Earlier
I supported the idea of people volunteering for Gabriela Saucedo. I
did this in the light of publicly displaying people I like and what I
like about them even from non partisan political view. Though I will
for sure like one over the other I mostly want all sides competing to
have value, because if they all have value the system is so much more
stable and stronger. Also, every one in the community has a potential
better life for themselves and to offer others. The way to get that
out of a system is to promote it.
Now
I am disappointed in Gabriela’s take on people from the Middle
East. She blanket them as all bad, basically as all out to harm the
united states. She originally seemed very down to earth but then she
started talking about how we should not want any of them here legal
or illegal and she is an immigrant herself. If you think about that
for a minute one realizes how problematic that really is. She should
know better and not be willing to say such a thing for a long list of
reasons.
In
some ways her other statements seemed not down to earth but far from
reality. Paraphrased it was something like I don’t have the exact
numbers but a whole lot of people from the Middle East are posing as
Mexicans crossing the boarder. To the point they are the ones leaving
most the trash so as to harm us. They are most of the Mexican boarder
drug force as well. We should make them all go back to the Middle
East even if they are legal because we don’t want them here they
are all out to harm us.
There
are people who would want to have the same thing happen to her legal
or not. For a slightly different set of conspiracy’s such as a
Mexico is really just launching an invasion on us one. She is
protected by laws of fairness from such blanketing racist acts. That
protection for her is eroding more than she might think and her line
of thinking and saying would only serve to hasten the taking away of
the very laws that protect her.
I
am sorry Gabriela but I cannot ask some one to go volunteering for
those kind of blanketing racist statements. It is just to wrong.
below is my original post.
to
see video clip for yourself visit the link below and scroll down to
clip.
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Beth and I had the opportunity to visit the church of a colleague of ours at Access Tucson. There was a social event at which we sat at a table to eat and talk with political candidate Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and her husband. Gabby, as she is known, is running for a representative position in Congress for Arizona District 7 on the Republican ticket. I told her what I do through Exist Kind and showed her my work on the electric car project. We talked about the current state of things in America and the shared desire, regardless of party lines, for someone to be elected to office who truly represents and listens to his or her constituents. Since one of my favorite things to do under the Exist Kind name is to connect movers and shakers with each other and with resources, it seemed appropriate to let her know that I could do so for her. Given what you may know about me and Exist Kind, it may surprise you that I reached out to help someone from a political party that I do not typically vote for. However, I want to maintain some balance in my network and at least hear out what people of varying perspectives have to say, even if I cannot fully agree with them in the end. Thus, I am turning to readers of this blog in order to find people who might be interested in serving as volunteers for Gabby's election campaign.
Take a look at Gabby's website at http://saucedomercer.com/ and see if she shares your values or those of someone you know. If so, and you or someone else would like some experience with helping a local candidate be elected to represent others with these values, think about signing on with this campaign. There is a link on the front page to volunteer opportunities (http://saucedomercer.com/volunteer/) and being a grassroots effort, I'm sure she can use plenty of assistance. Thanks for your consideration!
