The white supremacist or white nationalist movement remains a serious problem in the United States. But it is not the only source of hate violence and bias crimes. Hate violence occurs everywhere in the United States ? on campuses, in homes, on streets and even in places of worship. Often the perpetrators are threatened by the diversity around them and target individuals who they perceive ?as not belonging? because of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Whether committed by a white supremacist or a neighbor, hate violence is distinct in that it terrorizes not only the victim but also the whole community. It is not enough for people to say that they aren't racist, sexist or homophobic. They must be anti-racist and anti-sexist and anti-homophobic. When someone makes a bigoted comment, we must refuse to accept it. I am responding generally to all the "Anti-Immigrant" posts, and specifically to the individuals I've quoted below:
?This idea of America being a multi cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity.? (Article that started thread) ? posted by guyver01
Guyver - I did a little searching on this "editorial". Guess where I found it quoted by another avid fan of white supremacy? The Volksfront website - it's a white supremacist website. It offers a "guestbook" where people like you can share their big ideas and favorite quotes. And there it was. So you're not alone - just hanging out in the wrong place. Go visit your brethren on their hate sites and leave us alone, okay?
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?Yeah, People come here and try and change america to fit their culture, if they liked it so much why didn't they stay there......i'm not racist or anything....good point though, if you don't like it here, leave!?
-Lithium381
So, first of all, Lithium, you ARE racist, deal with it. And the one doing the whining seems to be you and your racist buddies. So, take your own advice and leave. America would be a lovely place without hateful and ignorant people like yourself.
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"Sure. Why not? Got a problem with that dickhead?" 308nato (responding to "you mean dawn your white caps and caps so you could go out lynching and then come home and vote for sstrom thurmand and pat buchanan?")
You're just plain stupid. You sound like any bully - low self-esteem and lack of articulation included. All you want is to beat your chest and talk tough. That's a sure sign that you are, in all probability, some wimpy little geek, with no healthy relationships, who is generally ignored by society. And you sound like you deserve your miserable existence. If you ever decide to rejoin the world, you'd be well-advised to begin with a shower, a little sunlight, and a whole lot of therapy.
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And to the rest of you racists who didn't make my hall of shame, here's a little essay you might enjoy:
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AMERICAN by Ralph Linton (1964)
Our solid American citizen awakens in a bed built on a pattern that originated in the Near East but that was modified in Northern Europe before it was transmitted to America. He throws back covers made from cotton, domesticated in India, or linen, domesticated in the Near East, or silk, the use of which was discovered in China. All of these materials have been spun and woven by processes invented in the Near East. He slips into his moccasins, invented by the Indians of the Eastern woodlands, and goes to the bathroom, whose fixtures are a mixture of European and American inventions, both of recent date. He takes off his pajamas, a garment invented in India, and washes with soap, invented by the ancient Gauls. He then shaves- a masochistic rite that seems to have been derived from either Sumer or ancient Egypt.
Returning to the bedroom, he removes his clothes from a chair of southern European type and proceeds to dress. He puts on garments whose form originally derived from the skin clothing of the nomads of the Asiatic steppes, puts on shoes made from skins tanned by a process invented in ancient Egypt and cut to a pattern derived from the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, and ties around his neck a strip of bright colored cloth that is a vestigial survival of the shoulder shawls worn by 17th century Croatians. Before going out for breakfast, he glances through a window, made of glass invented in Egypt, and, if it is raining, puts on overshoes made of rubber discovered by the Central American Indians and takes an umbrella, invented in Southeastern Asia. Upon his head he puts a hat made of felt, a material invented in the Asiatic steppes.
On his way to breakfast, he stops to buy a paper, paying for it with coins, an ancient Lydian invention. At the restaurant, a whole new series of borrowed elements confronts him. His plate is made from pottery, invented in China. His knife is steel, an alloy first made in southern India; his fork, a medieval Italian invention; and his spoon, a derivative of a Roman original. He begins his breakfast with an orange, from the eastern Mediterranean, a cantaloupe from Persia, or perhaps a piece of African watermelon. With this he has coffee, an Abyssinian plant, with cream and sugar. Both the domestication of cows and the idea of milking them originated in the Near East, while sugar was first made in India. After his fruit and first coffee, he goes for waffles, cakes made by a Scandinavian technique from wheat domesticated in Asia Minor. Over these he pours maple syrup, invented by the Indians of the Eastern woodlands. As a side dish, he may have the egg of a species of bird domesticated in Indochina, or the thin strips of the flesh of an animal domesticated in eastern Asia that have been salted by a process developed in Northern Europe.
When our friend has finished eating, he settles back to smoke, an American Indian habit, consuming a plant domesticated in Brazil in either a pipe, derived from the Indians of Virginia, or a cigarette, derived from Mexico. If he is hardy enough, he may even attempt a cigar, transmitted to us from the Antilles by way of Spain. While smoking, he reads the news of the day, imprinted in characters invented by the ancient Semites upon a material invented in Germany. As he absorbs the accounts of foreign troubles, he will, if he is a good, conservative citizen, thank a Hebrew deity in an Indo-European language that he is 100% American.