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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

How Do You Say "Irony" In Spanish?

The Phoenix anti-racism group Pueblo calls Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's arrests of illegal immigrants hate. And to show their firm, rock-solid opposition to hateful stereotyping of Hispanics, they raffled off a chance to beat Sheriff Joe to a pulp in a piñata effigy.

From KNXV.com:

ABC15 asked Pueblo Co-Founder Ray Ybarra if it was a conflicting message to encourage people to whack the sheriff piñatas in an effort to spread the message “don’t hate.”

“That is a difficult argument to make. We’re not the ones out there deporting families. We’re not the ones separated anybody. It’s an inanimate object and people are swinging at it symbolically,” said Ybarra.

Translation: our hate isn't as bad as Joe's hate. Not a good strategy when your ilk have already lost points for marching with Mexican flags.

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