Anonymous
03/14/2017 16:06
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how Trump was able to castigate the left as living in a bubble (ie the melting pot cities) when in reality it is these snowflakes living in the farm belt who are mostly surrounded by other white people who are the ones really in a bubble.
I get it, some people don't like change and want to go to the same high school as their grandfather and work the same fields or run the same local store or bank. But millions of others want to see more out of life and experience more and maybe have skills that are not economically rewarded in the rural areas.
But that doesn't give the right for someone like King to use his position to advocate for a policy that suggests minimizing or eliminating huge percentages of people who represent the overwhelming bulk of our GDP and yes, culture.
If you like taco bell or dominoes, then you are embracing foreign culture.
I bet you lots of people from King's district actually think tacos are American food.
Ever heard this story: a white American couple were in Germany. Someone sneezed, and a German said "Gesundheit". The American person said, "Oh, look dear, that person speaks English".
Is that how you spell that??? Thanks.
I had to google it - you know... that company started by an immigrant/refugee, and where many of their products were created by immigrants.
You're welcome.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 16:01
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how Trump was able to castigate the left as living in a bubble (ie the melting pot cities) when in reality it is these snowflakes living in the farm belt who are mostly surrounded by other white people who are the ones really in a bubble.
I get it, some people don't like change and want to go to the same high school as their grandfather and work the same fields or run the same local store or bank. But millions of others want to see more out of life and experience more and maybe have skills that are not economically rewarded in the rural areas.
But that doesn't give the right for someone like King to use his position to advocate for a policy that suggests minimizing or eliminating huge percentages of people who represent the overwhelming bulk of our GDP and yes, culture.
If you like taco bell or dominoes, then you are embracing foreign culture.
I bet you lots of people from King's district actually think tacos are American food.
Ever heard this story: a white American couple were in Germany. Someone sneezed, and a German said "Gesundheit". The American person said, "Oh, look dear, that person speaks English".
Is that how you spell that??? Thanks.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:38
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how Trump was able to castigate the left as living in a bubble (ie the melting pot cities) when in reality it is these snowflakes living in the farm belt who are mostly surrounded by other white people who are the ones really in a bubble.
I get it, some people don't like change and want to go to the same high school as their grandfather and work the same fields or run the same local store or bank. But millions of others want to see more out of life and experience more and maybe have skills that are not economically rewarded in the rural areas.
But that doesn't give the right for someone like King to use his position to advocate for a policy that suggests minimizing or eliminating huge percentages of people who represent the overwhelming bulk of our GDP and yes, culture.
If you like taco bell or dominoes, then you are embracing foreign culture.
I bet you lots of people from King's district actually think tacos are American food.
Ever heard this story: a white American couple were in Germany. Someone sneezed, and a German said "Gesundheit". The American person said, "Oh, look dear, that person speaks English".
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:36
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
What is it called when a Congressman from a state that is 94% white starts shitting his pants in a paranoid fit about potentially losing his civilization?
Xenophobia Inflation
Xenophobia Inflation
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:34
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
It's amazing how Trump was able to castigate the left as living in a bubble (ie the melting pot cities) when in reality it is these snowflakes living in the farm belt who are mostly surrounded by other white people who are the ones really in a bubble.
I get it, some people don't like change and want to go to the same high school as their grandfather and work the same fields or run the same local store or bank. But millions of others want to see more out of life and experience more and maybe have skills that are not economically rewarded in the rural areas.
But that doesn't give the right for someone like King to use his position to advocate for a policy that suggests minimizing or eliminating huge percentages of people who represent the overwhelming bulk of our GDP and yes, culture.
If you like taco bell or dominoes, then you are embracing foreign culture.
I get it, some people don't like change and want to go to the same high school as their grandfather and work the same fields or run the same local store or bank. But millions of others want to see more out of life and experience more and maybe have skills that are not economically rewarded in the rural areas.
But that doesn't give the right for someone like King to use his position to advocate for a policy that suggests minimizing or eliminating huge percentages of people who represent the overwhelming bulk of our GDP and yes, culture.
If you like taco bell or dominoes, then you are embracing foreign culture.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:33
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.
What do you think will happen to food prices if farms have to pay $30/hr for labor? 99% of Americans can't weather that kind of increase in food prices. Trump and his ilk can.
Wow you libs really don't understand economics. When the wages go up for picking crops, those people can suddenly afford more for food. The rich make the less income now that their companies need to pay workers more while simultaneously having to spend more on goods. So the poor become better off relative to the rich. Real free market conservatives love tons of immigration because it drives down wages and drives up corporate profits. I can't believe I, a republican, am makin this argument and you are opposing it, but that's what the world has come to. It's more important to me that we save our society.
YAY! Inflation!
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:33
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:^^ That only works if people are willing to pay the higher wages and higher prices. Which often they will not be. I will buy an avocado every week if they are $1.99. I will buy one once a year if they are $7.
What is actually going to happen is we'll get more imported food, so long as the idiot in chief doesn't make that impossible. I hope you like driving the remaining American farms straight out of business.
And even if farm labor wages go up - which is not likely - MY wages are not going to go up. I work in a completely unrelated field.
I can't believe conservatives make the idiotic arguments you expect to hear from Stalinists.
