tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post337488925835169133..comments2024-01-18T04:42:47.809-06:00Comments on BitterGrace Notes: The mobBitterGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-37700554344106798452009-09-20T09:09:31.912-05:002009-09-20T09:09:31.912-05:00Hi, Olfacta--You're right, the rhetoric of the...Hi, Olfacta--You're right, the rhetoric of the right has become completely irrational. It's fear-fueled craziness. <br /><br />"Flaccid" is just the word, Mary. ;-)BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-9516152511991268112009-09-20T08:31:39.433-05:002009-09-20T08:31:39.433-05:00Hear, hear.
So what happens when an "Illega...Hear, hear. <br /><br />So what happens when an "Illegal" shows up at an emergency room in danger of bleeding to death? Do they just ignore him and let him bleed out in the waiting room? Of course not. <br /><br />These wingnuts are being taken far too seriously, even by the President. I also live in an area where they are thick as fleas. I agree that the river running through all this is racism. It's gotten too illogical for it to be anything else.Olfactahttp://olfactarama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-18639820070422027412009-09-20T05:17:53.823-05:002009-09-20T05:17:53.823-05:00The right is so flaccid politically right now - I ...The right is so flaccid politically right now - I think they're just pissed off.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577766593643216036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-87492609642554012082009-09-19T16:52:55.923-05:002009-09-19T16:52:55.923-05:00Hi dissed--It will be interesting to see the long ...Hi dissed--It will be interesting to see the long term political fallout for the anti-immigrant crowd. It's remarkable that career politicians would attach themselves to a "cause" that's so clearly doomed. As you point out, they're bound to pay for their bigotry in the long run.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-65795959234699206992009-09-19T08:37:14.623-05:002009-09-19T08:37:14.623-05:00Many of my students (American citizens) have an &q...Many of my students (American citizens) have an "illegal" parent. Of these people, most work hard, contribute to our community, volunteer in our schools and do the jobs that others do not want, even in these hard times. Our choices seem to be to (a) deny health care to the entire family (because they can't afford insurance), or (b) ensure that the children receive health care benefits (as citizens), but refuse health care to the undocumented parents. These children will grow up and become voters. Do the right-wing nutcakes think these future voters will forget what happened when Mama got really, really sick and didn't receive care? We can always (c) ensure that everyone has access to health care without fear of losing their families. <br /><br />We can foist this off on the next generation, or we can fix it now. It won't go away.dissednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-794475232156600432009-09-19T07:16:35.390-05:002009-09-19T07:16:35.390-05:00I kinda wrote this post for myself, Julie, because...I kinda wrote this post for myself, Julie, because I have also been pretty upset by some of the videos, etc. Who wouldn't be? But we just can't let those people set the terms of debate for us. It's amazing, if you think about it, that it's 100% politically safe to say that we're going to deny health coverage to people with fuzzy immigration status, including children.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-19628834940675772672009-09-18T22:11:16.348-05:002009-09-18T22:11:16.348-05:00Sorry to have cluttered up your comments section w...Sorry to have cluttered up your comments section with "comments deleted"; it was merely for typos!<br /><br />What I had written (without typos now, hopefully) is that I thank you for your most lucid post. I agree with you, and realize now that part of my discomfort has been something that I didn't want to look at - the near-queasiness I felt when I heard Obama say emphatically that we didn't have to fear we'd be helping those nasty illegals,and the bewilderment I have over why we're giving so much credence to such obvious ignorance. And, on a personal level, I do live in a rural backwater, where this mindset is the norm, and I should try to disengage from it (and turn off my radio). <br /><br />Again, I thank you for your excellent post. Clear thinkers are needed right now!Julie H. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-68149528442865200262009-09-18T22:01:20.897-05:002009-09-18T22:01:20.897-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Julie H. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.com