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Old 08-14-2007, 07:02 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by SeattleUte View Post
Tex, saying "I like blacks [Chinese, Hispanics, whatever, fill in the blank] who have high morals and are hard working" is one of the most infamous and cliched racist comments that can possibly be made, apart from just hurling an epithet at them. The fact that you are blind to it just reinforces my point. In this day and age this statement is most often made jokingly in parody of an ignoramus or bigot.
Hmm, except that's not what I said. There's nothing racist about wanting hard-working immigrants, and not wanting murder-prone immigrants. I said nothing about race.

That you think it is about race illustrates why the immigration issue can't get traction.
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