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Angle Stoking Racial Hatred
October 28, 2010 | Featured, Teabaggers |
Of all the crazy talk from Sharron Angle the country has heard this election cycle, she has topped herself again when it seemed she could not possibly be more evil. Angle’s campaign ad demonizes Latinos as gang members and criminals who are swarming across the border to attack white kids in Nevada.
There are myriad problems in America, and Angle chooses to pick on undocumented workers for the sole purpose of scaring white voters. Angle’s campaign has exposed her as a shallow candidate with absolutely no clue to the problems America is facing. Her polarizing comments are meant to be divisive, and using race shows the depth of her contempt for decency.
Angle’s position on every issue pits good white people against disadvantaged citizens, and in the process, shows her disregard for the people she would represent. She labeled retired people as welfare recipients who cost America valuable resources despite the fact that to receive Social Security benefits, a worker had to pay in to the system.
Nevadans must realize that Angle does not have their best interests in mind when she supports dumping nuclear waste in the state, wants to privatize the Veteran’s Administration and Social Security, and considers “second amendment remedies” a solution for changing leadership in Washington.
She also advocates forcing victims of rape and incest to have the babies and opposes aid for everything. There is nothing in Angle’s policy positions for the people of Nevada, and now she has doubled down on the hateful racial-divide card.
Angle is working hard to inflame the racist element in Nevada into giving her votes, and instead of offering solutions, she blamed Canada, Mexico, and Harry Reid for an immigration system that is in need of an overhaul. It is disturbing, though, that she characterizes all Latinos as criminals.
There aren’t many people who point to Angle’s intelligence as a reason to vote for her, and attacking Latinos is sure to cost her plenty of votes. Latinos should feel insulted by Angle’s characterization of them as criminals and drug smugglers. Demonizing any group will always have its benefits with bigots and racists, but the long-term results are dangerous.
Taking Aim At Latinos
America is filled with hate-filled bigots who don’t need encouraging, but Angle is giving credence to the idea of a race war.
Sharron Angle does not belong in the United States Senate for many reasons. The last attempt to paint all Latinos as criminals shows Angle has no conceptual understanding of America. Demonizing immigrants is part of our history, and every era has proven that immigrants are an asset regardless of the fear and loathing from bigots like Angle.
Using race as a divisive tool may work in the short term, but as America becomes more racially homogenized, candidates like Angle will rue the day they played the race card. The Constitution makes no laws regarding race just like it makes no laws regarding religion. But then again, Angle has no understanding of the Constitution making her unqualified to be a Senator. The only thing Angle understands is hate. She hates retired people, poor and unemployed people, education, veterans, minorities and democracy. America doesn’t need any more hate and it doesn’t need Sharron Angle; not as a Senator, or as a citizen.
