Comments on: New Leaders at Tanton’s Nativist Network, But Not New Tolerance http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: skinnyminny http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-248575 skinnyminny Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:52:09 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=5746#comment-248575 This is interesting, because, how would they know who is Muslim? I don't think you can determine who is Muslim based on skin color, nor ethnicity! For example, there are people from the Philippines as well as China that are Muslims. There are people from the Caribbean that are Muslims...There are people from Europe as well as from the ME that have features of white Europeans. I think the hoopla around all of this is, people are traveling and joining hands with people in Europe...See "Tariq Ramadhan's Prayer for International Jihad," http://hurryupharry.org/2011/02/11/tariq-ramadhans-prayer-for-international-jihad this has a video of a prayer delivered in France - the writer, Amjad Khan says this is the same language used in study circles. Based on this, I will say we are all in for a world of trouble. Sad part of this is, groups like FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA appeared to have had no comment about the American minorities that have been here for centuries that was being disenfranchised due to any immigration, nor the disparities in education. But, I see, now it's a problem? This is interesting, because, how would they know who is Muslim? I don’t think you can determine who is Muslim based on skin color, nor ethnicity! For example, there are people from the Philippines as well as China that are Muslims. There are people from the Caribbean that are Muslims…There are people from Europe as well as from the ME that have features of white Europeans. I think the hoopla around all of this is, people are traveling and joining hands with people in Europe…See “Tariq Ramadhan’s Prayer for International Jihad,” http://hurryupharry.org/2011/0.....onal-jihad this has a video of a prayer delivered in France – the writer, Amjad Khan says this is the same language used in study circles. Based on this, I will say we are all in for a world of trouble. Sad part of this is, groups like FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA appeared to have had no comment about the American minorities that have been here for centuries that was being disenfranchised due to any immigration, nor the disparities in education. But, I see, now it’s a problem?

]]> By: ModerateMike http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-248433 ModerateMike Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=5746#comment-248433 Even if the Dream Act were to address each and every one of the grievances from groups like ProEnglish or FAIR, I really doubt that they would support it. These organizations are cunning enough to know that opposing amnesty on strictly racial and ethnic grounds would make them appear too bigoted to be taken seriously by the public, so they mask their true motives behind a veneer of concern for mainstream issues such as population growth management, job availability, and security. But as legitimate as those concerns may be, everything that I have read so far about FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA, and their allies tells me that they believe that non-whites are inherently inferior to whites in both intelligence and character; whether a person sneaked into the country as an adult or was brought here against his or her will is not the issue for these groups, but rather that person's immutable characteristics. Unfortunately, no attempt by Congress to ensure that U.S. citizens would not be hurt by an amnesty arrangement would ever turn a brown person white. Even if the Dream Act were to address each and every one of the grievances from groups like ProEnglish or FAIR, I really doubt that they would support it. These organizations are cunning enough to know that opposing amnesty on strictly racial and ethnic grounds would make them appear too bigoted to be taken seriously by the public, so they mask their true motives behind a veneer of concern for mainstream issues such as population growth management, job availability, and security. But as legitimate as those concerns may be, everything that I have read so far about FAIR, CIS, NumbersUSA, and their allies tells me that they believe that non-whites are inherently inferior to whites in both intelligence and character; whether a person sneaked into the country as an adult or was brought here against his or her will is not the issue for these groups, but rather that person’s immutable characteristics. Unfortunately, no attempt by Congress to ensure that U.S. citizens would not be hurt by an amnesty arrangement would ever turn a brown person white.

]]> By: Difluoroethane http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-248057 Difluoroethane Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:41:17 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=5746#comment-248057 Sexism, eh? That will help these Social Contract folks appeal to more women voters...NOT. Sexism, eh? That will help these Social Contract folks appeal to more women voters…NOT.

]]> By: EdtheUmp http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-247982 EdtheUmp Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:32:06 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=5746#comment-247982 In the Victorian era, a wide variety of conditions which primarily affected women were referred to as “the vapors.” Women were viewed as fundamentally weak during this period, and they were also believed to be more susceptible to a range of medical complaints. The stereotypical Victorian image of a woman swooning against a couch is a classic depiction of a woman who has been overcome by the vapors. Currently, the vapors are not recognized as a medical diagnosis. Farting has NEVER been associated with "the vapors." I humbly disagree that it does...this can be easily determined even with an elementary search. In the Victorian era, a wide variety of conditions which primarily affected women were referred to as “the vapors.” Women were viewed as fundamentally weak during this period, and they were also believed to be more susceptible to a range of medical complaints. The stereotypical Victorian image of a woman swooning against a couch is a classic depiction of a woman who has been overcome by the vapors. Currently, the vapors are not recognized as a medical diagnosis.

Farting has NEVER been associated with “the vapors.”

I humbly disagree that it does…this can be easily determined even with an elementary search.

]]> By: Snorlax http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/10/new-leaders-at-tantons-anti-immigrant-network-but-not-new-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-247816 Snorlax Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:55:05 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=5746#comment-247816 "A case of the vapors" means they farted. Apparently these southern rednecks don't even know what "the vapors" means and it's a southern expression. “A case of the vapors” means they farted.

Apparently these southern rednecks don’t even know what “the vapors” means and it’s a southern expression.

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