Am I the only one who is sick of this?

It goes without saying that we have come to a place in our world in which it is increasingly difficult to trust the information available and as such I like to check a variety of sources for news. Today I read an article entitled, “Alabama immigration fight recalls civil rights era” and no matter who may agree or disagree I am going to take a side on this. I have become disgusted with every lawbreaker and deviant group in our country wrapping themselves in the struggles of the civil rights era and likening their problem to that of darker skinned Americans more than 40 years ago.
First I will preface my remarks by saying that I despise racism! It is not only the most ridiculous idea ever created, it also just shows the abject laziness of people in general to not like someone based on the color of their skin. Really; is this the best you can come up with to dislike someone based on the melanin content in a person’s skin? I do not want to be unkind but it really does not take a lot of effort to come up with a far more defensible reason to dislike someone than something a silly as that. To pick this as the position you will take is very slothful; certainly you could make better use of your God given cognitive faculties than that. The period in our nation’s history in which people were discriminated against is so antithetical to the foundation of our nation that the only way the concept can even be grasped is in the context of satanic influence. I praise God that this abomination has been stripped from our culture thanks to Him working through the efforts of several brave and honorable men and women who stood up against it. Their work should always remain a source of great pride to all Americans.
Sadly, however, the significance of their work is greatly diminished when we allow ne’er-do-wells to commandeer their sacrifice appropriating it in the name of any one of a variety of abhorrent causes. The one in question is this idea of illegal immigration. May I be so bold as to redirect your attention to the operative word, illegal? Immigration is wonderful when it is done legally; however, coming into this country illegally is a crime and is one of the pieces to the puzzle that make up the picture identifying why we are in the state we are in at this point. Alabama, along with a host of other states are attempting to, as part of a broad strategy to get our country back on track, address an important issue and I commend them for it.
Here again, however, we see the effects of the dumbing down of our country when we base our opinions on how we feel rather than any sort of well reasoned set of ideas. Public opinion is based solely on the outcomes of an effective marketing strategy and not due to truth or reality. Rather than dealing with the facts we are bombarded with heart-wrenching stories offered for no other reason than to elicit an emotional response irrespective of the fact that behind this tender story is a person or group that broke the law to get where they are. Then in an effort to not only punctuate the validity of their claim and to draw attention away from the facts it is wrapped up in the civil rights struggle almost as if to dare anyone to speak out against it.
I for one will not be shackled by this type of chicanery, illegal immigration has nothing to do with any sort of civil rights struggle and a mockery should be made of anyone attempting to join together these two diametrically opposed ideas.