Blaming the Citizen

Ralph Peters writes on the Arizona illegal immigration law scuffle:

Polls reveal that two-thirds to three-quarters of [Arizona] citizens approve of the new enforce-the-law law. Yet only 58 percent of Arizonans are non-Hispanic whites. Over 30 percent are Hispanic. Another 5 percent are Native Americans, 4 percent black and 2 percent mixed race. According to the left's logic, every non-Hispanic white must be "anti-immigrant." Blacks and Indians must be piling on, too.


Of course, that's nonsense. Left-leaning whites don't support the legislation. Which means some Hispanics must favor it. Many do. Hispanic Americans have the same concerns as all other citizens. They don't unanimously support human trafficking, the narcotics trade and criminal gangs. They want safe neighborhoods, too. Assuming that all citizens who happen to be Hispanic automatically back illegal immigration is just the left's selective racism.

I went to school at a University known for it's Journalism school.  I had a several friends who were there to major in journalism.  And one thing they tended to agree on.... one reason they picked journalism is that it required the least math.

Tolerance

Here's some tolerance for ya.

The guy who started our local 9/12 Tea Party group?  Kicked out of his appartment after his landlord saw the front-page story on the first meeting in March.   Another man who was mentioned in the story lost his job after the story came out.

Of course... I'm sure it was completely coincidental.   Especially since the land lord explicitly mentioned the story.

Fortunately, another 9/12-er has hooked him up with another place to rent.

But the guy who lost his job... that one's not so easy.