Monday, April 10th, 2006...6:38 am
What a Bunch of Jerks
The right in this country finds flag burning such an offense that they are willing to mess with the first ammendment to jail people. So, why wouldn’t they think that the burning of the Mexican flag would be offensive?
Some members of the group Border Guardians, decided to stand in front of the Mexican consulate on Sunday and burn El Tricolor. These are the guys that raised such a stink a month or so back when a Mexican official dared to give a speech in Spanish at the U of A. One of their leaders, a woman named Lawless of all things, said this to the Arizona Daily Star:
We’re not picking on Mexicans specifically, but we’re blaming their government and their citizens who are here illegally in the U.S.
We’re not picking on Mexicans, but we are burning a Mexican flag. Oh, okay then.
Even their own website says that the burning of the Mexican flag was to protest “Mexican disrespect of American Sovreignty.” So, they aren’t protesting against Mexicans specifically, but they are specifically protesting against Mexicans.
Their website also calls humanitarian aid workers “treasonous” (thereby considering it a capitol offense to give someone water), decries protestors for carrying American flags (they are anti-patriots when they don’t, and apparently they are desecrating the flag when they do), labels people who don’t hold their racist views traitors, and cheers on the bizarre prosecution of Daniel Strauss and Shanti Sellz.
It would be easier to admire the stones of these people if they were burning the Mexican flag in front of the consulate if the consulate wasn’t closed at the time. Wow, that’s bravery.
Heck, with that level of courage, even the Minutemen could make fun of you guys.
I heard a rumor that the Minutemen were going to be at today’s rally. Is it really going to be the Minutemen, or just these schlubs?
I ask because I had an idea for a sign. It comes from something I posted on Enviro Hanky. I was thinking of buying a beer for anyone that makes a sign that says this:
Do Your Wives Call You Minutemen Too?
Ad hominem attacks can be fun.
12 Comments
April 10th, 2006 at 8:31 am
But Tedski, we live in a state where nobody is racist and nobody is against the Mexicans. They’re merely concerned with the law (which they could’ve been concerned with ten years ago, except perhaps they were going through an Anarchist phase. Ah, youth.)
April 10th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Let’s hope if they try and burn any flags today, they are arrested for trying to incite a riot.
April 10th, 2006 at 9:57 am
This is going to be the issue that will force the Repugs to face the fact that they have been in bed with bigots.
Now it comes up to the Repugs: either repudiate these people or embrace them. Looking at the recent GOP Governor Sacrificial Lamb forum, I say they embrace these idiots thereby putting the Repugs in the same class as the David Dukes of the world. Not a winning formula.
April 10th, 2006 at 10:33 am
If they do burn any flags today GOPINSIDER, then they ARE trying to incite a riot.
April 10th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Mr. T -
I thought that’s what I said?
Perhaps I should have used the term “I pity the fool!”
April 10th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Well, it was hard to tell what brand of bigotry showed up at the rally today. There was five or six of them. They were *completely surrounded* by peacekeepers with their arms interlocked. To prevent violence. Apparently folks were throwing water bottles at them, but when I pushed threw the throng to get a peek, only the damn media were getting close to them.
Did y’all read in the paper the other day how Ms. Lawless says she wears a padded vest in case she gets attacked by protesters? Well, missy, you didn’t need it today.
April 10th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
Just got back from the Tucson rally, they did burn a Mexican flag. Their shirts were riddled with racist slogans. There was a peace chain formed around them by our side, to shield their hatred from the marchers.
April 10th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
There’s video of the flag burning on cnn.com.
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/us/2006/04/10/vo.az.mexican.flag.burning.kvoa
April 10th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Ted:
Do their wives call them Minutemen too?
No, actually most of their wives call them “My ex.”
April 10th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Gosh dang, Ted.
Up at the top of your blog where the ads go, is an ad for a Republican running for Congress in Idaho and a ‘Meet Republican singles’ ad.
This is one reason why I haven’t signed up to accept advertising on my blog.
April 10th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Ted is trying to save up a few $$ to run for the State House in D-28. That’s why he runs the ads..
April 10th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
I told Ted I would donate some of the seed money to his campaign…:(
Although actually this is a case of “It is okay I do it.” The right has a habit of demanding we adhere to their stupid standards but then not fufilling them themselves.
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