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Author Topic: What the fuck, Arizona?  (Read 52943 times)

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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #100 on: May 05, 2010, 10:12:50 PM »

Or that he's setting his sights on a national office.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #101 on: May 06, 2010, 05:17:24 AM »

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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #102 on: May 06, 2010, 05:01:24 PM »

Or that he's setting his sights on a national office.

running on a strong anti-immigrant platform for the senate or house would be really dumb considering how many hispanic voters Arizona has, and running on an anti-immigrant platform for the presidency would be even more dumb. I hope he goes for it.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #103 on: May 06, 2010, 07:18:56 PM »

Sarah Palin.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #104 on: May 06, 2010, 08:46:56 PM »

Yep, and she cost the republicans the presidency in 2008.

Let's hope we can rekindle that magic in 2012.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #105 on: May 06, 2010, 09:45:18 PM »

I'm just saying, it'd be a step up.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #106 on: May 06, 2010, 10:09:40 PM »

running on a strong anti-immigrant platform for the senate or house would be really dumb considering how many hispanic voters Arizona has

...you...haven't been following McCain versus Hayworth, I see.

I think I got into it earlier in the thread (EDIT: nope, it was in the 2010 thread), but McCain's being challenged from the right by a really nasty guy, my former Congressman, who's running pretty much on a straight anti-immigrant platform and, as a result, causing McCain a serious run for his money, forcing him to go hard right of his usually moderate immigration stance.

Now granted, that's the Republican primary, not the general election, but I really don't see a Democrat taking that seat.  The last time we elected a Democrat was in '88 -- and HE endorsed Arpaio in '08.  Fuck, I don't even know who's RUNNING for the seat on the D side.

Now, 1070 has real potential to create a groundswell in Hispanic voting, both in Arizona and nationwide, and I sincerely hope it does -- but historically, no, race-baiting has been a perfectly good way to get elected in Arizona.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #107 on: May 07, 2010, 10:06:52 PM »

CBS: Flagstaff and some place called Tuscon are suing the state over 1070.

...seriously.  The article misspells "Tucson" EIGHT TIMES.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #108 on: May 07, 2010, 10:33:27 PM »

To be fair, it does make no sense.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #109 on: May 13, 2010, 07:51:53 PM »

Bet you didn't expect to see anything new in this thread, eh? Well, to be fair I haven't heard the details or read the law yet. Some are arguing it is racism and some are arguing that is is fighting racism. If it's the latter, not much of a story and commendable, I guess. It sounds bad but time will tell the details, I am sure. It is a new story so it won't stay in the dark for long.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #110 on: May 14, 2010, 05:32:31 AM »

Fuck you, Mexicans, you don't get to have a past.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #111 on: May 14, 2010, 07:25:45 AM »

They're not trying to curb racism, they're trying to get away with being racists themselves, it seems like. They want to, essentially, persecute Hispanic and Latino people, but they don't want the Hispanic and Latino people to feel persecuted.

Anyway, shouldn't this law be considered unconstitutional? Seems like it flies right in the face of the First Amendment.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #112 on: May 14, 2010, 07:30:38 AM »

That link was worth it just for this cute little exchange in the comments:

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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #113 on: May 14, 2010, 10:58:55 AM »

Similar type of bill:  Anti-affirmative action
Claims to be anti-racist, but is actually countering a counter measure of racism.
It's hard to argue about against it, without being called a racist yourself*.  Yet all it is, is a bunch of racists/denialists cleverly forcing through a bill that adds no actual protection for anyone, but harms minorities.

*Because we've somehow redefined racism not as something that is actively against or harmful to a group of people, but any act that perpetuates the thought that the groups are different from one another and/or not entirely equal on social, legal, or biological terms--which let's face it, they're not.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #114 on: May 14, 2010, 11:02:47 AM »

not entirely equal on social, legal, or biological terms--which let's face it, they're not.
I'm just jealous of African genetic diversity. You don't need to rub it in my face anymore.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #115 on: May 14, 2010, 11:46:22 AM »

Technically, racism refers to bias based on genetic differences, which has been disproved. 

This makes me a culturalist. 
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #116 on: May 18, 2010, 03:24:07 PM »

A nun approved a lifesaving abortion at St. Joseph's Hospital and was demoted (and possibly excommunicated.)
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #117 on: May 18, 2010, 04:17:26 PM »

Dirtbike link the source for your avatar already
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #118 on: May 18, 2010, 08:36:48 PM »

...well, occasionally we fail to do something utterly self-destructive.

Looks like that 1-cent tax increase passed and we're not going to have to lay off thousands of government employees, so that's good.

Hell, the .02% tax increase in Tempe passed 2-to-1.

Anyway, not a big surprise but a bit of a relief, and a sign that the place I live still has some very small amount of sanity remaining.
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Re: What the fuck, Arizona?
« Reply #119 on: May 18, 2010, 08:57:37 PM »

I'm sure the argument there was "Oh hey guess who's actually going to be catching all these taco niggers?"
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