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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:38 PM Original message |
I grew up in a rural Arizona town in the 70s. Lots of cotton and citrus ranching. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. What happened? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's it. It's manufactured hate. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That's definitely part of it. You should hear McCain's radio ads-- |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They have to blame immigration for the drug cartels increased power |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. The majority of immigrant workers are not in farming anymore |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That doesn't explain the hatred--which was never there before. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Right wing demagoguery and tonedeaf liberals. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. And, in the cases of construction & meat packing, the immigrants |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I watched the meat packer unions get destroyed. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. And who is working in the plants now? |
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profile this (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fear |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Nah, it predates the Obama administration. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's been growing exponentially lately, but I first started noticing the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Anti-immigrant hysteria is as American as our flag. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. What happened? Vast numbers of older, white Americans retired to Arizona. They're afraid of becoming |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pain & Sickness |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. In the 80s. Reagan's dirty wars in Latin America made refugees |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm not big on history, but that time-frame fits the change in the ways of the migration |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I know. I grew up in Silion Valley when the nails were barely cool |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. They're scary because they're fighting back and won't stay in"their place" anymore. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. A convergence of factors |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I grew up in rural Chandler. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Migrant farm workers are H2A holders here legally. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If you really believe that, well, I'm happy for you. |
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profile this (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Numbers |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. An ex-boyfriend lived in AZ decades ago and told me he met plenty to Aryan Nation types. |
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profile this (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Glad I'm not |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. What happened is the political money flow! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. What have you missed? Apparently the entire transformation of this state. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm torn. I think about leaving, but I really love it here. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. The population of the state has doubled since 1990. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I never, ever, ever thought I would be living where I am now. |
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