This is fucking ridiculous:
NORCROSS, GA. – In some ways, the traveling taco stand has become a symbol of the rise of Hispanics in the US. Here in Gwinnett County, Ga., it wasn’t any different – until lawmakers outlawed the $1 street-corner taco vendor last month…
…Last month, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners became one of the first in the country to ban mobile taco stands, which officials said were cluttering street corners. One Gwinnett politician described the proliferation of rolling taco stands as “gypsy-fication.”
What would the alternative be for the taco stands? The cheap American-made imitation Taco Bell?
In resisting the sudden and growing influence of Latino culture, some cities and towns across America are requiring the use of English and restricting culinary mores and even the Hispanic tradition of sitting on the front porch.
Can we say xenophobia? Actually, how about imbecile?
Yeah! extreme parochialism, ethnic cleansing, xenophobia, fascism; inability to see good in oneself without comparison to others; self-entitlement to a cloned environment; xenophobia as survival when it requires biodiversity; fear of the unknown; inability to celebrate diversity; close the border, or as Schwarzenegger would say, “secure” the border; forbidden cosmopolitanism
extreme parochialism, ethnic cleansing, xenophobia, fascism
Even if they did have a point, they have let themselves be consumed by such an irrational fear that they do ridiculous things like banning taco stands. Truly idiotic.
fucking georgia. figures. i’m completely against banning access to cheap, quickly obtained grub. mmm. tacos.
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