Protesters Kick Racist Speaker Off Campus
Wednesday, April 15 2009 @ 02:54 PM CDT
Contributed by: sweet tea
On Tuesday, April 14th, a new white supremacist group on campus called Youth for Western Civilization (?!) had scheduled ex Republican Congressman of Colorado Tom Tancredo to speak on the University of North Carolina campus. YWC is a new national organization, with local chapters on campuses around the US, which uses thinly veiled language around heritage, identity, and cultural pride in western civilization to hide a fairly obvious white supremacist agenda. Their founder Marcus Epstein, for example, is an explicit white supremacist who comments on blogs such as stormfront.org, and the organization’s website (westernyouth.org) has a traditional symbol of Italian fascism as its banner.
When the president of YWC stood up to introduce Tancredo, he was immediately booed and shouted down, with chants of “racist, racist” and yells that interrupted every other word.
Militant disruption of anti-immigrant and white supremacist organizing is only going to be increasingly important in the next few years, as the pacification of liberals, Obama’s presidency, and the economic crisis will all make fertile ground for racist organizing. While UNC and other college campuses are hardly the most likely demographic for white supremacist growth, they are a source for funding for public speakers like Bay Buchanan, Tom Tancredo, and Marcus Epstein, who could then funnel those funds into more threatening groups.
抗議する側からすると、白人至上主義者で反移民支持者の講演者が大学で講演を始めようとしたら、「人種差別主義者！！！、人種差別主義者！！！」とかけ声があって、騒乱状態になり大学の窓ガラスが割られるに至って、講演者は講演をやめて退去。抗議する側からの勝利宣言
Univ. Of N.C. Apologizes For Tancredo Protest
Investigation Under Way
POSTED: 5:42 am MDT April 16, 2009
UPDATED: 8:06 am MDT April 16, 2009
UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp said in an e-mail to students and faculty that an investigation might result in criminal charges or campus honor court charges against students.
"Our Division of Student Affairs is also investigating student involvement in the protest," Thorp wrote. "If that investigation determines sufficient evidence, participating students could face Honor Court proceedings."
Former Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo was invited to speak Tuesday about his opposition to granting in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants. The former Colorado congressman had to halt his speech because of protesters who held banners in front of him, shouted and broke a window.
UNC Chapel Hill board chairman Roger Perry said the protesters' behavior was "shameful" and that everyone should have a right to speak on campus.
Tyler Oakley, a graduate student who helped organize the rally, said the protest was peaceful and successful.
"It was only when confronted with police brutality -- pepper spray, Tasers, and pushing -- that the protest intensified to a pitch that might be called disorderly," Oakley said in an e-mail.
Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in North Carolina, said the protesters engaged in "de facto censorship."
Rudinger said Tancredo had a right to express his views about immigration as much as students at N.C. State had the right to paint racist remarks about President Barack Obama on a campus tunnel.
"Censorship is not the answer to hate speech. Hate speech is protected by the Constitution," Rudinger said.
もっとも他の報道記事によると、抗議デモの活動はやりすぎで、警察が取調中で、もしかしたら、学生が訴追されるかもしれない、とのこと。
抗議はいいが、表現の自由を弾圧する検閲はだめだ、という。
奇遇と言うべきか？いずこも同じですな。
he Southampton PressAnti-illegal immigration protester reports car window smashed, sign stolen
By Brendan O'Reilly
Apr 15, 09 11:19 AM
An anti-illegal immigration protester often seen outside the Southampton Village 7-Eleven told Village Police on Tuesday that someone smashed his SUV’s window and stole one of his protest signs.
Tom Wedell, 49, of East Moriches said he was protesting on Aldrich Lane, out of sight of his vehicle, when the window was smashed. He reported it shortly after noon and said it must have happened within the prior hour. The sign, which he said read “Deport Illegals,” had been leaning against the SUV, which was parked in the South Fork Realty parking lot next to the 7-Eleven, according to Mr. Wedell.
