Ok. It appears that this video and The Raw Story article are a tad manipulative and that the baggers may have caught on before the end. Clearly they have a semblance of intelligence. Still pretty funny as a prank, even if the speakers argument is undercooked.
A speaker at an anti-immigration rally in Minneapolis this past weekend got the crowd to support more than just the deportation of all illegal immigrants — he got them cheering for the eviction of all European-descended immigrants to America who “stole this land through genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
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“In Minneapolis where I’m from, we have a huge immigrant population that has been causing a number of problems,” Erickson began. “With the economy in recession and so many people laid off and unable to find work, immigrants should not be competing for the few jobs that are open. It’s just not fair to the folks who have a claim to this country and have a right to be here.”
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“Let’s send these European immigrants back where they came from,” he said to wild cheers. “We need to send every one of them back home. … They stole this land through genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
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“Erickson” walked off the stage leading the crowd in a loud chant of “Columbus go home! Columbus go home!”
Hummm…
“That idea brought 40 anti-immigration protesters to Saturday’s protest, as well as 30 pro-immigration reform counter-protesters”
Ok, were the “40 anti-immigration protesters” the teabaggers?
Or the “30 pro-immigration reform counter-protesters”?
And which group was doing the chant, the anti-immigration or pro-reform?
What is a “pro-immigration reform counter-protester” anyhow?
And how do we know ANY of them were teabaggers? Do teabaggers have a stamp on their hand or carry an official card?
So whites are stealing jobs from Indians? Have you noticed how altruistic whites can be from the right or “wrong” propaganda? Do you remember dances with wolves with Kevin Costner? I heard a Whiteman say the Indians should have killed every white they saw, after watching Dances with wolves. Have you heard of the kennewick man? Our race was here before the asiatics, they genocided us. Estimated Indian population was 2-4 million where 300 million now live! Remember no tractors, combines, diesel fuel 200 years ago!
The audio is a bit hard to hear “but” it shouldn’t matter where ILLEGAL immigrants come from. They ARE illegal and should be deported, Europeans as well.
Now, if this goes to the argument that the initial wave of Europeans took land and jobs from Native Americans==thats just stupid. There were no laws making anything illegal. A type of war. War without rules. Thats why war is hell.
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“I am so smart,I am so smart,S-M-A-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T” Homer Simpson
Seeing how the evidence is showing everyone in the Americas was an immigrant I find it hilarious that ANYONE here should scream about immigrants.
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#5–Cursor==big difference between legal and illegal immigration. If you want to say laws against immigration are immoral, that is one tact. What you are then saying is that society/the democratic majority will has no value. Most people will disagree with you.
And if immigration laws fall, then by the same logic, so would all other laws. Arguing anarchy is a fool’s errand.
Silly.
This just proves that pro-immigrant partisans are racist against Europeans. So how is that an intelligent position? It’s not. Mexicans are the predominant immigrant population, not Indians, and they belong in Mexico.
“All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian. ”
Pat Paulsen
When the conservative sheep herd there’s no telling how they behave.
We need to get the Tea party sheep to congregate near a cliff and then yell “Boo”.
#9 Dallas passively advocates the killing of anyone not like him.
I think that most of the people chanting/cheering were probably there with him. Most of the people seem to be ignoring him.
Next time they need to get a Native American to deliver the speech.
Again…live in a state with lots of indian reservations…. have your car stolen by an indian and then the cop will tell you if it’s on the res. there is nothing he can do. Have your child hit by a drunk indian who then flees to the res. As long as the child lives and the indian stays on the res. …they are safe and untouchable.
I say parade the indian out on the public forum and we can see just how great the future looks….(but hide your liquor)
All are true stories…and I have more…
The term “teabaggers” is what’s really stupid. What party came up with that?? Here you have someone who’s against something that’s ILLEGAL and the stupid definition party goes after HIM instead of the ILLEGALS. How dumb is that.
Occasionally there are some exceptional people or speeches…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5B_pw1EvM
look like some college kids got the better of the tea baggers as they overran their little gathering, and now has the teabaggers looking like the fools they are..
#12–Choc==TEAbaggers named themselves.
Actually, in a cultural vacuum, its a good idea:
T – axed
E – nough
A – lready
and then tie in with notions of “freedom” with the Boston Tea Party. But culture is not static and what with the conservatives thinking dancing is sinful and the libs into all kinds of kinky things, TEABAGGERS was just too close a fit.
Very similar to your products name being “Shit” in some foreign language. Learn you market, even your own.
I just love the way all the right wing nuts come along stammering their denials. They just don’t realize how idiotic they look.
Oh, the estimate from a highly recognized University, whose name escapes me at the moment, was in the neighborhood of 1,500,000. Here is a picture, as seen on national TV.
Mojo Yugen nailed it.
Obviously Erickson brought people to film his speech (after all, who is holding the camera?)
Apparently he brought his own cheering section as well to create a completely fabricated hit piece.
A fabrication designed to ensnare the weak minded, those unable to see beyond their own little world.
Like some of the posters above.
The Man Show got women to sign a petition to End Women’s Suffrage. Average intelligence is average. I am sure a prank like this could be ran on Obama voters, oh wait…it was.
We just published a new video of Robert Erickson and the whole scene @ Twin Cities IMC – check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rry_SlPW7oU
It shows the priceless crowd reaction to Robert’s speech and weird weird interactions w/ Ruthie, Sue and the other teabaggers. Columbus go home!