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Title: Racists Using Swine Flu As Excuse to Promote Hate
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URL Source: http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/new ... -swine-flu-excuse-promote-hate
Published: Apr 30, 2009
Author: Shani Saxon-Parrish
Post Date: 2009-04-30 20:05:37 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 4469
Comments: 133
The frenzy over swine flu has spurred another potentially deadly outbreak: racist hate-mongering against Mexicans and Mexican-American immigrants. Conservative journalists and scared American citizens are looking for someone, anything to blame for this still small global outbreak. With no proof to support his beliefs, California radio jock Michael Savage said, "Make no mistake about it: Illegal aliens are the carriers of the new strain of human-swine avian flu from Mexico." He also added that it would be a good idea to avoid contact with illegal immigrants, insisting that people who eat out are "morons who eat in restaurants with illegals all over the kitchen." Fox News columnist Michelle Malkin also weighed in with frightening commentary: "I've blogged for years about the spread of contagious diseases from around the world into the U.S. as a result of uncontrolled immigration." Rampant misinformation has even motivated the ALIPAC, or Americans For Legal Immigration, to ask Congress to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in order to contain the swine flu. And talk show host Neal Boortz has gone so far as to suggest Islamic terrorists created the deadly flu strain and introduced it to Mexicans as a sneaky way to spread it to the U.S. "What better way to sneak a virus into this country than to give it to Mexicans....then spread a rumor that there are construction jobs here, and there they come," Boortz stated. Perhaps the scariest thing is that these ignorant people with large platforms aren’t feeling any repercussions from their comments. Why are certain public figures allowed to be so openly racist and hateful? Is it because many people find an odd comfort in placing the blame on a group they consider to be outsiders? Members of the Latino community are marginalized enough as it is, and this level of hate-talk is only making things worse. "It's a virus. Any of us can get it,” says Lalo Rios, a radio DJ in Reno, Nevada. “Closing the borders is not going to help. Pointing the finger at certain groups isn't going to help anything either.”
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#7. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Hi, Y'all~ The Swine Flue is a valid reason why this nation should practice genocide. The sick wetbacks cross into our country with their diseases, poverty, crime and corruption, and we should give them one of two options: Leave or be buried here. That is my idea of immigration reform. Do I hear an amen? RO
By all means. Why not necklacing while you're at it or whacking off some limbs? How about black buses and cattle cars and death camps? Honestly, some folks take things into their mouths that are so foul and reckless that they are scarce to be believed. They'd crap their pants if they saw these things take place before their eyes.
Relax Francis. Americans didn't even deport blacks when they had a good shot at it.
Francis, my ass. If you don't fucking mind, while I defend the right of anyone to say anything here that's not libelous, let me say that genocide of anybody is nothing to joke about. I find it even more objectionable when some yahoo from out of nowhere suggests such a course of action in apparent earnest. I don't believe that this tenor of discussion is what Christine had in mind when she established this forum. They can round up all the illegals and give them a ticket home for all I care, but bumping people off ain't an option. I don't like to leave nonsense like this unanswered because comments like this are fodder for OUR ENEMIES. They love it when jerks like this take advantage of forums like this to post swill. One wonders whence they come. Cheers.
Nonsense, they hate non-travellers just for drawing breath. PV was right, Abe Lincoln was going to ship the 'chuckers back to Afreaka where they belonged.
Oh, believe me, I know. I have fucked with them personally.
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#14. To: ReallyOrnery (#7)
The Swine Flue is a valid reason why this nation should practice genocide.
#24. To: randge (#14)
Why not necklacing while you're at it or whacking off some limbs? How about black buses and cattle cars and death camps?
#29. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#24)
#32. To: randge (#29)
I don't like to leave nonsense like this unanswered because comments like this are fodder for OUR ENEMIES
#36. To: X-15 (#32)
Nonsense, they hate non-travellers just for drawing breath.
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