Reply #14: "I know many Hispanics.."

[alarcojon]

Look, I really don't mean to flame you, but I must point out that "I know many Hispanic co-workers, families and their beautiful children..great people they are, as there are many great and good within every culture that makes up America" doesn't reconcile real well with "Can I ever hear of the Hispanic population of immigrants appreciating what America has given them? I do not hear that." So why the hyperbole?

I believe where you and I fundamentally part ways is in laying the blame for the hostility you perceive, with your language about us "taking over" and the other blatant exaggeration I've already pointed out. Your statement "Save your breath when telling me about racism & the hardships of their governments...we struggle in this country also" is also quite telling - we suffer as poor whites do, and in addition face prejudice and discrimination on top of that. Or are you of the Tony Snow school, where racism doesn't matter anymore?

So sorry if my use of the term "white guys like Bush" has offended you. Your posts are filled with blatant generalizations, but when I point out to you that white males are still very, very much in charge of this country (can you even try to deny this?), you paint ME as the divisive one.

"Do you realize how many other ethnic cultures there are in this Nation? Hispanics are not the only foreigners...we are ALL from somewhere else.
Get It?"

This statement really seals it for me - how stupid do you think I am (am I lazy, too?) to not realize the truth of what you say here? Could you please address me a with a little less condescension in the future?

Is THAT too much to ask?