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Cesar Chavez Day 3/31/14

alanleroyII

Mar 31, 2014
12:12am

Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community. Well, he still has the statue out at Fresno State. Maybe I will stop by and pay my respects.

Don

Mar 31, 2014
12:52am

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DonDiego suggests alanleroyII hop-on-over to his nearest Blockbuster and rent the bigraphical film Caesar Chavez: History Is Made One Step At A Time.

Review: "Too in awe of its subject's great works to present him as a human being, Cesar Chávez settles for trite hagiography."

DonDiego opines there's just not enough hagiography in the world anymore, . . . especially "trite hagiography".

forkushV

Mar 31, 2014
2:27am

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community...

Twas ever thus. The good folks of the area were there with shotguns to repel the Okie migration, they were a primary impetus behind imprisoning American citizens of Japanese decent during World War II, and way back, they legally segregated the Chinese railroad workers away from the decent white folk.

If those kinds of attitudes are genetic, we should encourage the people in that area not to breed.

alanleroyII

Mar 31, 2014
3:41am

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Originally posted by: forkushV

Twas ever thus. The good folks of the area were there with shotguns to repel the Okie migration, they were a primary impetus behind imprisoning American citizens of Japanese decent during World War II, and way back, they legally segregated the Chinese railroad workers away from the decent white folk.

If those kinds of attitudes are genetic, we should encourage the people in that area not to breed.

Sure, let's blame the Big Valley for Japanese Internment and not that racist FDR for signing Executive Order 9066.

CowboyKell

Mar 31, 2014
4:22am

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Originally posted by: forkushV

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community...

forkush, you give liberals a bad name. Are you sure you are not really a far right, Limbaugh loving, ranting, raving, spittle spewing conservative? you sure do prattle more than those you deride.

forkushV

Mar 31, 2014
8:28am

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII

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Originally posted by: forkushV

Twas ever thus. The good folks of the area were there with shotguns to repel the Okie migration, they were a primary impetus behind imprisoning American citizens of Japanese decent during World War II, and way back, they legally segregated the Chinese railroad workers away from the decent white folk.

If those kinds of attitudes are genetic, we should encourage the people in that area not to breed.

Sure, let's blame the Big Valley for Japanese Internment and not that racist FDR for signing Executive Order 9066.

Oh but I do blame FDR, most of all in fact. See, I can multitask!

But I said the Central California citizenry was a primary impetus behind imprisoning the Japanese, and they were. No one should seem surprised that their descendants hate Caesar Chavez.

Boilerman

Apr 1, 2014
2:50am

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Those type of attitudes are human traits. When humans are backed into a corner and believe that they are a great risk from a group of folks, they will find ways to insulate themselves from that group.

It'll happen again in America, and that'll be an unfortunate yet inevitable day.

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community...

jatki

Apr 3, 2014
12:36am

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Originally posted by: CowboyKell

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Originally posted by: forkushV
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community...
Twas ever thus. The good folks of the area were there with shotguns to repel the Okie migration, they were a primary impetus behind imprisoning American citizens of Japanese decent during World War II, and way back, they legally segregated the Chinese railroad workers away from the decent white folk.

If those kinds of attitudes are genetic, we should encourage the people in that area not to breed.

forkush, you give liberals a bad name. Are you sure you are not really a far right, Limbaugh loving, ranting, raving, spittle spewing conservative? you sure do prattle more than those you deride.

Bwahaha, pretty funny.

forkushV

Apr 3, 2014
12:52am

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Originally posted by: jatki99

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Originally posted by: CowboyKell
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Originally posted by: forkushV
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Happy Cesar Chavez Day to one and all. It is an official state holiday in California. Unfortunately, I'll not be able to take off work for the festivities. Chavez is still controversial around these parts (Central California), with many believing he is a hero and others not so much.

The City of Fresno renamed 3 streets after Chavez in 1993, but rescinded that order 2 months later after a bitter fight which divided the community...
Twas ever thus. The good folks of the area were there with shotguns to repel the Okie migration, they were a primary impetus behind imprisoning American citizens of Japanese decent during World War II, and way back, they legally segregated the Chinese railroad workers away from the decent white folk.

If those kinds of attitudes are genetic, we should encourage the people in that area not to breed.

forkush, you give liberals a bad name. Are you sure you are not really a far right, Limbaugh loving, ranting, raving, spittle spewing conservative? you sure do prattle more than those you deride.

Bwahaha, pretty funny.

Fluffers gotta fluff!

jatki

Apr 4, 2014
3:10am

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Nah, no fluff

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