which means you are more than welcome to mention your anger over his free speech.
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Those of you who accused this joke teller of being a twat and racist read all the writing if you're able. He did say it was a joke. Also look at Al V's response....\nI wish you lot woul lighten up...after all let's have a laugh before the buggers blow us up.
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It is a very cowardly and despicable act.... I put that in the description of the report I made on botltles when I got your e-mail thingy from Y!A answers asking me to do so... It seems like the dude has some issues with your views of the world and the best way he knows to get back at you is to slander your good name by posing as you.. That is sad, very sad.
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What an informative article...but I am already against illegals in our country so this only reinforces not changes my stance.\n\nthanks!
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The officer and the business owner have both CLEARLY violated your right to freedom of speech! I would IMMEDIATELY file a complaint with the U.S. Attorney Generals office, The F.B.I. and your local police cheif, I would also contact every media outlet I could get my hands on with the detailed story. If you have the extra money lying around I would also file a civil suit against both the Officer and the business owner. You have clearly been wronged, and don't even think about stepping down. FIGHT BACK. I've won 3 lawsuits against the police in my lifetime already, and I'm only 21 years old. We the people cannot stand for this outright ILLEGAL behavior by law enforcement. If you follow the proper measures, and take this thing to the "top of the hill" that officer will never work behind a badge again, and the business owner will be liable for so many damages to you he'll be put out of business.