PP = my post was in response to the self-described conservative who somehow thought protectionism would be better for the economy than the free market. We live in craaazy times.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:31
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
^^ That only works if people are willing to pay the higher wages and higher prices. Which often they will not be. I will buy an avocado every week if they are $1.99. I will buy one once a year if they are $7.
What is actually going to happen is we'll get more imported food, so long as the idiot in chief doesn't make that impossible. I hope you like driving the remaining American farms straight out of business.
And even if farm labor wages go up - which is not likely - MY wages are not going to go up. I work in a completely unrelated field.
I can't believe conservatives make the idiotic arguments you expect to hear from Stalinists.
What is actually going to happen is we'll get more imported food, so long as the idiot in chief doesn't make that impossible. I hope you like driving the remaining American farms straight out of business.
And even if farm labor wages go up - which is not likely - MY wages are not going to go up. I work in a completely unrelated field.
I can't believe conservatives make the idiotic arguments you expect to hear from Stalinists.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:29
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.
What do you think will happen to food prices if farms have to pay $30/hr for labor? 99% of Americans can't weather that kind of increase in food prices. Trump and his ilk can.
Wow you libs really don't understand economics. When the wages go up for picking crops, those people can suddenly afford more for food. The rich make the less income now that their companies need to pay workers more while simultaneously having to spend more on goods. So the poor become better off relative to the rich. Real free market conservatives love tons of immigration because it drives down wages and drives up corporate profits. I can't believe I, a republican, am makin this argument and you are opposing it, but that's what the world has come to. It's more important to me that we save our society.
I'm not a liberal. Reagan era Rs are all for lower wages and pro-business. Trump is for lower wages, too.
You don't understand macroeconomics. You are thinking in a vacuum. Wages *never* keep up with the price of inflation. Wages may go up, but the prices will go up at a faster rate. What is it called when prices of things go up too high? Inflation. Is that ever a good thing for an economy?
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:28
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
America lost its culture in the 1500s when the Spanish first came. And again in the 1600s when the English first came. And again... and again.. and again.....
America's culture has been in flux for centuries. Just because people and culture happen to currently resemble white-bread Steve King out in the middle of bumfuck Iowa means absolutely nothing with regard to the big picture.
America's culture has been in flux for centuries. Just because people and culture happen to currently resemble white-bread Steve King out in the middle of bumfuck Iowa means absolutely nothing with regard to the big picture.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:26
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.
What do you think will happen to food prices if farms have to pay $30/hr for labor? 99% of Americans can't weather that kind of increase in food prices. Trump and his ilk can.
Wow you libs really don't understand economics. When the wages go up for picking crops, those people can suddenly afford more for food. The rich make the less income now that their companies need to pay workers more while simultaneously having to spend more on goods. So the poor become better off relative to the rich. Real free market conservatives love tons of immigration because it drives down wages and drives up corporate profits. I can't believe I, a republican, am makin this argument and you are opposing it, but that's what the world has come to. It's more important to me that we save our society.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:24
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.
So, how much do you think farms have to pay Americans for them to want the job?
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:23
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Haven't read all the posts but will say one thing that is even worse than King's racist comments is the complete absence of a strong condemnation from party leadership. Crickets. These people are without integrity or morality. SHAME.
I agree with King 100%. We can't just give our nation away to foreigners.
Are you a native American? Everyone else is a "foreigner".
Nope. We conquered the land from the natives. That's how it works. If ISIS or Mexico wants to invade and give it a try, have at it.
You are still a foreigner. And dollars down that YOU did not conquer it from anyone and also chances are that your ancestors came here seeking a better life - unless your ancestors were wealthy immigrants, which is uncommon.
I inherited my share of the country from those that claimed it, fought for it, defended it. It's MINE now. It's MY SAY (our say) as to whether I share it. And I say NO. You say yes, open the floodgates and give it away. But luckily more people agree with me.
Actually Trump lost the popular vote by 3 million give or take a few. So even that statement of yours is wrong.
Lol. And that means nothing in our nation. Except the consolation prize. You're stuck with the electoral college Hahahhba.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:22
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.
What do you think will happen to food prices if farms have to pay $30/hr for labor? 99% of Americans can't weather that kind of increase in food prices. Trump and his ilk can.
Anonymous
03/14/2017 15:21
Subject: so, about that white supremacist Steve King tweet
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:mAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love some feedback from white people who don't feel enraged by this. I just don't get why white people aren't condemning this en masse.
Because they don't care.
The ones who do speak up.
Because there is nothing to condem. I agree with him. There is no future for us, I.e. The people currently living on the country, if we just give the country away.
How are we giving this country away? By allowing in immigrants? But, haven't we been doing this for the past 400 years? Most people are not advocating for illegal immigrants to flood our borders. Most people who are against the wall believe that it's a waste of money as it will not deter the most desperate. It's a bad ROI. And even Trump has admitted that MX will not be paying for the wall. Some of us already knew this and that's why we didn't think the wall was the best use of taxpayer $.
We don't need anything that today's immigrants offer.
Really? I don't see unemployed Americans willing to work in the farms for $10/hr.
Right. Because immigrants have driven wages down. Stop the flow of cheap labor and the farm wages will go up.