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WE DIDN’T CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED TOM TANCREDO
Previously on Senseless Acts of Bloggery:
Of course there will be some who question the judgment of Robert Rodriguez to use Machete (which featured illegal immigration as the political backdrop for the film well before the AZ law was passed) as a comment on Arizona’s new law. If someone on the conservative blogscape hasn’t already written a rant about how Machete amounts to Liberal Pro-Illegal-Immigration Hollywood advocating a declaration of war on Whitey, they probably will soon.
Cue Fox News coverage in 3, 2, 1 ...
See what they did there?
Some critics,
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dinopollard reports that Fox News has killed the above article, possibly to do with the fact that 20th Century Fox is Machete's distributor.
As it happens you can still read the full article on the NY Post ... which is owned by Rupert Murdoch ... who also owns Fox News and 20th Century Fox ... so I don't really get that.
Of course there will be some who question the judgment of Robert Rodriguez to use Machete (which featured illegal immigration as the political backdrop for the film well before the AZ law was passed) as a comment on Arizona’s new law. If someone on the conservative blogscape hasn’t already written a rant about how Machete amounts to Liberal Pro-Illegal-Immigration Hollywood advocating a declaration of war on Whitey, they probably will soon.
Cue Fox News coverage in 3, 2, 1 ...
Some outspoken critics of illegal immigration took umbrage at the movie trailer and its swipe at Arizona, which is the entry point for one-third of all illegal immigrants in the U.S.
"It's pretty ugly out there," said former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, a staunch advocate of tougher immigration laws. "Half the time that's the way all of us are depicted: corrupt, no good, racist."
"The racists who made that trailer, they are as racist as anything I have ever seen" from either side of the immigration debate, Tancredo said.
But, he added, "these guys are 'politically correct' racists, so you cannot heap indignities upon them."
"It's pretty ugly out there," said former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, a staunch advocate of tougher immigration laws. "Half the time that's the way all of us are depicted: corrupt, no good, racist."
"The racists who made that trailer, they are as racist as anything I have ever seen" from either side of the immigration debate, Tancredo said.
But, he added, "these guys are 'politically correct' racists, so you cannot heap indignities upon them."
See what they did there?
Some critics,
This is dF
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EDITED TO ADD [8 MAY 2010]: Def Agent
dinopollard reports that Fox News has killed the above article, possibly to do with the fact that 20th Century Fox is Machete's distributor. As it happens you can still read the full article on the NY Post ... which is owned by Rupert Murdoch ... who also owns Fox News and 20th Century Fox ... so I don't really get that.
Border crossings....
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They probably didn't get the memo that 20th Century Fox is distributing the film. (http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=13804)