Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or have been consumed by American Idol), you know about the controversy surrounding the recent Arizona immigration law. I like playing the game of “flip the script,” and wondering “what if” things were to play out differently? I think we turn out as better people, and our country is strengthened, when we stop to exam an issue from many perspectives. Enjoy.
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great video!! keep them coming!
Awesome video!
Here in Minnesota, there’s a kindred spirit named Robert Erickson, who’s working the same vein since speaking at a Tea Party against amnesty in November.
Website:
http://columbusgohome.com/
Thank you so much for making a great point. I just sent a reply to that q poll. this is what I believe:
If people want less people coming through the border illegally may be we should take some of that money we spend killing people thousands of miles away in Afghanistan and use it to help our neighbors to the south. WE ARE A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM PEOPLE It was our stupid treaties that were designed to prop up big corporations that are allowing them to move from the US to Mexico and pay slave wages to those people and run their businesses down into the ground. THAT IS WHY SO MANY OF THEM HAVE TO COME HERE FOR WORK!!! I live in Wisconsin and Polaris just announced that they are, guess what? moving to Mexico so they can save millions of dollars in paying out wages. There are better ways to deal with this problem then just sending them back to poverty, which, by the way, is also costing us money. Think out side the box a little and stop acting like every solution is to make a law and lock them up.
Thank you for the video Josh.
I certainly hope the people who allowed you to cuff them were part of the joke. If not they were incredibly stupid.
hilarious…
i have a couple ideas you can flip…
in regards to immigration.
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/94293839.html
and
http://fremonttribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8e074dda-18b2-570b-9b62-b7e652b9d286.html
just and idea…hope you consider them…
Brilliant!
Thank you for the video..i love it
Way to go John, you’re off to a great start! WOW, a viral video with a wonderful message is a great accomplishment and your first to boot! I hope someday my message of healing can reach so many. Inlakesh!
oops! JOSH! Sorry, to goof your name. BTW, Here’s a blog I wrote from my recent month in Mexico. I think you’ll like it. It resonates with your sentiments. It’s all about how wonderful the Mexico people are, how welcoming, full of ingenuity, and culturally rich!
http://www.jayalove.com/the-rest-of-the-world/
Just loved it!
Your audience might also like to check out Jane Elliott’s “Indecently Exposed” (2005) at http://www.janeelliott.com
Keep up the good work.
Oh yes, and…
Babakiueria
I saw your video at TheRealNews.com I never knew they posted humorous videos there. This one made me laugh, more power to you!
Hey Josh – I work of an anti-racism education NGO up in Canada and just wanted to say keep up the good work! While the US recieves much of the bad press we cannot forget that other European settler projects like Canada have similar histories of colonization.
We all look forward to the next installment.
man your immigration check point video is the greatest, its funny but true. ive been talking about that topic for years.
keep up the good work man
I not only think this video is great, but I love your approach! I am from Texas (another angry border state) and have been watching this idea of this land is my land spiral out of control for almost my entire life. Obviously speeches, news reports, and protests fly over the heads of the self-entitled perpetrators of racial injustice who see their agendas as noble and crucial to the preservation of the American Way, but as your video challenges, isn’t the American Way itself a quilt sewn from the threads of immigration? The only way to truly stir reaction is to force a shoe change. As these people “walk in someone else’s shoes,” I can only hope that the feeling sticks. Creating sincere sympathy can help build understanding.