Ethnic group, get out of region!

[nontacitare]

Been meaning to blog about this one all week. Telling any ethnic group which has lived somewhere for several generations you don't have a right to exist here is racist and wrong in all circumstances. It's wrong in Arizona and it's wrong in Israel

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[wishesofastar]

Arizona's new law is horrible. But not as horrible as their future plans to say that citizens born in the state aren't citizens. I cannot even imagine how anyone thinks that's defensible.

What especially disgusts me is that a majority of the American public agrees with Arizona's anti-Hispanic law, which is certainly part of what emboldened them to attempt to negate the Constitution. Of course, as late as 1994, less than half of Americans approved of interracial marriages.

The shittiest part is that there's not a damned thing I can do about it.

[nontacitare]

But not as horrible as their future plans to say that citizens born in the state aren't citizens.

I don't think they'll be as successful with that one. Amending the US constitution is really, really difficult. A state can't just pass a law saying "Let's ignore it."

So we should keep an eye on it, but I don't think it's going anywhere.

[wishesofastar]

I'm sure it's not. But the fact that someone would even attempt it and, with a straight face, say, "We'll write it right. It'll be legal," is mind boggling.

[nicosomething]

I keep hearing again and again about anchor babies. What I have never seen is any evidence presented that this is actually a problem. I'm sure it does happen from time to time, but it's also the kind of thing that it should be possible to gather evidence on. Maybe it's a real issue, maybe it's not, but we should be able to know with something beyond anecdotal evidence.

That is assuming people actually want to investigate and find the truth instead of just accepting a concept that supports the bias they want to believe in.

[nicosomething]

Those defending Thomas' comments should note that she did not try to defend them. She pretty quickly apologized and retired. I think she realized that whatever her frustrations with the policies of Israel, her reaction was not appropriate.

It's important to keep in mind that this isn't about criticizing Israel, because we should be able to criticize them. They have done a heck of a lot to warrant criticism. But it is a very different thing to say they should give up the country they've lived in for generations and go back to Germany and Poland, where millions of their people were slaughtered.

[nontacitare]

It's important to keep in mind that this isn't about criticizing Israel, because we should be able to criticize them. ... But it is a very different thing to say they should give up the country they've lived in for generations and go back to Germany and Poland, where millions of their people were slaughtered.

Yes, exactly.