Backlash at May Day illegal alien protest closures. (A week without customers!) vanity

[Let's Roll]

Hi, Chrysalis,

I live in Albquerque - so I know about a mostly or close to mostly hispanic population.

WalMart was not as crowded as usual, BUT the hispanic employees all seemed to be there. I saw some hispanic shoppers just not as many as usual. I went before work so it might have been different later in the day.

Most Hispanics here have been here for generations - literally - so there isn't the support for this illegal nonsense here that there is in LA etc.

Most are saying their big walkout was not a success - at least from their point of view. School kids - big deal, kids will do anything to get out of school.

I don't care if they call me a racist - I know my heart. We just aren't a protesting in the street kind of people ... but we are with-holding money from pols and the GOP.

I had planned to work in the campaign this fall too but - if I don't see positive change (and that means starting a real physical wall and certainly NO amnesty or worker program) or at the very least NO change because they are afraid to do anything before the elections, I won't be working for the cause either.

[hispanarepublicana]

Did you forget to take your meds? I never mentioned any ethnicity in my tag line about cousins. It's an expression I regularly use with anyone--of any ethnicty--who does or says something dumb. Why so defensive?
Further, "PINKO" does not refer to race or ethnicity, but to a term regularly used by conservatives for anything leaning toward communism. I've pasted the Wikepedia Enclypedia reference for you so that maybe next time you'll think and research before jumping to conclusions just because you're looking for someone on whom to take out your anger about illegals marching in the streets. (Here's a little secret that you'll probably never believe, but I'll tell you anyway--I'm as angry or angrier than you are about the "Mexican power" crap and the illegals in the streets).




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Pinko is a derogatory term for a person sympathetic to a Communist Party, but not necessarily a communist.

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The word 'pinko' first became popular during the Cold War to designate those who supported the Soviet Union. The word was predominantly used in the United States, where opposition to Communism grew strong among the population, especially during the era of the McCarthy hearings. One of the most famous uses of the word is a quote attributed to Richard Nixon, talking in 1950 about Helen Gahagan Douglas: "She's pink down to her underwear!", referring to the fact that at the time, pink was the main color of women's undergarments.

The word 'pinko' likely has its origins in the relations between the colors pink and red. Since pink is a lighter shade of red, the color most associated with communism, pink could be thought of as a "lighter form of communism" practiced by mere supporters of Marxism or socialism as opposed to card-carrying communists.