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Old 08-14-2010, 05:19 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by UofMfan View Post
AtLast, I was talking to my best friend, who lives in Florida, about this last night.

I don't think this woman is going to get very far with this agenda. Florida, unlike Arizona, has a very high number of immigrants who are now citizens and are registered to vote. Most of those who are registered, mostly in South Florida, are Republicans. The Tampa area also has a very large population of citizens who immigrated from Cuba and Latin America.

I hope that this hatred and nonsense gets the 15 mins. of fame she was trying to achieve and no more.

I can only hope.

Oh yeah, Florida has a very diverse population that votes- than the Goddesses! What strikes me is this kind of talk and the fact that this woman does not even know that most of the people that were re-located at this time, were NOT undocumented! And it was not just Japanese people. Italians were among this group and lost property and their savings, too. These people came here under the existing laws of immigration at the time, became citizens, paid taxes, worked and raised families. Just like most Latinos today. Yes, the proximity of Mexico, Central & South America has had a different effect with documentation, but, these people have had a far more positive influence here than the negative impact that they continually get thrown their way.

Its the mentality that makes me crazy! And it does scare me. When the US is in economic bad times, the kind of immigrant bashing we are seeing rises and nut-cake ideas like interment camps comes out of the mouths of idiots like this woman. Plus, many people begin to think like this because they are bombarded with the ideas of ultra-right-wing nuts like Glenn Beck and actual politicians that twist things.

Just taking a look at what people do during recessions and depressions, wars, etc. historically (all over the world) is a glimpse into the worst in human character for me sometimes. People will follow the charismatic personalities of their time when feeling the stress of economics. And if those personalities are evil, then many just plain folk will become evil. Later, they will say they didn't know what was really going on. We have seen this in post WWII Germany and in just about every place where mass genocide has taken place. We saw it here with the WWI internees, too. And when we look at what Native Americans as well as Black Slavery and Jim Crowe in the US, I get nervous about people. Way nervous! History does repeat itself.

But, yes, I would think that Florida has a good voting block of naturalized citizens that would smack this woman down. But, other border states, including my own… I wonder about… Many immigrants in these states are extremely poor, uneducated, are unskilled and undocumented. They don’t have a chance against this kind of thinking. Some have been able to become citizens and learn new skills and attend school, but many have to see these kinds of achievements through their children and future generations. They don’t have a lot backing them up. They are very vulnerable right now.
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