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a frontal attack on Lou Dobbs by Dem Now....
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/5/fbi_statistics_show_anti_latino_hate
(Probably best to listen or watch stream, link is on web site.)
From the transcript:
It’s worth saying that in addition to the Reconquista theory, the Aztlan theory, he has pushed very heavily the idea that there is a North American Union, an entity which is planned by Bush and other neoconservatives, which would merge the countries of Canada, Mexico and the United States. He has pushed this on his website, with polls asking people are they concerned. He has mentioned it repeatedly on the air. At this point, eighteen state legislatures have passed resolutions condemning the so-called North American Union. One small problem: there is no such thing. This is a figment of the imaginations of people on the radical right. The theory essentially comes from the John Birch Society and related kinds of organizations. You know, it’s utterly bogus. But it’s the same idea as the Aztlan theory. The Mexicans, the Canadians, in this case, are out to do us in.
AMY GOODMAN: And how the Minutemen tie into this, if they do, Mark Potok?
MARK POTOK: Well, the Minutemen, in a lot of ways, and the vigilante groups, in general, have been transmitters of theories like this. You know, the Aztlan theory, for instance, was pushed very heavily early on by a hate group called American Border Patrol. This idea that Mexico and native-born Chicanos in the United States were involved together in this plot then made its way out into the Minutemen groups and eventually landed on Lou Dobbs, on any number of AM radio shows. It’s been talked about by US congressmen (note: this is a reference to RP). And so, it’s become a part of this debate, and yet it has nothing to do with what’s actually going on.
And this is really the point we’ve tried to make with Dobbs, is that, you know, you are not contributing in any way; you are detracting from any kind of democratic discussion of immigration.
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/5/fbi_statistics_show_anti_latino_hate
(Probably best to listen or watch stream, link is on web site.)
From the transcript:
It’s worth saying that in addition to the Reconquista theory, the Aztlan theory, he has pushed very heavily the idea that there is a North American Union, an entity which is planned by Bush and other neoconservatives, which would merge the countries of Canada, Mexico and the United States. He has pushed this on his website, with polls asking people are they concerned. He has mentioned it repeatedly on the air. At this point, eighteen state legislatures have passed resolutions condemning the so-called North American Union. One small problem: there is no such thing. This is a figment of the imaginations of people on the radical right. The theory essentially comes from the John Birch Society and related kinds of organizations. You know, it’s utterly bogus. But it’s the same idea as the Aztlan theory. The Mexicans, the Canadians, in this case, are out to do us in.
AMY GOODMAN: And how the Minutemen tie into this, if they do, Mark Potok?
MARK POTOK: Well, the Minutemen, in a lot of ways, and the vigilante groups, in general, have been transmitters of theories like this. You know, the Aztlan theory, for instance, was pushed very heavily early on by a hate group called American Border Patrol. This idea that Mexico and native-born Chicanos in the United States were involved together in this plot then made its way out into the Minutemen groups and eventually landed on Lou Dobbs, on any number of AM radio shows. It’s been talked about by US congressmen (note: this is a reference to RP). And so, it’s become a part of this debate, and yet it has nothing to do with what’s actually going on.
And this is really the point we’ve tried to make with Dobbs, is that, you know, you are not contributing in any way; you are detracting from any kind of democratic discussion of immigration.
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