Fear and Loathing On The Right

A reader writes:

Absolutely right Andrew. I am an occasional listener to talk radio on my drive to work and I have been listening in on the anger of conservative talks show hosts (Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity) and, oh my God, their callers. It's unbelievable. You would think that these people, who are here because the primarily Republican business owners wanted and used cheap labor, would be treated with more sympathy. Or that their desperate attmepts to arrive in the land of the free and the brave would elicit at least some measure of admiration for their determination to seek a better life. In one actual sense these "illegals" are the cream of the crop - those, evolutionarily speaking, who are adapting as best possible to their environment. Yet, the hate spewed against them on radio was so intense I literally gagged.

I agree with you: if Hispanics were listening in on these shows, they are hardly likely to vote Republican for years to come. It wasn't just about illegals, it was about what kind of illegals these were.

If you don't see this, you need to think for one second how this stuff sounds to someone who isn't a member of the majority in this country.

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