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CreekDog

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8. The law is horrible and I'm upset at the DU members in particular who supported this law

Reply to AlphaCentauri (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:02 PM

Nov 2012

despite being warned of all the nasty things that would happen if it were enacted.

we were all mostly against it, but dozens of people here, thinking only of themselves, vocally advocated for this horrible law.

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Asian-American says Latinos not only ones hit by Ariz. immigration law [View all] AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 OP

There are many Asian-American or ethnic Asian individuals Texin Nov 2012 #1

those heaven05 Nov 2012 #3

I'm not defending their racism. They're definitely racists. Texin Nov 2012 #4

The mindset goes back to the Confederacy's basis on the subordination of non-whites. freshwest Nov 2012 #5

Some of them were shit fully formed from Medusa's ass. Rozlee Nov 2012 #14

if heaven05 Nov 2012 #2

Welcome to Prescott Arizona and show me your papers. Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #6

Personal ambitions in the War on Drugs is part of what drives this + "Whites" are never in patrice Nov 2012 #7

The law is horrible and I'm upset at the DU members in particular who supported this law CreekDog Nov 2012 #8

Our last trip through Ohio Michigan-Arizona Nov 2012 #9

Ohio's really a police state. knitter4democracy Nov 2012 #10

Exactly! Michigan-Arizona Nov 2012 #11

There's no reciprocity, either. knitter4democracy Nov 2012 #12

Have to pay in cash on the spot Michigan-Arizona Nov 2012 #13

Guess I won't be going back to Arizona any time soon. AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #15

The timeline makes no sense. Pterodactyl Nov 2012 #16

So there was racial profiling prior to 4/6/10 AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #17

Perhaps, but wasn't related to the law. Pterodactyl Nov 2012 #18

The law was an attempt to legalize racial profiling n/t AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #19

And the incident happened before the law was passed. Pterodactyl Nov 2012 #20

I can imagine davidpdx Nov 2012 #21

You don't even have to be an immigrant to be stopped if you are black. kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #22