{"id":270,"date":"2009-11-17T04:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=270"},"modified":"2009-11-17T04:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T12:18:00","slug":"tea-party-pawns-punked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/17\/tea-party-pawns-punked\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Party Pawns Punked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every once in a while a story comes along that demonstrates a key truth and, at the same time, is thoroughly entertaining.   This is one of those: On Saturday, a few dozen anti-immigration activists gathered on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol for a Tea Party, part of the nationwide effort by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (<\/span>ALIPAC<\/a>). But somehow, one of the counter-protesters, a \u201cconcerned citizen from Minneapolis\u201d named \u201cRobert Erickson,\u201d manged to get on the speaking list. His address started with the standard anti-immigrant rhetoric, but then<\/span> revealed that he was talking about European immigrants<\/a>. By this time, however, the crowd was in a frenzy and joined him in his<\/span> chants of \u201cColumbus go home!\u201d and \u201cEuropeans out!\u201d<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s send these European immigrants back where they came from! I don\u2019t care if they are Polish, Irish, English, Italian, or Norwegian!<\/span> European immigrants are responsible for the most violent and heinous crimes in the history of the world, including genocide and slavery! Its time to restore the sovereignty of people native to this land! I want more workplace raids, starting with the big banks downtown… [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Hats off to Robert Erikson!  However he got himself on that speakers list, it was an act of pure genius.  The very notion of getting WASPS to demonstrate against their own ilk is absolutely hilarious.  But most important, he demonstrates that these poor lost fools disengaged their brains long ago.  They happily cheer for and scream against whatever is put in front of them.  Their whole demeanor can be described with just one word: Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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