Migrants In Lexington
Consider this a public service announcement for the Migrant Network Coalition.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR GATHERING
This Saturday, April 19th
Anytime between 4-7:00 p.m.
Corner of Main St. and Martin Luther King
Please join other fair-minded Lexington residents as we stand up and say NO to the scapegoating and dehumanization of immigrants that has become so acceptable in mainstream national and local media. Let us change the tide of the discourse together by showing Lexington WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY! Feel free to bring a sign showing your support for a diverse and hate-free Lexington.
Please pass the information on to anyone who may be interested!
Now you won’t be seeing any public service announcements from me for the other side, but to be fair if you want to see the other side of issue in Lexington look at the Kfire web site.
The guy that does this site is Doug Roy, that’s his smiling face on the website.
My real problem with Doug Roy, other than I think he is totally wrong on the issue of immigration, is that he and I agree on a couple of other issues. I would really like to blast this guy for being a total idiot, but I can’t.
Here are some of Roy’s opinions:
On George Bush’s war in Iran:
If you still buy the cover stories about Iraqi freedom, WMD and the evil dictator Saddam Hussein, you're still struggling to put dots together to make the picture work. Good luck.
If the truth were told, those missions were indeed accomplished back in 2003. The real mission is continuing to be accomplished: oil under control and buddies making billions.
On big Tobacco:
This year, more than 4,000 Fayette County residents will die untimely and painful deaths from smoking-related illnesses. If that number could be decreased even a little over the next few years because of the smoking ban, would it be worth it?
But some of us are worried that a few businesses will lose money. Saving lives or saving a few businesses: What's your priority?
I just wish he was a little more prone to dialog than demagoguery on the immigration issue.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR GATHERING
This Saturday, April 19th
Anytime between 4-7:00 p.m.
Corner of Main St. and Martin Luther King
Please join other fair-minded Lexington residents as we stand up and say NO to the scapegoating and dehumanization of immigrants that has become so acceptable in mainstream national and local media. Let us change the tide of the discourse together by showing Lexington WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY! Feel free to bring a sign showing your support for a diverse and hate-free Lexington.
Please pass the information on to anyone who may be interested!
Now you won’t be seeing any public service announcements from me for the other side, but to be fair if you want to see the other side of issue in Lexington look at the Kfire web site.
The guy that does this site is Doug Roy, that’s his smiling face on the website.
My real problem with Doug Roy, other than I think he is totally wrong on the issue of immigration, is that he and I agree on a couple of other issues. I would really like to blast this guy for being a total idiot, but I can’t.
Here are some of Roy’s opinions:
On George Bush’s war in Iran:
If you still buy the cover stories about Iraqi freedom, WMD and the evil dictator Saddam Hussein, you're still struggling to put dots together to make the picture work. Good luck.
If the truth were told, those missions were indeed accomplished back in 2003. The real mission is continuing to be accomplished: oil under control and buddies making billions.
On big Tobacco:
This year, more than 4,000 Fayette County residents will die untimely and painful deaths from smoking-related illnesses. If that number could be decreased even a little over the next few years because of the smoking ban, would it be worth it?
But some of us are worried that a few businesses will lose money. Saving lives or saving a few businesses: What's your priority?
I just wish he was a little more prone to dialog than demagoguery on the immigration issue.
Labels: human rights, Immigrants, Smoking
posted by Ralph Long @ 4:14 PM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Here, here! All of Central Kentucky benefits from the immigrants who choose this place as their home. I happen to work with an Indian, a Canadian, a Pakistani, and an El Salvadoran who have all fallen victim to the racist views of some so I whole heartedly support this kind of gathering.
Let me know when you are ready to tackle the illegal immigration problem and I'll support you there as well.
I find myself on the 'what part of illegal do you not understand' side of the arguement. But that doesn't mean I'm racist or anti-immigration. I was just raised with a healthy respect of the law.
People that throw litter out of their car windows makes my blood boil. Not really because I love trees. I just see it as disrepectful to me and everyone else that obey the law. It's like they think they're better than me and the 'law' doesn't apply to them.
The recent story of the Transy student that might be deported is heart-breaking. With our current border crisis, we should just put temporary halts on these types of deportations, so we're not too hypocritical.
We should also open the floodgates to legal opportunities for immigration from people that want to join our country and become a part of it.
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