The Makings of a Civil War

Posted on August 5, 2006 in Gyms Immigration

A fellow I met at the gym gave me an impromptu lecture. “I support the war,” he told me. “I voted for President Bush. But I don’t like his stand on immigration.” He believed that people came over the border just to get on welfare.

He complained about people in his union who did not speak English. “Do they pay taxes?” I asked. “The ones in the union do,” he said. “But not any of the rest.”

It’s getting tense without anyone realizing it. Latinos are talking about reclaiming the land they lost in 1847. Whites are not going to let them have it and will take steps to put down any rebellion before it starts. They are already calling the very presence of long-term residents an “invasion”. We have the makings of a civil war here and I don’t want to be on either side.