As Mr. Wedell was removing broken bits of glass from the window frame Tuesday, he recounted other occasions when his vehicle has been vandalized. “I’ve been harassed and intimidated here many times,” he said. Last week, someone broke off the side-view mirrors on his SUV, and his tires have been slashed, he said.
Mr. Wedell said someone once poured three gallons of anti-freeze into the cab of his SUV, ruining his clothes and papers. “I was smelling anti-freeze for a year in my truck,” he said.
He said his SUV is targeted because people disagree with him and don’t like him protesting outside the 7-Eleven.
で、これは、違う反移民支持者の話だが、不法移民はでていけえーー！！などの活動をしているうちに、自分の乗っていた自動車の窓などがわられた、と言っている。自分の意見に反対するものの仕業だろう、といっている。
まあ、これもいずこも ってな感じですな。
で、最近のニュースだけでも、アメリカの左右の攻防というのも面白い。
DHS Issued Report on Extremism Despite Concerns
Homeland official: Report on right-wing extremists issued despite civil liberties concerns
By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON April 16, 2009 (AP)
The report on right-wing extremists cites the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by military veteran Timothy McVeigh as one instance of a veteran becoming a domestic terrorist.
In February, the department issued a similar warning about possible cyber attacks from left wing extremists. In September, the agency reported that right-wing extremists over the past five years had used the immigration debate as a recruiting tool.
DHSって日本でいえば、公安なんですかね、それが、アメリカの右翼の過激派を警戒しているという。特に退役軍人がテロ活動にはしる、危険性を指摘。例として、ティモシー・マクベイのケースをあげている。これに対しては、右派が反発。
April 15, 2009
You Might Be a "Radicalized Right-Wing Extremist" If…
by Michelle Malkin
The DHS spokespeople I talked to on Monday insisted that the report was not a politicized document and that DHS had done similar assessments on "left-wing extremism" in the past. But past domestic terrorism reports have always been very specific in identifying security threats -- such as the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front -- and very specific in identifying their methods and targets, including repeated physical harassment, arson and vandalism against pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs and university researchers.
The DHS spokespeople I talked to on Monday insisted that the report was not a politicized document and that DHS had done similar assessments on "left-wing extremism" in the past. But past domestic terrorism reports have always been very specific in identifying security threats -- such as the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front -- and very specific in identifying their methods and targets, including repeated physical harassment, arson and vandalism against pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs and university researchers.
"Debates over appropriate immigration levels and enforcement policy generally fall within the realm of protected political speech under the First Amendment, but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent."
"Potential to turn violent"? So did the hysterical fervor whipped up by Capitol Hill over the AIG bonuses, which prompted ugly death threats from across the country
公安は、過激な動物保護団体などをあげているから、政治的中立だといっているが、移民や中絶に関して一定の見解をもつと、右派過激派ですか、そうですか？それじゃ、AIG救済政策に対して、反対運動がおきて脅迫メールまでありましたが、あれも潜在的暴力活動になる危険な過激分子じゃないんですか、ああ、そうですか、政府はずいぶん勝手ですね、てな感じで、憤慨している。
4/16/09 Section: News
David Horowitz: Colleges have a 'reactionary racist culture'
Horowitz began his address by stating that the function of a university is not to indoctrinate students but to encourage them to think for themselves.
Students are taught that "society is dominated by race, gender and social hierarchies," Horowitz said. While he said he has no problem with professors discussing gender hierarchies, he does take issue with professors who pose the concern "as if it is a fact."
He added that teaching gender as "socially constructed" is a violation of academic standards.
Horowitz emphasized that "university culture is the most reactionary racist culture in America." He explained that on many college campuses, it is politically correct to hate nonminorities, such as Jews, Christians and whites.
