Where Did All The Praise For Disaster Responders Go?
A few weeks ago when Texas was hit by devastating flooding , we heard a great deal on Newstalkers about how great Americans are and how God had taken a hand in the disaster response, and of course how exceptional WE are.
And lots of well deserved expressions of sympathy for those in the path of the suffering. And lots of flag waving.
In the midst of that though was the implication that PEOPLE pull together, and should be recognized for their great efforts to help others.
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Here are Mexican citizens volunteering to hep remove rubble from collapsed buildings
People hurry to free possible victims out of the rubble of a collapsed building after the quake in Mexico.
Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers, and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building.
People pass buckets and shovels to remove the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City.
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Then there is Puerto Rico , hit by the devastating Hurricane Maria. Not too many words of condolence or solidarity on Newstalkers for these 3 million US citizens.
People are transported down a road flooded by Hurricane Maria in Juana Matos, Catanon, Puerto Rico, using a digger
Residents of Juana Matos, Puerto Rico, wade through waist-high water on Thursday after their community was battered by Hurricane Maria - and more misery is to come for them
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Puerto Ricans and Mexicans are not red state 'Mericans. Thus no American Thinker or Daily Caller pieces about how resilient or God fearing they are.
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I saw on the news this morning that every time a dead body is recovered from a collapsed building in Mexico City the gathered crowd sings the Mexican national anthem.
The tiny island/country of Dominica was well prepared for the first hurricane with container loads of emergency supplies. The tiny country was spared from Irma so it sent all of it supplies to neighboring countries that we hard hit.
Then the next Hurricane hit them the full force of a Cat 5. The island is devastated. The act of courage, and empathy, will it be returned?
Let's hope so.
Been watching. Do you suppose that with all of the devastation taking place during the last weeks it has taken a toll on all of us? Harvey was the first round so, maybe, the focus was natural at that time.
Well that may be true for us, butt the American Thinker and the Daily Caller have continued to post new articles every day on a variety of subjects other than the patriotism and exceptionalism of the brown people in PR and Mexico.
IMHO, our reaction to PR and the rest of the Caribbean has been abysmal.
Singled Out 3, how many articles did you seed about the dedication of the people of Mexico?
I think you seeded about 20 over "harvey" and how wonderful everyone was.
What a bunch of nonsense. Do you think Trump actually had anything to do with the hurricane responses?
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Where has anyone accused ANYONE on the site of ANYTHING?
Oh BTW, nice to see that you changed your mind about leaving this forum...
That the American Thinker and the Daily Caller have been silent about the heroism and patriotism of the brown Americans in PR and the brown Mexicans. It's clear to me that it has to do with their race. Just look at the difference in who 45 dealt with TX/FL and how he is basically ignoring PR.
Yep.
Yes, 45 spoke about his alleged A+ grade on his effort in Texas. his grade for PR can't be better than a D-. He seems to have just realized the PR is an island.
It's not like we didn't know what would happen in PR. It's not like there hadn't already been devastation in PR by Irma. It's not like we didn't know the logistics of emergency response in the Caribbean. Hell, we've been on Cuba for decades and dealt with Haiti not that long ago.
FEMA and 45 patted themselves on the back for having emergency response staged to react. Today, the Dallas Mavs landed their team plane with supplies. They JUST got the Marines and the NG there yesterday, a full WEEK after the storm. WTF?
The praise is still going where I am: