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riversedge

(81,529 posts)
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:59 PM Dec 2015

macho Texas Republicans cowering in fear over prospect of 21 refugees; half of whom are kids, ages




Eric Boehlert ‏@EricBoehlert 4h4 hours ago

Macho #Texas #Republicans cowering in fear over prospect of 21 refugees; half of whom are kids, ages 2-15; http://nyti.ms/1R9PYbN


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Anxiety Grows in Texas With Syrians Due to Arrive Soon

By MANNY FERNANDEZ and JULIA PRESTONDEC. 8, 2015
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macho Texas Republicans cowering in fear over prospect of 21 refugees; half of whom are kids, ages (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2015 OP
Yet they assure me online that they arent afraid of nothing, which begs the question randys1 Dec 2015 #1
Macho and repub in the same sentence Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #2
Has ryan_cats Dec 2015 #3
Eric Boehlert is a regular on the stephanie miller show monday or tuesday i forget saturnsring Dec 2015 #4
Never mistake fear for hatred Facility Inspector Dec 2015 #5
Two different emotions,perhaps! atreides1 Dec 2015 #6

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Yet they assure me online that they arent afraid of nothing, which begs the question
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:14 PM
Dec 2015

if you are not afraid of anything, and you are armed to the teeth, then why would you adamantly oppose allowing Women and children in when at best 2 out of 20,000 might be terrorists.

Surely you have a better chance of shooting yourself, let alone your neighbor shooting you, than a refugee.

Right?



So, if there is so little to actually fear and you are armed and ready, please just admit this is more about your hatred for Brown people.


We know this, the world knows this, when you admit it we can then go to phase 2 of this.

Phase 2 of the discussion, I mean. I do think we can ultimately resolve this without violence.

I WANT to talk to teapartiers about how we can come together on these issues. We have to start somewhere.
I dont want to do it alone, though. Maybe we can all meet for lunch someday...seriously

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
2. Macho and repub in the same sentence
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:16 PM
Dec 2015

That's actually hilarious...

Thanks for the belly laugh!

 

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)
4. Eric Boehlert is a regular on the stephanie miller show monday or tuesday i forget
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:22 PM
Dec 2015

but you can go here to find out http://www.stephaniemiller.com/

atreides1

(16,799 posts)
6. Two different emotions,perhaps!
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:42 PM
Dec 2015

But too often fear of something or someone will lead to hatred!

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