PROTIP: “Illegal” is an adjective. Using it as a noun, while it may be technically proper according to some dictionaries, marks one as willing to negate/dismiss the humanness of actual human beings; this seriously impairs one’s qualification to participate in discussions of illegal immigration and border control.
Expressing a willingness to have Donald Trump assume the presidency seriously impairs one’s qualification to be looked upon as sane.
Trump needs to broaden his base beyond the right wing. Maybe he should promise us a public health care system that Canada will pay for.
Trump’s a sacrificial lamb. His role is to make the other Republican candidates look comparatively sane.
No, they are not.
2014 Census data shows white people in California at 73.5, about 5 points off the national average. Hispanics are considered white people. White alone (not hispanic or latino, still 39 %, and still a majority)
There may come a day in the not-to-distant future where hispanic or latino become the majority in California. I live in California. I have lived her for 35 years, as a corn-fed white boy. And I really don’t care. You see, I know some, and have spoken with them, broken bread with them, lived among them. You know what? They are people. Some liberal, some conservative, some nice, some not-so-nice, just like the other white folks.
But when I hear the ‘white people are a minority now’ rallying cry, I hear the fear. The fear is 'they will take over". And when they take over, they’ll be pissed and then they will legally treat us they way we have been treating THEM for all these years!!! That would be horrible and by God that can’t happen!!.
That’s a thing?
(note: No, evidently it’s not. I checked. God help me.)
Trump as a candidate is comedy gold. Trump as an actual office holder would be taking the joke too far.
Serious question.
I thought there was a fairness doctrine, or some rule requiring equal air time coverage for all candidates? It seems Trump is getting all the press coverage. Is there still such a rule, and when does it kick in?
No.
Did you read the post you’re caviling about? The quote you provided doesn’t seem to do anything to refute the statement. Or address it.
If you think you have a point to make, you’re perfectly welcome to spit it out.
American Exceptionalism. It works for us, because we special.
In the “Special Olympics” sense?
Even if this were true, why should it matter? Is there something wrong with being a minority? :dubious:
Dang, you ain’t kidding
How much damage can one guy cause in four years, most of the damage from The Great Moron came in his second term of office … and he had the help of them 534 yellow-bellied cowards in Congress.
Y’all act like Donald Trump would start a war with China, or Canada, or something … C’mon,
— General Buck Turgidson
You see the work of poverty and blame a boogeyman. Blame in on illegal aliens these days is all the rage. Back in my youth they all just blamed the black people.
This “pendejo” word; is it polite enough to use at work, like “putz” when I worked in Skokie, or should I use something milder? I don’t wish to shock the nice Mexican ladies–practically girls–I sit near.
The middle-aged Jewish ladies from Skokie were happy I was making an effort to speak their language.
Don’t put it in the crazy, bro.
Think “major idiot” and you’ll have a good idea.
Trust me. Even with Trump in the race, we still sense the crazy in Ted Cruz, et al.
Like when Grandma made Grandpa spray the rose scented air freshener but we all knew what had happened in that bathroom, you can still smell the crap from a mile away.
No, not being one (because those poor people can’t help who they are 
), but I sincerely think people believe there’s something wrong with *becoming *one.
It’s like a personal loss. If we lose the title, we lose our exceptionalism. :rolleyes:
Then we might have to realize that nothing fucking happened and the world was still here and we were wrong!
Oh yeah, you are good. I used pendejo because this was still in GD. It means something like moron, idiot, with a tinge of calling him an asshole. Pretty mild. Now, since we are in the Pit, I’d probably call him something like pinche puto and tell the him that I cago en la leche de tu puta madre and that he can pegarlo en el culo and besarme el culo marron peludo…or something along those lines. I’m just trying to foment the OPs cultural exchange, of course.
(You have to say the Spanish phonetically, since, sadly, I never learned how to read or write in Spanish…the gringos got me when I was young and impressionable, and my dad, once we came to this country, was death on speaking Spanish at home…he’s a total US fanatic. I would disrecommend saying any of this to your impressionable and most likely meek and retiring hispanic ladies in your office though. Especially if they have knives…)