"Puerto Ricans bringing their "bilingual skills" to Florida" does not sound racist in the least.

Folks, we need to be extremely careful when throwing accusations that one's comments sound racist and then throw in a "Maybe I read that wrong" to negate the inference. Libel is Libel. As it turns out it was not the OP's words in the quote.

In the court of public opinion once an accusation or inference is made, the targeted is typically guilty until proven innocent. How unfair is that?

It is however a very effective tool in quelling a debate.

I don't understand this post at all. What are you getting at? I met my first person born in Puerto Rico just the other day. He is a friend of one of the very loved posters on here. Nice man, nice family. Is there something that I don't know? How could you call any of this racist? He is just an ordinary person, I guess he is white? If he had been pink with yellow polka dots he would have been a nice person. Is their some hatred I am not aware of against people born in Puerto Rico?

No.

The voting issue the article referred to was that the majority of the Puerto Ricans are influencing the voting complexion in South Florida and the large Orlando area from "red" to "blue".

The Social Security issue was the Puerto Ricans are adding to the Social Security tax pot with the jobs and businesses they are creating.

It is a very positive thing that is happening.

Did you see West Side Story? [emoji6]

I was tempted to reply about the toxic elements coming from Texas, but that would be as wrong as your reply. I do not worry about toxic elements from Puerto Rico or Texas or Michigan or Ohio.....well you get my point. Nor do I wonder why anyone would leave a state that has a different tax system or offers more or less services to their citizens.
By the way, one thousand people move to Florida each day, so 90% of the people that move here daily are not from Puerto Rico.

Hi Chi-Town: Perhaps you didn't read my first post (#9) It read:
"when your a jet your a jet all the way from your first born breathe to your last dying day"

I wrote that because I saw the thread going the, are you a racist route. i thought perhaps we were going in a different direction such as what affect will this have on future voting in Florida, or something like that. gonoho knew better and rhetorically ask what did you expect?

WHAT is very revealing is the state of mind which not only permeates this forum but the nation and I blame it on a two word restrictive notion POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS MORE A MORE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE barf THAN OBSCENE LANGUAGE:cus:

You are so right about missing your lyric reference. I can hear it my head now. Being followed by I Feel Pretty. Oh no.

BTW, I understand what you're saying about everyone having to be PC. I saw this coming years ago and it just gets more demanding.

Cool!!:coolsmiley:

I suspect that some of these threads are begun hoping the topic will route the way you mentioned !

Yes.

Maria. I just met a girl named Maria. And suddenly that name will never be the same...:sing:

Is there something bad I don't know?:shrug:

This couple was very nice, only he was born in Puerto Rico, They have been married for a long time and they have twin grandchildren whose names are Gabriel and Elena and they are very proud of them. He has lived here for a long time and went to college here. He has a Spanish name and worked all of his life in IT. I thought he was a very nice person, particularly too because he is a very close friend of a dear friend of ours.

He is a U.S. Citizen, pays his taxes, votes, is a responsible and very charming person. What am I missing? I was thirty before I met a person of Asian descent and forty before I met a Native American, and in my thirties before I met a Mexican person. I'm from Ohio. I knew a lot of German people. When I was a very little girl there was some prejudice against German people.

In addition to some "bad apples" how about cultural differences overall.
I have no idea whether or not there are any cultural differences, I'm just asking.

My cousin left south Florida and moved to central Florida partly because of Cubans. And also because of a rising crime rate. That's not to say that Cubans were responsible for the rising crime rate. He cited cultural differences.

That's true. Many of my relatives moved out of the Miami area because of the rising crime rate.

Well, actually you did succumb to your temptation didn't you? But, in the meantime, while you expressed "no problem" if anyone moves here no matter criminal record, no ability to support themselves, drug issues (how wonderfully open minded of you) you have not yet explained why my post about "toxic elements" was wrong per se. Someone else already implied that was 'racist' and I replied to that.

I think what I said was common sense but most won't say it because of ... well replies like yours to be blunt.

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