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JohnnyRingo

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13. I get the joke....

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 09:36 AM

Jun 2014

..and it's kinda stupid, but as hateful racist stereotypes go, this is weak. I guess they shouldn't have aired it, that's true, but I think we're seeing an overreaction. I know Cheech and Chong have gone way past this level without raising a single eyebrow of concern. Is it truly offensive at it's core, or is it a matter of the source?

I think it can be called "insensitive" at best and be taken down as it was, then dropped. Focus on the deplorable conditions of detainment instead of this distraction.

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Border Patrol union under fire for 'racist' tweet listing 'burrito wrapping' as part of new job desc [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2014 OP

Shawn Moran? Eiron, the Goddess of Irony, just farted... n/t DRoseDARs Jun 2014 #1

There was a nursing agency advertising a month before this story broke rainbow4321 Jun 2014 #2

Is this the place to point out that burritos aren't actually traditional Mexican cuisine? Ken Burch Jun 2014 #3

I've ordered many burritos in Mexico Android3.14 Jun 2014 #7

I don't think they started serving them until after gringo tourists began ordering 'em. Ken Burch Jun 2014 #8

They've been there. Different variations, but still called burritos 7962 Jun 2014 #10

you can wrap anything in a tortilla and eat it. got to call it a burrito for the touristas. Sunlei Jun 2014 #12

When I was in Texas in the 1980s a different name was used. happyslug Jun 2014 #18

Those kids in question are mostly not from Mexico, anyway. According to articles, most tblue37 Jun 2014 #21

And a lot of them would be indigenous kids who wouldn't even speak Spanish Ken Burch Jun 2014 #22

I would not like to be in the middle of that, between this country and these desperate people. jtuck004 Jun 2014 #4

Is this actually happening? AngryAmish Jun 2014 #5

Yes. And for some reason this is being allowed from our top levels . Link: 7962 Jun 2014 #6

In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, a seemingly endless surge of immigrants bemildred Jun 2014 #9

theres like a highway from SA all to the border, where people walk, bus, ride the rails hundreds Sunlei Jun 2014 #14

I've seen those 'stormtroopers' go to peoples homes around here to root out their 'illegal' person. Sunlei Jun 2014 #11

And what would you do? yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #20

I get the joke.... JohnnyRingo Jun 2014 #13

I have met many border patrol agents. davidthegnome Jun 2014 #15

Then he can get a job doing that...at minimum wage. Nt alp227 Jun 2014 #16

I can't blame anyone with the skill set to be performing lexington filly Jun 2014 #17

So little difference between the frontline mindset and that at the top of the power pyramid. Octafish Jun 2014 #19