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Originally Posted by roachboy
samcol:
i am not saying anything about whether the minutemen should be stopped either--only that folk should be clear about who they are and think about what they are doing in an informed manner.
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Well that's reassuring. I don't have a problem with someone arguing that the minutemen's message is wrong, but implying they should be stopped because they are doing something against the law is a stretch. If they do something wrong like shoot someone, then there are already laws against that and they should and will likely be prosecuted for it.
All this these current minutemen projects are is an attempt to draw attention to an issue that politicians won't touch. Calling reps and senators hasn't been working for some time now and this is the next step. Even if you don't agree with closing the borders as most of them advocate, the country cannot sustain accepting millions of people who use the social systems in our country, but don't pay the same as everyone else. The grey area of second class citizenship just isn't working.
Bottom line in my opinion, if this issue isn't dealt with we will see a real race/class war in the coming decades that really will involve guns and interment camps, or even succeding of some sections of the United States in the southwest. Politicians HAVE to deal with this issue very soon one way or the other or comprimise between the two extremes of total legalization or total closing of the borders and deportation.