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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 01:56 PM Original message |
Stop blaming immigrants |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I blame their greedy shitbag exploiting employers. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And the way to take on the employers is to organize their immigrant workers and .... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. HEAR, HEAR! Even AFL-CIO president Trumka gets it (as you do), sad that so many others insist |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Employers are not "victims", though they like to pretend they are. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Never said they were. nt |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's what I was talking about and the OP pivoted back. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "the poor brown workers" That sure sounds like a put down of immigrant workers. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nice dodge. You're not fooling me for a second. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, that organizing thing has worked out really well for the past 24 years. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I know illegal immigrants who work for a Union shop making good |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Good! All the more reason to organize unions that don't exclude undocumented workers |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Illegal aliens are not "immigrants" n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Are they from Mars? These undocumented immigrant workers could easily be made "legal" if that's |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, they're not naturalized citizens. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Unauthorized migrants and if there is a problem then authorize them. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You mean they've illegally migrated from some other place in the united states? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So what? Do you want cops to check our "papers" and round up 12 million people and |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Uninvited visitors. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You mean they're only here on vacation? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Um, check your dictionary. Of course they are. nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. An immigrant intends to set up permanent housekeeping. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually, many would like nothing more than to be US citizens. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You know this how? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The Wall Street tycoons are robbing us blind .... legally. So-called "illegal" workers haven't . |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Illegal immigrants certainly do deserve some blame... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Other countries enforce the law at the employer level. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. If the jobs didn't exist, they wouldn't come. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Exactly... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Nonsense. They don't deserve a bit of blame! It's the employers who cut wages, lay-off workers, |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Hey, I only said they were part of the blame.. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-10-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I agree, but people need their convenient scapegoats. |
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