tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post8858372542638858588..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: CBC Pushing Paranoia About Mexican RefugeesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-84707727149137994812009-12-31T10:11:57.403-05:002009-12-31T10:11:57.403-05:00[Comment spam deleted.][Comment spam deleted.]Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-23176666825997005762007-09-24T17:13:00.000-04:002007-09-24T17:13:00.000-04:00Well-said, Scott.It is (unfortunately) easy to spu...Well-said, Scott.<BR/><BR/>It is (unfortunately) easy to spurt off comments like those made by our Anonymous friend here when we're the ones benefiting from white privilege at the expense of others. <BR/><BR/>-LeynaThe dissenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382190564276005481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-18070388417251678972007-09-24T14:08:00.000-04:002007-09-24T14:08:00.000-04:00Perhaps I was too quick to trot out the labels, bu...Perhaps I was too quick to trot out the labels, but you have to know that "Some of my best friends are..." is one of the most predictable and pathetic comebacks there is.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the answer lies in dividing people into "deserving" and "not deserving." That ends up being just another way of exerting power over people. Our basis to begin understanding borders and migration should notScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-77129897914100384002007-09-24T13:29:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:29:00.000-04:00There's that anti-immigrant and racist label again...There's that anti-immigrant and racist label again. I'm all for immigration; Some of my best friends are immigrants. I've also had the pleasure of befriending some genuine refugee's in my life. Namely from Cambodia, Somalia, Vietnam and a few other countries. <BR/>These Mexicans who came across the border are in no way legitimate refugee's and in fact make a mockery of the process by exploiting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-59582574139345275272007-09-24T13:07:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:07:00.000-04:00I'm already signed up...it's called paying taxes.I...I'm already signed up...it's called paying taxes.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying there aren't larger questions -- very hard political questions -- related to migration. And given what you ask, I suspect you and I would differ significantly in how we would answer them. What I'm saying is that this article ignores them or gets them completely wrong, and that the actual concrete issue they present (200 newScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-80686676616647510402007-09-24T11:47:00.000-04:002007-09-24T11:47:00.000-04:00Can we sign you to up to pay for these economic mi...Can we sign you to up to pay for these economic migrants? Maybe a special tax category for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-73063062364906940512007-09-23T12:42:00.000-04:002007-09-23T12:42:00.000-04:00Hey Leyna!Yeah, I agree...a lot of these problems ...Hey Leyna!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I agree...a lot of these problems are tightly intertwined with ideas of the Canadian nation, which originated in very openly white supremacist understandings, and with nationalism. I have always been particularly bothered by political strands in Canada that explicitly marry nationalism to left ideas of one sort or another -- and lots of popular progressive ideas in this Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-69895379142118118012007-09-23T09:40:00.000-04:002007-09-23T09:40:00.000-04:00Hi Scott,I saw this news story a day or two ago on...Hi Scott,<BR/><BR/>I saw this news story a day or two ago on our national station and was absolutely disgusted.<BR/><BR/>I find it profoundly interesting when Canadian citizens express a sense of entitlement to what we deem are "our resources," which you rightly point out as having been seized by force from Aboriginal people. <BR/><BR/>I think that the problem of "othering" has to do with The dissenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382190564276005481noreply@blogger.com