Texas Politico: Mexicans Having “Little Terrorist” Babies

This one’s a doozy! Do you remember the immigrant labor-loving Texas Republican State Rep. Debbie Riddle, who proposed a bill making it illegal to hire people without papers — unless they were the help? Well, she’s back, this time on CNN calling Mexicans “little terrorists.” Seriously, what is wrong with these people and why is there fear that runs so deep that people vote them in?

She’s not even articulate, smart or witty, she just claims that these “former FBI sources” have information and openly admits she has no “hard evidence” that Mexican women have babies in the U.S., then go back to Mexico, to raise their children to be terrorists that will then take part in “sinister” plots to destroy this country.

It reminds me of what cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz said once on Twitter: We’re I told to work so hard to be educated to “prove” ourselves, and then people like Riddle and Sarah Palin can walk onto the scene as barely literate wannabes and be given deference. Riddle’s version of “debate” mostly consists of talking loud and regurgitating Tea Party talking points. There are no facts or actual critiques.

I guess what upsets me the most is that Riddle and her buddies can blather on substituting reason for anger, but I’m stupid if I do it. There’s no course of logic, she changes topics every time she is clueless, and for lots of voters in this country, somehow this makes sense. It’s an excuse to be racist without having to bear the consequences of being a racist. I’m glad Anderson Cooper took her to task, but at the same time, why give her a platform in the first place?

The only thing that makes me feel somewhat better about racism like this is that, perhaps if we all work towards progress, tomorrow things will be a little better.

Follow Sara Inés Calderón on Twitter @SaraChicaD

[Photo By Texas House; Video By CNN]

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