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Can You Love Trump and Mexicans Too? |
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By
Douglas Herman |
| Next time you’re driving the hot, dry city streets of America, look out
the window. Ask yourself who does all of the dirty work in this hellishly
hot weather? When you’re in the grocery store, from Safeway to pricier
Sprouts or Whole Foods, pick up some fresh produce and ask yourself who
planted and harvested it. Who do you think did the dirty work, often at
dirt wages, to bring that to our table? I love Mexicans and Trump too. Maybe you think that’s insane or wildly inconsistent. But I have done dirty work myself for thirty years, as an Alaska commercial fisherman. Like most Americans, and Mexicans too, I would like to make America great again, difficult as that may be with either of these two candidates. Hard work will be the only way back for America, and Mexicans will be a part of that effort, as they always have. And I’m all for upholding human rights, but not at the expense of supporting human wrongs. Instead of supporting and encouraging violent interventions from Iraq and Libya to Syria and even Ukraine, causing millions of deaths and refugees worldwide, suppose we sought peaceful solutions instead? Ask yourself: Do either of the two candidates support common sense, nation building rather than nation wrecking? Doubtful that either Trump or Clinton ever did a full week of hard, dirty work. Doubtful they ever broke a sweat under the hot sun. Both would prefer that others to do the heavy lifting. Building walls and mending fences takes hard work, diplomacy and genuine human kindness. When Walls Go Tumbling Up Speaking of walls, take a trip someday to Jerome. There in that old mining town just north of Phoenix is a bronze plaque on the wall of the city park. The plaque commemorates the 22 local boys who died in WWII. Many of them were probably copper miners. Half the names on the wall are Hispanic. If a wall ever gets built, I would bet that almost all the labor is Mexican.  Recently I watched a group of Mexican skilled laborers laying heavy paver stones around our community swimming pool here in Phoenix. Long days in the hot sun for $10 an hour. I bought them beer at the end of the day. I can’t imagine a single Social Justice Warrior (SJW) doing this kind of dirty work so well. The Pokemon Selfie Generation prefers video games, preferably played in air-conditioned rooms. As much as I admire these hard-working Mexicans, and I hope to get some of them in my condo community, I do NOT want unlimited numbers of any immigrant or refugee entering America or crossing her borders at taxpayer expense. Couple of months ago, Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez wrote: “So far this year the bodies of 48 migrants have been recovered (in the desert), six more than the same period last year.” Think of that for a moment. Many women and children died horrible deaths in the desert. BUT, If that so-called Trump wall existed, or some suitable structure larger than the pathetic excuse for a barricade currently in place, those 48 people would still be alive today. Many folks seem to believe that if we just opened the floodgates to everyone, life would be better for everyone. George Soros would love for every country to be inundated with refugees. Why? Why indeed would the elites and gullible liberals prefer that? Perhaps George needs to convince his ancestral nation first, to open her borders wide. Israel. You do know that Israel has a big tall border wall, right? They wisely call it a separation fence. Neither the Pope nor the mainstream media has told them to tear down that wall. And why should they? Their country is under siege, just like ours. But a border wall or separation fence hardly explains this Trump Lovefest. I find myself loving Trump for all the Right & Wrong reasons. Like the young guy who loves his hot muscle car because it turns heads and annoys sensible people with its roar. But he hates the gas mileage, hefty insurance and high maintenance cost. Not to mention that powerful car could get him killed any time he slips behind the wheel. But he knows that. Believe me, BOTH Clinton and Trump resemble that powerful muscle car. High maintenance costs, outrageous insurance premiums and the likelihood of a fiery death. Both candidates could easily get ALL of us killed. Still, I like Trump because he isn’t a certifiable war criminal (Yet) and hasn’t helped dismember any small countries, causing massive pain and suffering and millions of refugees. Nor has he threatened to do so. He has only threatened to build a wall with Mexico. Or separation fence if you prefer. And if Trump ever does force Congress to fund that wall, I’ll be right alongside those hard-working Mexicans, handing them mortar and bringing them beer. This column was submitted to BOTH the LA Times and the Arizona Republic, which promptly rejected it. Trump is, and remains, anathema to the presstitute American media, who prefer their presidential candidates be certifiable war criminals. Douglas Alan Herman wrote the Political Assassination crime thriller, The Guns of Dallas: and wrote & directed the feature film, Caution to The Wind. He lives in Tempe, Arizona. You can email him at roadmovie2@gmail.com |
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