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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-15-09 07:34 PM
Response to Reply #2
11. Oh but why not?
I'm sure there's someone in another country who will do whatever it is you do for much less. Why are you selfishly thwarting their chance to better themselves?
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  -Here's A Good One For The Not-Racist-Never-Racist Nativists Among Us! BlooInBloo  Mar-15-09 07:09 PM   #0 
  - I have been in favor of open  david13   Mar-15-09 07:13 PM   #1 
  - Heh. I doubt if I'm for "open borders"...  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:20 PM   #2 
  - Oh but why not?  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:34 PM   #11 
  - And that's worked so well for ___?  TahitiNut   Mar-15-09 07:20 PM   #3 
     - The plutocrats, obviously.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:27 PM   #7 
        - Oh... the folks trafficking in human labor? Yup.  TahitiNut   Mar-15-09 07:44 PM   #17 
           - The ones for whom wages can't be low enough.  burning rain   Mar-15-09 08:04 PM   #32 
              - Oh come now. Wanting good wages is soooo xenophobic.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:25 PM   #38 
                 - The only answer is to get these other people to demand equal wages  treestar   Mar-15-09 08:58 PM   # 
                 - Hundreds of people showed up to apply for a janitorial job in Ohio the other day  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 09:10 PM   #47 
                 - No, but it is xenophobic to blame one's problems on foreigners instead of the US power  pampango   Mar-16-09 07:19 AM   #55 
  - What's the point of this post?  BuyingThyme   Mar-15-09 07:21 PM   #4 
  - Hm. How does Canada deal with their immigration problems?  Edweird   Mar-15-09 07:22 PM   #5 
  - Immigration to Canada is very difficult  Posteritatis   Mar-15-09 07:53 PM   #25 
     - I would have guessed that as far as illegal immigration goes  treestar   Mar-15-09 08:45 PM   #42 
     - I'm not sure of the complete situation myself..  Posteritatis   Mar-15-09 09:31 PM   #50 
     - I just checked. Canada lets in 250,000 per year  provis99   Mar-15-09 09:22 PM   #48 
        - Check the scoring system for it, though  Posteritatis   Mar-15-09 09:32 PM   #51 
  - Lose your job to outsourcing like I did and we'll talk  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:26 PM   #6 
  - Indeed. Because them getting a job that a "normal American" might have gotten...  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:28 PM   #8 
  - And I can just live in my car, because that's what I'm facing.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:33 PM   #9 
  - Not only do I not remember that, I have no idea what you're talking about.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:34 PM   #10 
  - Then what are you talking about?  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:37 PM   #13 
     - Opinion of the crazyperson, noted.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:40 PM   #15 
        - Crazy and unemployed, thanks to the policies you champion  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:44 PM   #16 
           - I'll gather the wood, if you'll get the nails for me.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:45 PM   #18 
              - Says the author of the hyperbolic OP  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:47 PM   #20 
                 - Why do you hate pretty girls?  BuyingThyme   Mar-15-09 07:48 PM   #21 
                    - Because I'm a mean old heartless xenophobe, that's why.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:52 PM   #24 
  - I don't think the OP is a cheap labor apologist  treestar   Mar-15-09 08:52 PM   #45 
     - I love how you assume that I support imprisoning undocumented immigrants  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 09:45 PM   #52 
  - You forgot devasting trades and unions... nt  Lost in CT   Mar-15-09 09:59 PM   #53 
  - This is an entirely different thing  treestar   Mar-15-09 08:46 PM   #43 
     - Ah yes. The Jobs Americans Won't Do.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:58 PM   #46 
  - The last paragraph would make a nice example for a stats class:  petronius   Mar-15-09 07:35 PM   #12 
  - Sometimes. Sometimes not.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:37 PM   #14 
  - Shockingly, the inflammatory title of the OP has yet to produce constructive dialogue  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:46 PM   #19 
  - Indeed. Unlike that constructive dialogue from the "round up the drug-carrying lepers" crowd...  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:50 PM   #23 
     - Does such a crowd exist on DU? I wasn't aware of it. eom  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:55 PM   #26 
        - Careful not to scuff your halo.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 07:56 PM   #27 
           - Sorry that your OP isn't working out like you planned.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:01 PM   #30 
              - Actually, I had no plans. And I'm well-aware than I'm in the minority in not hating Mexicans.  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 08:05 PM   #33 
                 - No, you're in the minority for being an apologist for the cheap labor lobby  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:08 PM   #34 
                    - Ok - I'm curious: Who are the "they" in your monster-plaugued mind?  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 08:09 PM   #35 
                       - Now this is richly ironic.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:21 PM   #36 
                          - Actually, you misquote me...  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 08:22 PM   #37 
                             - Which is why the title of your OP was an inflammatory strawman  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:32 PM   #39 
                                - Actually, yes I would have, and in fact did....  BlooInBloo   Mar-15-09 08:38 PM   #40 
                                   - I would have had to spelled plagued 'plaugued' to have quoted you accurately.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:48 PM   #44 
  - I like Universal Healthcare and I like strong Unions... so I approve of  Lost in CT   Mar-15-09 07:49 PM   #22 
  - Agree about Universal Healthcare  shari   Mar-15-09 07:56 PM   #28 
  - Or they like cheap maids and produce. eom  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 08:03 PM   #31 
  - Yep.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 07:59 PM   #29 
  - even without a criminal record, someone illegally here can be  treestar   Mar-15-09 08:43 PM   #41 
  - Yes. The problem is the bloated prison industrial complex  Hello_Kitty   Mar-15-09 09:24 PM   #49 
  - I 'm confused.....  shari   Mar-16-09 01:14 AM   #54 
  - Reply #1 is the first time I've seen anybody advocate for that position....  BlooInBloo   Mar-16-09 07:45 AM   #57 
  - If economies were reversed we would be the illegal aliens  lunatica   Mar-16-09 07:32 AM   #56 
  - But darlin', when the 'largest maw' closed down, everything stopped.  Hello_Kitty   Mar-16-09 11:30 PM   #58 
  - Holy hyperbole, Batman. n/t  Baikonour   Mar-16-09 11:34 PM   #59 
 

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