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75thru79 said:
I wouldn't say they are low IQ. Some may very well be quite smart but they have little to no education and no marketable skills. It's literally like trying to assimilate millions of children all at once. They bring nothing to the US except for their "potential" to perform jobs that uneducated and unskilled people qualify for.
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A personal story from my time in Big Pharma.

I was the jack-of-all-trades I.T. guy at Merck Animal Health's distribution center for 11 years. Just about every non-white worker in our distribution center was an immigrant from the African continent. They were some of the hardest workers I've ever been around.

As with other immigrant communities, these guys came from nothing. One guy left his home country (I think it was Sierra Leone) for another African country due to war and famine. Only to have that country devolve into another crazy war. At that point he said, "Enough is enough". Brought his family here with the shirt on his back.

I have talked about it here before, but my wife came to this country with her Mom, sister and niece. $20 to their name. The Armenian diaspora from the war and genocide in Azerbaijan. I haven't met anyone from that community that wasn't a hard worker, and what they have now is due to that hard work.

This country was built by such waves of immigrants.
 
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CrimsonJazz said:
I don't miss a hell of a lot about the 90's, but when alternative started to become mainstream, I had a lot of fun looking up weird band names.
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My YouTube algorithm has turned up some really awesome music.

One of my favorite bands(and band names!) is an Aussie band called Tropical (Copulation) Storm. I couldn't post the real word in the middle because of board censorship. Another word for "freak". :D
 
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Its On A Slab said:
My YouTube algorithm has turned up some really awesome music.

One of my favorite bands(and band names!) is an Aussie band called Tropical (Copulation) Storm. I couldn't post the real word in the middle because of board censorship. Another word for "freak". :D
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Dammit, I'm supposed to be working, not looking up music on Youtube.

*Looks around apprehensively*

Logging in now.........
 
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Its On A Slab said:
A personal story from my time in Big Pharma.

I have talked about it here before, but my wife came to this country with her Mom, sister and niece. $20 to their name. The Armenian diaspora from the war and genocide in Azerbaijan. I haven't met anyone from that community that wasn't a hard worker, and what they have now is due to that hard work.

This country was built by such waves of immigrants.
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And I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that wouldn't agree that these are the types of immigrants we should welcome in with open arms. My guess is they didn't come into the country already openly hating the country and the culture, openly calling it racist, fascist, while demanding the country owed them something. If there were social media at that time, I'm certain they wouldn't be some of the ones at protests holding anti American signs while proudly flying the flag of the country that sucked so bad they had to leave.

My guess is they came in wanting to assimilate into the culture and become productive tax paying citizens like the rest of the country, and just fit in. Those are the ones most people don't mind coming in. It's the above mentioned type of people that have decided to come over in droves that shouldn't be let in and if they're already here, need to be escorted out.
 
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Bamabuzzard said:
And I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that wouldn't agree that these are the types of immigrants we should welcome in with open arms. My guess is they didn't come into the country already openly hating the country and the culture, openly calling it racist, fascist, while demanding the country owed them something. If there were social media at that time, I'm certain they wouldn't be some of the ones at protests holding anti American signs while proudly flying the flag of the country that sucked so bad they had to leave.

My guess is they came in wanting to assimilate into the culture and become productive tax paying citizens like the rest of the country, and just fit in. Those are the ones most people don't mind coming in. It's the above mentioned type of people that have decided to come over in droves that shouldn't be let in and if they're already here, need to be escorted out.
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CrimsonJazz said:
Barack Obama says the quiet part out loud — it’s time to “experiment” with “new forms of journalism” with “government regulatory constraints.”

“Part of what we’re going to have to do is to start experimenting with new forms of journalism and how we use social media in ways that reaffirm facts and separate facts from opinion. We want diversity of opinion. We don’t want diversity of facts. That, I think, is one of the big tasks of social media. By the way, it will require some government regulatory constraints…”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983378802894876859

Sigh....this man is never going away, is he?
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Neither is Trump going away...
 
CrimsonJazz said:
Barack Obama says the quiet part out loud — it’s time to “experiment” with “new forms of journalism” with “government regulatory constraints.”

“Part of what we’re going to have to do is to start experimenting with new forms of journalism and how we use social media in ways that reaffirm facts and separate facts from opinion. We want diversity of opinion. We don’t want diversity of facts. That, I think, is one of the big tasks of social media. By the way, it will require some government regulatory constraints…”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983378802894876859

Sigh....this man is never going away, is he?
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Neither is Trump going away...
 
Bamabuzzard said:
And I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that wouldn't agree that these are the types of immigrants we should welcome in with open arms. My guess is they didn't come into the country already openly hating the country and the culture, openly calling it racist, fascist, while demanding the country owed them something. If there were social media at that time, I'm certain they wouldn't be some of the ones at protests holding anti American signs while proudly flying the flag of the country that sucked so bad they had to leave.

My guess is they came in wanting to assimilate into the culture and become productive tax paying citizens like the rest of the country, and just fit in. Those are the ones most people don't mind coming in. It's the above mentioned type of people that have decided to come over in droves that shouldn't be let in and if they're already here, need to be escorted out.
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The ones I've met(and I have been in contact with the Somali, Kriin(Burmese), Sudanese, Armenian, Latin American communities do not square up with the kind of stereotype you underline. If you watch enough right-wing media, you would think our cities are on fire, and immigrants are pouring over the walls and eating our pets (and kids).

When in fact nearly all of them come here seeking a better life for themselves and their families. But now, immigrants are the punching bag for blowhard politicians and media turds.

I have no problem with flying the flag of your origin. I mean, all those natives of Trinidad, flying those flags at Ole Miss games to support Trinidad Chambliss. :D
 
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Its On A Slab said:
The ones I've met(and I have been in contact with the Somali, Kriin(Burmese), Sudanese, Armenian, Latin American communities do not quare up with the kind of stereotype you underline. If you watch enough right-wing media, you would think our cities are on fire, and immigrants are pouring over the walls and eating our pets (and kids).

When in fact nearly all of them come here seeking a better life for themselves and their families. But now, immigrants are the punching bag for blowhard politicians and media turds.

I have no problem with flying the flag of your origin. I mean, all those natives of Trinidad, flying those flags at Ole Miss games to support Trinidad Chambliss. :D
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I don't watch any right wing media. I just watch the regular national news (ABC, NBC, CBS) and see it more than I should. I also have personal experiences where I live with it. We live in an area where a lot of illegals gravitate to. So, I also have first hand experience.
 
Bamabuzzard said:
I don't watch any right wing media. I just watch the regular national news (ABC, NBC, CBS) and see it more than I should. I also have personal experiences where I live with it. We live in an area where a lot of illegals gravitate to. So, I also have first hand experience.
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i'm Scotch-Irish, so I am perpetually confused. Do I fly the flag of Scotland, or do I fly the orange and green of Ireland?
 
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