Ariz. Conservatives Plan To Link Arms To Block Bus Full of Kids

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASTRID GALVAN – JULY 15, 2014, 9:19 AM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Protesters in a small town near Tucson want to send a message about the immigration debate Tuesday, when they plan to block a bus they believe will be transporting about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths in Oracle, Arizona.

The protests will mirror those in Murrieta, California, which gained national attention this month when the city's mayor and residents blocked buses carrying immigrant children who were going to be processed there.

In Oracle, anger has been spreading since Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu warned residents last week that immigrant children from Central America caught crossing the border illegally into the U.S. would be placed at the Sycamore Canyon Academy in Oracle. The academy houses troubled youth, many of whom have been through the criminal justice system.

Calls to the academy were not returned. A spokesman for the federal Department of Health and Human Services said the agency could not identify the locations of shelters for migrants in order to protect their identities and security.

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[Cryptoad]

1. funny thing about the Truth!

[freshwest]

23. You win the thread. Of course the GOP wants to repeal that law now and McCain agrees. n/t

[onehandle]

2. Are they bringing Second Amendment Remedies this time?

[IMG][/IMG]

[LittleGirl]

3. the heat and humidity

fries their common sense.

[Shrike47]

28. Very little humidity in most of Arizona. They just naturally lack common sense.

[LittleGirl]

29. I live here.

it's monsoon now, very humid

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. Is there no consequence

to interfering with a government vehicle? WTF?

[freshwest]

24. Conservatives call such actions their First Amendment rights now.

[Lefta Dissenter]

36. Blocking and pounding on a government vehicle

They should have to give their "1st Amendment" argument to the Federal Marshals

Of course, I live in Wisconsin, where hundreds of people have been arrested and handcuffed for singing or holding signs in the State Capitol. Imagine if the Solidarity Singalong had surrounded a Capitol Police or other official vehicle. They WOULD have shot us!

[Swede Atlanta]

31. We should warn them they have 30 seconds to disband......

Repeat that about 3 times and then open fire. As soon as you start shooting them with rubber bullets and using tear gas they will disperse.

[procon]

5. This really is the face of the GOP

In the Republican primaries I was shocked and appalled when the audience cheered for the death and suffering of sick people who had no healthcare, then they clapped for even more state executions, and even booed a soldier in a war zone just because he happened to be gay.

That glimpse into the dark psyche of what passes for the Republican creed was surreal and terrifying. These people are extremists and radicals, they are the front for insurgent rightwing terrorism, but they are not Americans. I worrying that there will be no escape if the Senate falls into the hands of these anarchists.

Now they are back again with a new and improved vision of Republican philosophy; proudly screaming their invective filled, racist hate at helpless children. This is the modern day version of ancient Rome or some horrifying dystopian future ruled by whims of people just like this... or worse.

That frightens me. That future shock on display at the GOP primary was not just a one-off or a freakish outlier... it really is today's reality for an America governed by the Republican Party.

[lexx21]

6. Then they should run the $*!& suckers over. But that's just my humble opionion... n/t

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[geek tragedy]

15. please edit the "c@ck suckers" reference.

That's considered a homophobic slur.

[lexx21]

16. I'm not a homophobe, but I see your point. Edited as requested.

[geek tragedy]

17. thanks, i didn't want you to think i was

accusing you of anything,

[lexx21]

18. It seems like...

there exists a list of terms that are verboden here on DU for PC reason. Things that I would normally use daily to describe knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, gay bashing, immigrant hating individuals. You know.... republicans.

[geek tragedy]

21. it's not PC, it's because that stuff is genuinely wrongful to say.

to put it another way:

why is "c@ck sucker" used as an insult? why is it considered a bad thing to be someone who "sucks c@ck?"

the answer is pretty clear if you think about it.

[bvf]

32. That was my first thought, too!!

. . . Although the term "motherfuckers" came to mind.

[lexx21]

38. CHURCH! n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. It's Tianamen Square in reverse

Morons.

[Ptah]

8. Looks like more supporters of the children than protesters.

http://live.azstarnet.com/Event/Live_blog_Expected_arrival_of_immigrant_minors_in_Oracle

[frylock]

12. those are the counter protestors

[lexx21]

20. Maybe they should block the protesters.....

Silent... passive... resistance. You know, like Ghandi and MLK did. Let them know that there are just as many of us (or more) as there are of them.

I mean it's great that they hold signs and show welcome, however think of the confusion in a kids mind when a gringo yells that they are going to be shot when they cross over into our country. Let them see that there are those here that want to protect them.

I guess I am a bit too militant......my honest instinct is to beat the ever loving shite out of the ass holes with the guns. But hey, that's just me.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Hateful white people who have retired to Arizona will be the ones there.

[Ptah]

10. or not

[gwheezie]

11. This makes me sick

I can't believe we are doing this to fellow americans.

[Archae]

13. I thought Paul Babeu had resigned...

Well, he should have after that scandal where he threatened his gay lover with deportation...

[1StrongBlackMan]

14. Sheriff Babeau, Shhhhh ...

you should be attending to those other issues you have ... (the personal ones).

[SansACause]

19. I don't get these protests at all

Aren't the kids being processed for deportation? Don't they want them deported? Can anyone explain what exactly they're doing?

[SunSeeker]

22. These buses are taking the kids to be processed for deportation, not to settle in the US.

The idiocy of these baggers knows no bounds.

[Politicalboi]

25. They should be told that

The bus will NOT stop, so feel free to step in front of it. They need a police escort and those that block the bus WILL be run over.

[riderinthestorm]

26. Despicable and truly sad.

[jmowreader]

27. Easy way to end this shit in a heartbeat

Just send a nice Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with a loud but pleasant voice to the protesters and have her read the following to them:

"The passengers in these buses are being processed for deportation. If you detain a bus we will have no choice but to drive it to the nearest federal courthouse and immediately swear the passengers in as citizens of the United States, then give them welfare, free houses, food stamp cards and Obamacare."

Those protesters will flee so fast it'll take a week for the dust cloud to dissipate.

[bvf]

33. Better yet,

Have the necessary officials ABOARD the bus to prevent any further delay.

[truebluegreen]

30. The worst part of it is that they see themselves as Heroes

Heroically Defending the Exceptionally Exceptional U.S. of A! from the latest Apocalyptic Threat of Invasion...which is in fact a bunch of kids.

Seriously, where do the righties get their overblown sense of Danger!? Or their putrid tendency toward self-aggrandizement? Everything about their reaction to real life is Writ Large...nevermind, I've pretty much answered my own question. They live in Fear.

[EC]

34. I don't get the point of their protest.

Isn't what they want is for the refugees to be deported? Isn't that what the detention center is for, to process them to ready for deportation? So why are they stopping the process that they want?



I'm positive someone is hiring them to do this.

[NastyRiffraff]

35. Very likely most of them consider themselves as "good Christians"

So of course anything they do is okayed by Gawd.

[shenmue]

37. 'Suffer the little children to come unto me

for such is the kingdom of Heaven.'

They forgot that part.