Thread: Illegals for diversity? The 'logic' is ludicrous

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Illegals for diversity? The 'logic' is ludicrous
TOM KNOTT (METRO)
By Tom Knott
January 25, 2007


Here we go again. Nancy Lyall, legal coordinator of the Woodbridge Workers Committee, says a measure in the Virginia General Assembly that aims to turn off the money spigot to illegal aliens is indicative of the racism and bigotry that lurks in the outer suburbs.
Hers is a reflexive reaction intended to disarm those who object to the awarding of taxpayer money to illegal aliens. This begs the question: Which part of the word "illegal" eludes the intellectual grasp of Miss Lyall and others in her camp? "That's not based on what's good for Virginia taxpayers, but truly based on a movement to try to take out people of color from the various communities," she says.
If America has evolved to the point of rewarding bad behavior -- so long as the perpetrators meet a diversity requirement -- then we need to rethink our urge to act punitively with all lawbreakers.
How would Miss Lyall respond if, say, a person of Asian descent broke into her home and raided her refrigerator out of hunger? Would she proceed to cook the person a three-course meal? Or would she call police? And however she would react to a hungry Asian person, would Miss Lyall treat a hungry white person the same? Now, I know what you are thinking. You are thinking the hungry Asian person who breaks into a home is an absurd comparison to the illegal alien who has broken into our country.
And perhaps you are correct. Perhaps the analogy is weak at best.
But when a group begins trafficking in the ridiculous -- support your local illegal aliens because of their capacity to make a community diverse -- finding a like-minded comparison demands a sense of the ludicrous.
Not too many years ago, the notion of an illegal-alien movement would have been laughable. We are supposed to be a nation of laws, and being able to cherry-pick which laws to follow is not supposed to be part of the process.
If so, each American undoubtedly could find a law to flaunt. Skipping the dreaded April 15 tax deadline probably would be high on the list of many Americans.
There are plenty of recent arrivals who go about immigration in a legal fashion. It is time-consuming, it is costly and sometimes it seems a grand exercise in hypocrisy, with so many millions illegally here.
What would Miss Lyall say to those from Africa, Eastern Europe, India and the Middle East obligated to fill out small mountains of paperwork? Not that the complexities of our broken immigration system are Miss Lyall's problem. That is the domain of the jellyfish dressed up as lawmakers on the federal level.
Miss Lyall merely has taken up the cause of the day laborers in Woodbridge, and her ilk can be found in other suburban communities attracting a sizable contingent of illegal aliens.
This is not an issue of race, class and culture. It is an issue of fairness and how we the people want our tax money spent. Our tax money already is being spent to educate and provide health care to illegal aliens. No one should find it surprising if this rankles a good percentage of the electorate.
We all know what would happen if we illegally entered Mexico, El Salvador or Guatemala, to cite a few of our good friends south of the border. Before we had time to demand a driver's license or a public space to congregate, our friends in uniforms would be escorting us to the nearest pokey. A call to grant us our human rights would produce spasms of laughter.
Here, though, we actually debate such ideas.
Or at least we attempt to debate, amid charges of bigotry and racism.
Sad as it possibly is for those who pray at the altar of diversity, the latter two instruments are becoming dull from overuse.

Or at least we attempt to debate, amid charges of bigotry and racism.

Sad as it possibly is for those who pray at the altar of diversity, the latter two instruments are becoming dull from overuse.

I think the issue of race is almost an Achilles heels to our movement. It frustrates the hell out of me. Why do we generally cringe when race is thrust our way? Shoot not only cringe but many times timidly say things like "it's not about race". Just tonight I'm watching Paula Zahn and she interviewing Mr Tancredo. By the end of the interview he is almost babbling "it's not about race", "it's not about race", "it's not about race". I'm not bashing Mr Tancredo but The whole interaction was bizarre. As if suggesting it is all that is needed. Doesn't matter weather you are or not. Doesn't matter that they are blatantly racist, Hypocrisy abounds. Racist compared to what... A double standard? Doesn't matter that they use it to silence.

Too many times we allow them to put us on a defensive posture about race all the while racism is rampant in the Hispanic community. "It is not about race". But yet it is about race at least as much as race is tied to culture. The whole "race" issue surrounding this and in reality, America in general, has reached absurd and almost surreal public discourse. I know the tactic is for most MSM to push these questions and how they try to bait etc but enough! Paula and all the OBL supporters suggest racism all the while ignoring LaRaza, MEChA, LULAC et al. They consistently ignore the blatant "racism" from many Hispanics and the fact that overwhelmingly Hispanics support Hispanics. Somehow that is not about race? Give me a break! If they insist on taking the discourse in this direction then it is time to throw it right back. Either we are or we are not about race in this country. No ONE WAY racism! No race only organizations! Certainly no race based political organizations! Mr Orwell was more right then he knew. Stop the insanity now! We have nothing to be defensive about or apologize for! We as Americans have as much right and certainly a duty to secure our country and who lives here as any other country, or culture.

AlturaCt, well put.

Originally Posted by jean

AlturaCt, well put.

DOUBLE DITTO!

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AlturaCt, you brought up some really valid points. We here all know that race baiting is the way the illegal activists try to intimidate those who want the laws enforced and try to marginalize them.

I wonder, all other things being equal, if the majority of illegals in this country were white, would all of these pro-illegal advocacy groups be so vociferous in their defense of them? Would the media be doing so many stories on the plight of the illegal? Or would they have already been deported? I do believe that race is a factor here, but I believe it is a factor on the pro-illegal side.

This should not be an issue of race or ethnic affinity. All Americans who care for this country and their fellow Americans should want our borders secured and our immigration laws enforced.