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[Devling]

Dude, there never was a rail. This is the derail thread.
We say what we want, in a calm, cool, and progressive manner.

[Ameablable]

i thought he meant we were headed for texas. as thats where the picture is taken....

[Leafsnail]

Path of this thread:

Well we've tried being nice and you haven't got the message, so I'll say it.  Get out unless you have something meaningful to say.  This isn't even a derail because it's related to progressive politics.

[scriver]

I'm pretty certain he's referring to the whole Shoeless Master Race sillyness. Which, as much as I enjoyed it, was definitely a derail from the Atheist Shoes discussion.

[alexandertnt]

i thought he meant we were headed for texas. as thats where the picture is taken....

If that train was heading towards texas (an unprogressive state), and it is now stopped...

progress?

[Ameablable]

i thought he meant we were headed for texas. as thats where the picture is taken....

If that train was heading towards texas (an unprogressive state), and it is now stopped...

progress?

Precisely

[Nadaka]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-lawmaker-calls-hispanic-workers-wetbacks-124131854--politics.html

Yea

[Morrigi]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-lawmaker-calls-hispanic-workers-wetbacks-124131854--politics.html

Yea

What a dick.

[Devling]

Yeah. I wish that immigration laws get a little softer. Seeing as this is a lefty thread I'll assume most people agree with me.

[Morrigi]

Immigration is the reason the U.S. exists, we'd be fools to shun it now. And I'm not even on the left.

[kaijyuu]

Eh, I find it possible that the dude's telling the truth about why he used that word and that he meant no offense. I grew up thinking "gypped" was just another synonym for "ripped off," not a racial slur; something similar could've happened to him, thinking "wetback" as just synonymous to "immigrant worker."

Personally I'd never heard the term "wetback" before.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I've heard it, but it isn't widely used where I am. I think it is a Southwestern thing.

There is also a point to be made that the offensiveness of euphemisms is fluid and can change rapidly throughout time.

That said, no, I'm pretty sure this guy is just another racist Republican.

[i2amroy]

Personally I'd never heard the term "wetback" before.

I hear it fairly often as a derogatory term where I am, and yeah, it's a Southwestern thing (since it applies specifically to the Rio Grande River). It comes from the idea that the Mexican immigrant's backs are still wet from crossing the Rio Grande river as they illegally sneak into the United States.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I thought it was from the image of immigrants working in a field and thus getting wet backs from sweat.

[i2amroy]

I thought it was from the image of immigrants working in a field and thus getting wet backs from sweat.

Nope! (Wikipedia agrees with me as well. )