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Oldvol75 said:
Lets see, in the "small town" I live in there are whites, blacks, hispanics, indians (both native and others) along with a few others. You really have no idea of the make up of small towns, just your profiling of what you think they are. You really should get out more.
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That doesn't fit the profile of the white, racist, small town.
 
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BeecherVol said:
Blind statement.

And that is exactly why bringing down the hammer on the businesses that hire them will not do much to the problem. (Which was what the post was made for.)

I don't fault them for wanting better either. Ive been there (twice). A government funded life in the US is upper middle class down there.

That shouldn't open the door to any and all that want to come either.
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As I've said, I agree. I just don't think that treating someone like a common criminal for trying to escape poverty is the answer.
 
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kev20 said:
so in your book, someone that robs a bank trying to make a better life for themselves and their family, is not a criminal?
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The last time I checked, robbing a bank is nowhere close to the same thing as crossing over a manmade boundry. The crime these people are guilty of is essentially the same as trespassing.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
As I've said, I agree. I just don't think that treating someone like a common criminal for trying to escape poverty is the answer.
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If they are here legally, I don't either.

Where do you suggest it stops. Is it fair just to have that open to the country to our south? Should we not treat the world equal and offer that to everyone in poverty across the globe?
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
The last time I checked, robbing a bank is nowhere close to the same thing as crossing over a manmade boundry. The crime these people are guilty of is essentially the same as trespassing.
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Nice try.

Why is trespassing in general considered a problem. In any instance?

Do average people hang "No Trespassing" signs just so people don't walk on/across their property?

For the most part, No there is a reason for the sign. Its posted due to the fact that, if you can not access said property, you can not steal from it, you can not vandalize it, and if the owner is there you have no chance to take life. Thats if you obey the sign/law.

In this case, no taxes, not paying for healthcare, taking life while bring drugs across the border....is the reason why we have the "No Trespassing" sign/law. If they come up here to tour and take pictures, then go home. Your suggestion of trespassing is correct.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Rosa Parks broke a law which said that you're kind is not welcome here. Sounds pretty similar to me.
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The two are no where near related to each other. The immigrants that come into this country now illegally are doing nothing but putting a burden and drain on the American citizen. How you compare American civil rights and the story of Rosa Parks to illegal Hispanic immigrants is a tremendous reach to say the least.
 
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Cash Vallin said:
been to atlanta and loved it.... plan on going to chicago soon........ love the diversity of cultures and not the small-town attitude of "my way or no way."
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That is the dumbest thing I have ever read. Small town != white.

You love the idea of diversity. Just because there are a bunch of different colors doesn't mean they like each other.

Unlike you, I see people as people, not as colors. I don't need my friends list to look like college entrance figures to consider myself "diverse."

I mean, great job having a friends list that's 17% asian, 40 % white, 28 % black, and 15% hispanic.

Makes you such a great person.

Growing up in a town where the population is white makes you no more a racist than growing up in a small town in Mexico where folks are pretty much all Mexican.

You're a troll. You have some skewed world-view where you think visiting big cities and other states somehow bestowed culture upon you.

You're a one-upper, the kid that sits in class spewing whatever garbage some other "in-touch" idiot posted on DailyKos.

You see diversity as some challenge to up your culture stats.

Most of us take our friends and acquaintances as they come. We don't actively seek diversity for diversity's sake, but we DAMN sure don't deny it.
 
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Cash Vallin said:
because you can't... you're all white.
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So because I'm white that means somehow I am not able to have lifelong friendships and relationships with people of other races or ethnic backgrounds?

You are a sad individual, you realize our backgrounds are very similar, you married a woman of Asian descent, I was engaged to a woman of Asian descent. The group of friends I had growing up were very diverse, many of those people I still have frequent contact with even though our lives and jobs have taken us in different directions we still keep in touch and get together occasionally.

Moving to a small rural town is a decision I made for multiple reasons, quiet neighborhoods, less crowded schools, lower crime rate, lower taxes. Sure there are both advantages and disadvantages but you attempt to paint those who choose to live outside larger cities as closet KKK members, you couldn't be further from the truth.
 
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#237
By the way Cash, we see through that pathetic attempt to salvage any credibility you might have remaining by claiming your comments were "an experiment". I would have to think long and hard to come up with anything more pathetic.
 
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KB5252 said:
By the way Cash, we see through that pathetic attempt to salvage any credibility you might have remaining by claiming your comments were "an experiment". I would have to think long and hard to come up with anything more pathetic.
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Hold up a minute. You don't believe him? Do wha?
 
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Cash Vallin said:
racists much??? They (IE minorities) would have to find real jobs... pure racism. you're implying the majority don't have real jobs. it just seeps out your pores, doesn't it??
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I was speaking of the usual crowd like Al Sarpton, Jesse Jackson and there are more but those are the main two.
 
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Cash Vallin said:
truth can hurt... i've heard more racial slurs in small towns (from my extended family, from friends that live in small towns, from random people in a bar in a small town) than at anytime with my time in the city.

sucks to be totally profiled, huh?? like many are doing on here when it comes to muslims.
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the truth comes out. you have white guilt over your family being a bunch of racists. don't put your families crimes on the rest of us. it sure makes you feel better if you can believe everyone else is like that doesn't it?
 
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Cash Vallin said:
been to atlanta and loved it.... plan on going to chicago soon........ love the diversity of cultures and not the small-town attitude of "my way or no way."
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If you are into observing diversity I suggest that you ignore uptown and the North Shore while in Chicago. You need to spend your time exploring South State Street and surrounding area. On foot is preferable. Good luck!
 
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