This story is pretty upsetting on its own: 53 illegal immigrants essentially kidnapped and held against their will. Sorry, I don’t care if they were trying to enter America illegally. They are still HUMAN and shouldn’t be treated like this.

However, it’s the comments that really made me want to kill someone.

Here is just a taste:

“Make them WALK home, with our Border Patrol kicking them in their arses all the way to the border!…This crap has got to stop. These people are destroying our cities, states and country and threatening our culture and jobs and way of life, etc. What makes them so special that they don’t have to obey our laws, etc.?! They have no right to come here illegally! Mexico’s a ‘new world’ country itself that’s even been a country 100 years longer than the United States. It’s time they got their sheeet together and made something out of their miserable, corrupt country and took care of their own people.”

“GOOD FOR PHOENIX !!!!! ILLEGALS THAT BREAK OUR LAWS HAVE NO RIGHTS!!!!!!!! I agree….No FREE FLIGHTS…..Drop them in the ocean off the lowest point in mexico.
AMERICA IS FIGHTING BACK!!! NO RIGHTS<NO SPECIAL TREATMENTS FOR ILLEGALS!!!! Call AUTHORITIES EVERY TIME YOU SUSPECT AN ILLEGAL, Then, report the person hiring them!!!!  The ILLEGALS are TERRIBLE WORKERS, DO A SLOPPY JOB,And COMMIT CRIMES…LOAD your weapons AMERICA !!!“

“Who the hell are they seeking ransom from???? They’re asking for $2,500 for each person- FROM WHOM???? Please, God, I pray to you that my government in some way doesn’t pay for this…no human rights excuses, no nothing. It’ll be interesting to see the circumstances in which these people are let go. It’ll be interesting to see if someone gets piad, and who cuts the check.”

“Are we PROSECUTING the illegal invaders? Hell no, that would destroy the story’s “human interest” angle. Why, those poor, poor illegal alien invaders were VICTIMS, weren’t they? NO, they’re NOT. They’re CRIMINALS, caught red-handed invading the United States. Brietbart needs to try sticking to the TRUTH in these stories, rather than portraying criminals as victims for the emotional (read “liberal”) appeal.”

(all emphasis mine)

There’s tons more at the story if you feel like hurling up your breakfast.

But really, I digress. My biggest problem with this bullshit is the number of people on this comment board claiming to be good Christians and Americans and whatever. First off–WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS! All of our European (re: WHITE) ancestors came to this country at one point too, whether it was for asylum, opportunity,  or just  plain old adventure. But we all came from someplace.

Secondly, last time I checked, Jesus was about caring for others and love and all that jazz. But no, the way American Christian assholes would have it, Jesus would be wrapped in an American flag, bombing abortion clinics, executing homosexuals, clutching a rifle, sitting on a drum of gasoline and pissing on Mexico, the Middle East, and Faggy France. Sorry folks, but Jesus would not want you to have guns. He would not approve of your “god hates fags” signs. He would tell you to give your money to the less needy. And he would tell you to let those illegal immigrants in.
It really worries me that I, an atheist, understand Christian Doctrine more than some of you neo-con, racist, hatred spewing bigots.

Finally, and I am hi-jacking this from my good friend Nicki, who actually posted the original story on Facebook (thanks Nicki!) , but I am first and foremost a HUMAN and secondly an AMERICAN. And I love other humans and respect for human life more than I love this country, or any country. Some arbitrary lines drawn in the sand and a piece of paper that really means very little to the ass-hats in charge really does little to stir my passions. But people, in this country and all over the world, that are suffering and sick and hungry…that upsets me.

I don’t care if you say I hate America. I love other people. And I hate sharing a country–nay, a planet with people who talk and think like those above.