Waving Mexican flag gave the wrong message (Liberal AZ Star Knows Como Se Dice' 'BACKFIRED')

Arizona Daily Star ^ | 4/3/06

[hispanarepublicana]

Would you two please go back to the insane asylum you both escaped from?

"Escaped"? They give us computers here....

[arthurus]

I think the signals the illegals sent were pretty clear. They are at war and their side is symbolized by the flag they flew.

[varon]

They're being portrayed as a horde coming across the border," Garcia said

Well, they are a horde, so there is no misrepresentation.

[roses of sharon]

Yes, if our highest virtue is tolerance, then we have no others.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

back in 1904, they didn't have democrats promoting "multiculturism for the sake of multiculturism" and a welfare state.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

In demonstrations and school walkouts in Tucson and other cities, the participants said they want to be contributing members of the United States. Then they shouted, "Viva Mexico."

They said they wanted to remain part of the American fabric. Then they waved Mexican flags.

They said they are willing to be assimilated into our culture and learn our language. But many of their placards were written in Spanish.



This only re-enforced what we already know.

[CBart95]

That 'splains everything Lucy!

Is that crazy Texican Stump Jumper in your ward or in lock up?

Joo Gotta Whole lotta 'Splainin' to do Lucy!''

Joo Guys gotta stay out of Mexi-Pride Parades...your'e giving them a bad name.

[hosepipe]

500,000 turnout in one measly americxan city for a mere rally.. portends the 2006 vote, and the 2008 one.. The voting system totally broke.. its easy to get ID to register to vote (on the street) especially in Calif, AZ, NV, NM, and probably Texas, and whoi know Colorado too...

The perpetual Optimists will en-Mexicate America.. Maybe the gringos ARE dumber than a Mop handel..

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[Centurion2000]

You don't want to send mixed signals or express your views in a way that can be misinterpreted or, even worse, seen as a threat.

To: Author of this

They did not send mixed signals, they certainly were not misinterpreted, but they are certainly a threat. Tell them thanks for stripping away the PC bullcrap that is normally associated with their actions and showing it for what it is: INVASION.

[stands2reason]

Well, they know if there are enough of them, they aren't the ones who will have to assimilate. We will.

[stands2reason]

They are making all American Latinos look bad. They are causing racial issues where there were none.

[DumpsterDiver]

In demonstrations and school walkouts in Tucson and other cities, the participants said they want to be contributing members of the United States. Then they shouted, "Viva Mexico."

They said they wanted to remain part of the American fabric. Then they waved Mexican flags.

They said they are willing to be assimilated into our culture and learn our language. But many of their placards were written in Spanish.

There were also American flags, English chants and English placards at these demonstrations. But if the goal of the protests was to sway people toward supporting immigrant rights, why risk alienating others with symbols and words that are not American?

The AZ Star answered that in their first paragraph:

"When you want to relay an important message, clarity is vital. You don't want to send mixed signals or express your views in a way that can be misinterpreted or, even worse, seen as a threat."

[Richard Kimball]

Geez, I could have written this Editorial in four sentences:

Hey you protestors! STFU! You're making it impossible for us to pretend you're not a problem. We'll continue to cover up the crime, violence and shredding of our infrastructure if you'll just keep quiet until this blows over.

[DumpsterDiver]

Seeing the foreign a**hole invaders with their flags from other countries certainly changed my opinion.

I never liked the idea of them coming here but I always thought "they are just poor people" Now I know that they are a disaster in every way for the USA.

It sounds like you stopped looking at each tree and ended up getting a good look at the forest.

[jocon307]

"They're being portrayed as a horde coming across the border,"

Do they deny that this is EXACTLY what they are?

And funny this article makes no mention of all the "reconquista" slogans that were on display. Maybe it did not happen in that area, but I wouldn't put it past the MSM to just ignore that.

HEY, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, the Mexicans in your midst would like to reunite you with their mother country!

[Right Wing Assault]

So the newspaper wants its buddies, the invaders, to keep their cool so we don't see through their tactics. You could just hear the pleading tone. "Come on, folks, that's not the way to fool them!"

[Serenissima Venezia]

Great post. Please post it on every illegal immigration thread!

[AmericanChef]

What mixed message? They make it very clear that the U.S. IS Mexico as far as they're concerned. I'm not confused one bit.

[backhoe]

For "Thunder on the Border," click the picture:

( PS- my personal prediction? That picture will become one of the most widely distributed, and most hated, pictures on the internet. The Illegal lobby could not have done more damage to themselves with that "Mexican Flag Superior, America in Distress" photograph if they had tried... )