Dear Latinos

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The GOP hates you.

Carry on...

[marym625]

1. What about

Everyone else that isn't white, male and mega rich?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. "“I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice..."

[marym625]

6. If there is a god

I would think he would

[lpbk2713]

3. They just don't matter to the GOP.

Never have, never will.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I'm in CA and a Repug can't be elected dog catcher because of Prop 187./NT

[marym625]

7. No one does

Never have. Never will.

It's all about, and always about, the money.

[Skittles]

4. I've always had a thing for Latino men

yes indeed

[marym625]

8. Funny

I love Latinas. Oh yeah.

[Mira]

9. But the solace can be found in

that it is not all that personal. The hatred spreads to others who don't look or think like them.
I myself as a rule can spot "them" by their looks, and spot their thoughts when they open their mouths.
So
I
too
have prejudices.
But I don't hate them. I live in the South in a neighborhood of many progressive folks, and I honestly love the diversity of all around me.
i don't hide who I am whether I bring up a controversial subject, or if one flies in my face. And I have not had any major problems, except I keep forgetting people are carrying guns.

On a brighter note: I am not wealthy. But I live in a neighborhood so diverse that if I leave my house and walk less than ten minutes the house of a major MSNBC weekend anchor person has been reached.

[herding cats]

10. FYI Latinos know this already.

They're not a bunch of ignorant fools, ok? It's like another minority, remove the ones who vote wedge issues (single issue) and they're people who lean largely Democratic.

[Vattel]

11. The Democratic Party is clearly better, but still leaves a lot to be desired.

Decent people will illegally cross a border to meet their children's economic needs. But even Democrats want them to be punished for doing so. That makes me sick.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Love your avatar

Did you see the movie on Cesar Chavez?

My favorite part is when the farm owner asks if they are Communists? And Chavez laughs and says "He says we are communistas. We are Catholics."

[Vattel]

14. Those dang Marxist Catholics, lol.

I am not much of a hero-worshipper, but if I were, Chavez and MLK would be my heroes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. I don't believe in cardboard saints either

but RFK, MLK, and Cesar Chavez hold a special place in my heart.

[Vattel]

16. Yes, RFK was awesome. Adding RFK increases diversity: one Latino, one AA and one Irish-American!

Some might add Gandhi, but that movie was just too boring. Dura horas y horas!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Watching Bobby Kennedy take communion with Cesar Chavez made me verklempt./NT

[madokie]

18. You got that right

I remember the battles these two took to the powers to be
and they won, sort of. with the rich and well connectedthe war is never won cause they will rise again to fight the same battles that we've already won and once if they do win they won't let us regroup. Very unfair

[ErikJ]

13. Yeah but the Church says.....

[hunter]

22. Hello? There's no love for the GOP in the "Latino" Catholic Church.

The Church is very forceful in it's support of immigrant rights.

There are all-white Republican parishes where the priests choose not to speak of the Church's position, and I've attended Mass in places like that, churches sparsely attended by "conservative" mostly older Republicans, but in any cosmopolitan Catholic community social justice for immigrants, documented or not, is a frequent topic.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. One of the redeeming features of the Catholic Church is their emphasis on the Social Gospel

But my experience is a bit different than yours. I have been in working class Catholic churches and middle and upper middle class Catholic churches and I saw the same emphasis on the Social Gospel.

[mucifer]

19. Fernando Espuelas says that EVERY DAY on his talk show on Univision radio.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. IMHO, the immigration issue is really a proxy for how some folks really feel about Latinos./NT

[UTUSN]

21. R#5 & K. Corollary: You need to vote. n/t