Ad puts L.A. in Mexico - stevemode is a racist pig! :)
04-30-2005, 04:32 PM
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Ad puts L.A. in Mexico - stevemode is a racist pig! :)
Ad Puts L.A. in Mexico
California billboards have relocated Los Angeles to south of the border, angering groups fighting illegal immigration.
According to the L.A. Times the billboards, touting the virtues of Noticias 62, a Spanish-language newscast on Los Angeles' KRCA-TV, show two cable newscasters sitting in front of Los Angeles' downtown skyline, with "Los Angeles, CA" printed above.
The "CA" however is crossed out, and "Mexico" is stamped alongside in bright red letters. Underneath are the Spanish words, "Tu ciudad. Tu equipo." -- Your city.
"This is almost a poster-board for illegal immigration," Peter Amundson, a volunteer with the California Republican Assembly told the Times. "This is America. We're a land of immigrants -- legal immigrants. This is not Mexico. This is the United States."
He called the ads "a slap in the face to Californians and a pretty blatant one."
Members of Americans for Legal Immigration, a political action committee that targets illegal immigration, told the Times the ads are offensive. They posted a photo of a billboard on their website, prompting angry comments.
"I think it's irresponsible corporate citizenship to be promoting that type of message," Daryl Jurbala, communications director for the group told the Times. "I don't think it's responsible for anyone to encourage or reward or try to make illegal immigrants feel welcome."
The ad's sponsors defended the message. Executive Vice President Lenard Liberman told the Times Noticias 62 was a popular news program in Los Angeles and noted that people of Mexican descent made up a large portion of the city.
"We tell the story behind L.A., and we tell the story behind Mexico," he said. "If they find that offensive, I'm sorry. But you just have to drive around L.A. to know that this is a Hispanic city."
Stuart Fischoff, who teaches media psychology at Cal State L.A., told the Times the billboard was like "sticking a finger in your eye" to immigration reformers. "The joke here is, 'We're taking back California,' " Fischoff said. "Underneath the joke is part of the truth."
Note: Los Angeles is still in California and in no danger of migrating to Mexico, although the reverse is certainly occurring rapidly.
California billboards have relocated Los Angeles to south of the border, angering groups fighting illegal immigration.
According to the L.A. Times the billboards, touting the virtues of Noticias 62, a Spanish-language newscast on Los Angeles' KRCA-TV, show two cable newscasters sitting in front of Los Angeles' downtown skyline, with "Los Angeles, CA" printed above.
The "CA" however is crossed out, and "Mexico" is stamped alongside in bright red letters. Underneath are the Spanish words, "Tu ciudad. Tu equipo." -- Your city.
"This is almost a poster-board for illegal immigration," Peter Amundson, a volunteer with the California Republican Assembly told the Times. "This is America. We're a land of immigrants -- legal immigrants. This is not Mexico. This is the United States."
He called the ads "a slap in the face to Californians and a pretty blatant one."
Members of Americans for Legal Immigration, a political action committee that targets illegal immigration, told the Times the ads are offensive. They posted a photo of a billboard on their website, prompting angry comments.
"I think it's irresponsible corporate citizenship to be promoting that type of message," Daryl Jurbala, communications director for the group told the Times. "I don't think it's responsible for anyone to encourage or reward or try to make illegal immigrants feel welcome."
The ad's sponsors defended the message. Executive Vice President Lenard Liberman told the Times Noticias 62 was a popular news program in Los Angeles and noted that people of Mexican descent made up a large portion of the city.
"We tell the story behind L.A., and we tell the story behind Mexico," he said. "If they find that offensive, I'm sorry. But you just have to drive around L.A. to know that this is a Hispanic city."
Stuart Fischoff, who teaches media psychology at Cal State L.A., told the Times the billboard was like "sticking a finger in your eye" to immigration reformers. "The joke here is, 'We're taking back California,' " Fischoff said. "Underneath the joke is part of the truth."
Note: Los Angeles is still in California and in no danger of migrating to Mexico, although the reverse is certainly occurring rapidly.
send em back
04-30-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Ad puts L.A. in Mexico
no offence to anyone or anything. but that billboard is bullshit if they want to claim mexico you can go back to mexico and live in mexcio. if you want to come here and live here as a united states citizen represent it as being so .
If he wants to get political, who are you to tell him not to?
04-30-2005, 06:29 PM
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Re: Ad puts L.A. in Mexico
Originally Posted by ibassez
even if we double the workers on the border the number of illegal mexicans coming in will remain the same one hundred million billion
America needs a "final solution to the Mexican question."
04-30-2005, 06:30 PM
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Re: Ad puts L.A. in Mexico
well i remember this long-time-ago-thread, sorta like this one, or even the other one, when we all decided not to talk about politics/everything related because it just pisses people off for no reason
im not talking about myself getting pissed off either
like i said, i really dont care
im not talking about myself getting pissed off either
like i said, i really dont care
