Religions > Atheism > GOP Sen Compares Immigration to Slavery: Even Other GOPers Find Him Stupid
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"Yang, AthD h.c, Kicking AWOLs Cocaine Snorting Ass" |
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21 May 2006 11:11:49 PM |
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GOP Sen Compares Immigration to Slavery: Even Other GOPers Find Him Stupid |
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008530.php
Jim Sensenbrenner on Face the Nation: people who hire illegal
immigrants are "21st century slave masters . . . just as immoral as
the 19th century slave masters we had to fight a civil war to get rid
of."
Mark Kilmer at Red State calls it "a dangerous analogy." John
Podhoretz sees "insane moral equivalence." Even John Derbyshire thinks
it's "dumb."
But this isn't a new kick for Sensenbrenner. Here he is in March 2006:
"Those who hire large numbers of illegal aliens are the 21st-century
slave masters. And in my opinion, that's just as immoral as the
19th-century slave masters we had to fight a civil war to get rid of."
Has he said it before? Has he even thought for a minute about this
analogy? As Jonah Goldberg ("absurd and more than a little
depressing") observes, the only way this could begin to make sense is
if someone's covered up "some sweeping historical episode in which
millions of Africans snuck into the country for the 'opportunity' to
be slaves." Now anyone can say something thoughtless, but as I say
Sensenbrenner's used the analogy previously. And he's the House GOP's
lead guy on immigration issues.
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| User: "Tim Bruening" |
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| Title: Re: GOP Sen Compares Immigration to Slavery: Even Other GOPers Find HimStupid |
22 May 2006 12:05:58 AM |
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"Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting *****" wrote:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008530.php
Jim Sensenbrenner on Face the Nation: people who hire illegal
immigrants are "21st century slave masters . . . just as immoral as
the 19th century slave masters we had to fight a civil war to get rid
of."
Mark Kilmer at Red State calls it "a dangerous analogy." John
Podhoretz sees "insane moral equivalence." Even John Derbyshire thinks
it's "dumb."
But this isn't a new kick for Sensenbrenner. Here he is in March 2006:
"Those who hire large numbers of illegal aliens are the 21st-century
slave masters. And in my opinion, that's just as immoral as the
19th-century slave masters we had to fight a civil war to get rid of."
Has he said it before? Has he even thought for a minute about this
analogy? As Jonah Goldberg ("absurd and more than a little
depressing") observes, the only way this could begin to make sense is
if someone's covered up "some sweeping historical episode in which
millions of Africans snuck into the country for the 'opportunity' to
be slaves." Now anyone can say something thoughtless, but as I say
Sensenbrenner's used the analogy previously. And he's the House GOP's
lead guy on immigration issues.
I have read of illegal immigrants being employed under poor working conditions and low wages,
since they don't DARE complain to the police since they would be deported! I even read an
article in the Bee about illegals being smuggled into the country and put to work in sweat shops
with armed guards.
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