# Can right and left agree on anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-right-and-left-agree-on-anything/802094 "2017-11-19T19:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 512
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-right-and-left-agree-on-anything/802094/512 "2017-11-30T21:59:13Z")
> [@federal government shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-shutdown/803079/64): > > Repairing infrastructure is a good idea, but I don’t see anyone making money from it except contractors and the illegals they hire. Watching the Broadway bridge being replaced last year, most of the guys I saw were Mexican. Perhaps some of them were citizens and not sending money to Mexico to support their families. Just wanted to throw this in as evidence for “illegal” being a slur. The fact that he sees people of hispanic ethnicity makes him decide to call them all illegals. His post was racist as fuck, is it really how you want to be perceived when you use the word “illegal”? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-right-and-left-agree-on-anything/802094)._