The passage of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 has the country on edge. Regardless of which side folks are on, emotions are running high. There are those who feel a state boycott is appropriate. Others believe Arizona had little choice but do what it did in light of an unresponsive federal government.
You'll find me on the side supporting the boycott.
Boycotts are standard tools of political protest. Are innocent residents being unfairly punished as a result? Well, that depends upon whether they're really innocent or not. Just because the bill was not a ballot issue doesn't mean the people of Arizona were powerless.
Where were the voices of outrage while the state legislature was hearing the bill? Where were the protests like the ones that occurred after Gov.Brewer signed the bill into law? If people didn't like what was being considered, why weren't there concerted efforts to get members of the state legislature to listen to the people and vote the will of their constituents?
Where were the businesses in all this consideration? Those so inclined to do so were still hiring illegals. Other businesses were not making a whole lot of noise telling them to stop, or reminding them of the effects it would have on everyone.
Some people claim they were on the firing line, doing everything they could to create a different outcome. In that case, you have my sympathy and my apology. I apologize for any harm you may experience as a result of a situation you did not create. And you have my sympathy for living in a state where the majority is made up of blockheads.
Whether the reason residents didn't stand up to SB 1070 was because of complacency or actual support for the bill matters little now because the outcome is still the same: there is a new law in place that was put there by either tacit approval of the bill or abject failure to try and stop it.
Which means that citizens of Arizona bear responsibility for what has happened. Folks around the country were warning the state of a possible boycott weeks before the bill was signed into law. Even your own Rep. Grijalva was advocating for a boycott. So it sounds just a little disingenuous to hear residents cry foul over the same situation they did little to prevent and a consequence they were warned would occur.
You'll find me on the side supporting the boycott.
Boycotts are standard tools of political protest. Are innocent residents being unfairly punished as a result? Well, that depends upon whether they're really innocent or not. Just because the bill was not a ballot issue doesn't mean the people of Arizona were powerless.
Where were the voices of outrage while the state legislature was hearing the bill? Where were the protests like the ones that occurred after Gov.Brewer signed the bill into law? If people didn't like what was being considered, why weren't there concerted efforts to get members of the state legislature to listen to the people and vote the will of their constituents?
Where were the businesses in all this consideration? Those so inclined to do so were still hiring illegals. Other businesses were not making a whole lot of noise telling them to stop, or reminding them of the effects it would have on everyone.
Some people claim they were on the firing line, doing everything they could to create a different outcome. In that case, you have my sympathy and my apology. I apologize for any harm you may experience as a result of a situation you did not create. And you have my sympathy for living in a state where the majority is made up of blockheads.
Whether the reason residents didn't stand up to SB 1070 was because of complacency or actual support for the bill matters little now because the outcome is still the same: there is a new law in place that was put there by either tacit approval of the bill or abject failure to try and stop it.
Which means that citizens of Arizona bear responsibility for what has happened. Folks around the country were warning the state of a possible boycott weeks before the bill was signed into law. Even your own Rep. Grijalva was advocating for a boycott. So it sounds just a little disingenuous to hear residents cry foul over the same situation they did little to prevent and a consequence they were warned would occur.
This boycott has been good for Tampa and Florida. Now we have the republican convention, maybe we will get more spring training baseball games.
ReplyDeleteWe need jobs. With oil heading to our beaches tourists are staying away.