Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Comparing an illegal alien that is here in search of work to a drug dealer is idiotic but then it's kind of the knee jerk response one expects of you.
ack-ack
I actually thought of the same comparison two nights ago when culero started in on his racist/bigot attack based on the absurd premis that the cause of the problem in question laid mostly on the employers that were willing to break the law and hire the illegals, and that any thoughts of recrimination on the illegals was a sure sign of a deep seated hatred(racism) of Mexicans, or Latin Americans in general.
The correlation between drug smugglers and resident buyers, and illegal immigrants and resident employers, is entirely relevant, especially as presented by culero and those that support his argument.
In both cases there are people that enter this country illegaly and commit acts that are illegal once they are here. In both cases there are people that live in this country that support those illegal actions with illegal actions of their own. All four groups are wrong. The accusation of bigotry/racism is nothing but a classic example of the modern practice of arguing by labeling the party that disagrees with you with an adjective that elicits emotional reactions from those that are judging the debate. That expectation of emotion, and the loaded wording of the label, is used to derail the original debate. Logical thought is lost, if it was ever there to begin with.
Culero, it could just as easily be said that you are bigoted/racist towards the people that hire those illegals because you blame them instead of the illegals. Blame is not the issue. The issue is the suffocation that our national economy is suffering because of the illegal immigrants crossing over from Mexico. The issue is the lack of concern by our politicians. The issue is the concerted effort by old Senior Fox to stonewall any effort made to curb the illegal infiltration. The issue is the
billions of dollars that are funneled out of the US to Mexico every year by these illegals. The issue is the
billions of dollars of taxpayers money that is lost in government funded programs to support the illegals' communities that they have set up in our country. The issue is the unknown (to me at least) amount of money spent arresting, putting to trial, and jailing of illegals.
The root of the problem? The cause of it all??......We let it happen. The only way to stop it now is to cut the influx off as abruptly as we can. Cut off the supply of illegal employers as abruptly as we can. Cut off the illegal federal funding as abruptly as we can.