John Hawkins deftly dissects the hypocrisy of the Phoenix Suns who are donning Spanish-language jerseys for tonight's game as a protest of the new Arizona immigration law -- a Constitutional, common-sense law which is trying to establish some sense of order and fairness in the desperate conditions which illegal immigration has created there.Of course, it's easy for a bunch of millionaires who play a kid's game to throw stones. Steve Nash isn't going to have to carry a gun out of his mansion tomorrow because he's afraid that his family may be waylaid and murdered by illegals. That's an everyday fact of life for many of the Suns fans who are unfortunate enough to live on the border.
I'd also note that Amare Stoudemire isn't going to have to work for slave wages because he's competing with illegal aliens who don't pay for health care, car insurance, or income tax. Robert Sarver can afford to send his progeny to private school. So, he isn't going to have to take his kids to a school that's overcrowded because it's swamped with children who aren't even supposed to be in the country, all of whom are getting an education that their parents aren't paying for courtesy of the American taxpayers.
If Suns fans who believe in putting America first, securing the border, and obeying the law are willing to put up with those insults and they're still going to buy tickets, jerseys, and everything else to reward the same arrogant creeps who look down on them, well, then they deserve what they get.
But, here's what's most notable: The Suns don't even believe their own BS. If you do go to a Suns game, guess what? You'll find that their arena has an extremely secure border. You don't go by their rules, you don't get into the game. If somehow, you do get in without buying a ticket and they find out about it, they will send their security over and they will demand that you prove that you belong in the arena.
If you can't show them a ticket, it doesn't whether you just arrived or whether it's late in the 4th quarter, the Suns will immediately deport you right out of the arena for not following their rules.
In other words, all the people of Arizona are asking is to be able to do the exact same thing that the Suns do at every home game. For this, they're being trashed by a bunch of privileged, rich jerks who are only able to play a kid's game for a living because the people of Arizona pay outrageous prices to watch them play.
Postscript -- One must also wonder about the very politically incorrect ethnic imbalance in the Suns' team. Though they'll wear Spanish-language jerseys, they only have two members of their team or coaching staff with Latin heritage: Leandro Barbosa from Brazil (who has, by the way, legal status to play here in the U.S.) and Robin Lopez, an American citizen whose father is Latino.
The Suns do have other foreign-born players on their roster and they too are legal. Goran Dragic (who possesses dual citizenship in the U.S. and Slovenia) and Suns co-captain Steve Nash, a South African-born Canadian who has a green card to work in the U.S. "Nash has no problem expressing his political views under the basketball spotlight. He once wore a "No war. Shoot for peace" T-shirt during 2003 All-Star Game interviews."
(Hat tip: Blogs Lucianne Loves)
