Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:07:55 -0500
From: Brenda Denzler
Subject: The “racist” brush
There is no denying that for *some* people, the reason to oppose *ILLEGAL* immigration boils down to racism. And that is reprehensible. But it is a huge mistake to believe that *all* reasons for opposing illegal immigration boil down to racism. Yet that is exactly what Gary and Meg seem to do.
To reduce *all* opposition to illegal immigration to racism is to simply cut off all possibility of dialog among citizens — because many of those who oppose it are liberal enough to find it abhorent to be painted with the “racism” brush. So they feel they have to shut up and not let their true feelings be known.
And they do shut up, leaving the terms of public discourse on this issue to be defined by the pro-illegal immigration group, who then use their power to continue to silence their progressive brothers and sisters who don’t agree with them, enforcing their silencing by continuing to use the epithet “racist” if anyone dares to begin to speak any word contrary to the
pro-illegal dogma.
But if we are going to insist on wielding the “racism” brush, then I will follow Gary and Meg’s example:
A system in which laws are applied unequally to groups of people based on irrelevant characteristics like race, ethnicity, gender, etc., is the very definition of racism. To expect most of the people on this planet to obey our immigration laws while consistently (not to mention proudly) turning a blind eye to a whole ethnic/racial group who continue to violate our
immigration laws is racist.
Brenda Denzler
In search of mimsy borogoves….
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:37:43 -0500
From: Gary Phillips
Subject: Commissioner Lucier’s decision
(snip)
I was also born to a cracker family in Green Creek, North Carolina and I can
smell racism like a chicken smells rain, no matter what kind of lying
package you put it in.
Commissioner Lucier made the right decision. Several times now, and with the
strong support of thousands of us who are learning how to say “Enough!”
gary phillips
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:04:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Lucier makes the right decisions.
George Lucier “backs out” of CITIZEN FORUM???? Backs out or is smart enough
to see a set up coming?
Is that really a Citizen Forum? Sounds like a clan meeting to me. Some of
the groups that were advertising this meeting and planning on attending are
not full of citizens from Chatham County.
They are using this forum and Chatham County to promote their paranoid
racist agenda.
(snip)
Meg