Horowitz referred to the high-profile allegations of rape against several lacrosse players at Duke University as an example of how "the alleged hierarchies are reversed and whites are at the bottom." He added that "this is bad for blacks and whites."
He went on to say that the political "Left" is quick to label dissenters as racists, sexists or homophobes. These accusations, he said, can be very damaging, both personally and professionally.
"[If] you open your mouth and reveal that you are conservative, you better know how to defend yourself," he said.
Horowitz added that he has no problem with people who have biased views as long as they have full knowledge of the situation and take the opposite argument into account.
He analogized this to watching Court TV where there are only prosecutors present. "Once the defense attorney speaks, you see a whole different side of the story," he said.
で、この人は保守の論客らしいが、アメリカの大学の教育が緻密に考えることよりも、左翼的思想を洗脳してしまっている、と批判。性差や階級によって社会が支配されているか、ということを議論することはいいが、それを既定のものとして、教えるのは間違っている、こうした教育の結果、デューク大学事件（有道氏のレイプ事件の粗雑かつ不当な扱い方参照）のようなことが起きるのだ、としています。
アメリカ人の中には自分はリベラルのような顔をして、他国に関しては、容易にナショナリスティックだ、なんていう人がいる。例えば、
Japanese people have a comparatively high level of what I would term “gastronomic nationalism” – that is, their preference for their own food far exceeds the global rate of 27%.（MFT）
日本食をよく食べるだけで、食事に関して比較的にナショナリズムが強い、などと言われる。
特に悪気はないのでしょうけど、まあ、他国のナショナリズムからの批判に防御的になってばかりいないで、リベラルのような顔をして、あるいは、自国のことはさておき、中国や韓国、あるいはアメリカなどをナショナリスティックやなああ、とさりげなく言う人も日本でもでてくるのではないか、と思う。もっとも、自国の悪しきナショナリズムにもやはり否定的な眼差しを向けるべきでしょう。
では、さりげなく、次に、
DOJ Releases Controversial Torture Memos
Memos Detail Interrogation Methods Used By Bush Administration on Terror Suspects
By ARIANE de VOGUE
April 16, 2009
"These memos provide yet more incontrovertible evidence that Bush administration officials at the highest level of government authorized and gave legal blessings to acts of torture that violate domestic and international law," said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU.
政府高官がテロ容疑者に拷問するように指示・容認していたことを示すメモがでてきた、と。
で、それに対してあのリベラル、オバラ大統領とホーダー法務長官は、
No Charges Against CIA Officials for Waterboarding
Attorney General Eric Holder Won't Prosecute CIA Officials for Harsh Interrogations, Waterboarding
By JENNIFER LOVEN and DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON April 16, 2009 (AP)
"We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history," the president said. "But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past."
歴史において暗く、苦しいときも経験してきた。しかし、新たな挑戦に立ち向かい、また、不穏な混乱があるこのようなときに、過去について非難する余裕も時間もない、
と。
"It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct that was sanctioned in advance by the Justice Department," Holder said.
法務省が承認していた行為について、アメリカのために献身的に働いてきた人たちを訴追するのは不公平である。
日本やドイツの極右勢力は絶叫して称賛するかもしれませんね。
はい、みなさん、さりげなく、・・・・・
で、つぎ、
“We Love Jews”: The BNP’s Euro Election Campaign
The good news then is that the BNP are seemingly softening in their stance towards anti-Semitism, but scratch the surface, and the racism (British jobs for [white?] British workers), homophobia (shun the word of God on sodomy), and Islamophobia (too many references to mention) continue.
で、これはイギリスですね。BNPって、反ユダヤ、反移民、反同性愛の極右政党が選挙のためい、「ユダヤ人大好き！！」と言い始めた、ということです。
日本の極右のみなさんも、朝鮮人・支那人はでていけええ！！！などの叫んだ段階で国民からは見捨てられ、国際的には、日本非難のネタにされて国益を損ねていることを自覚してもらいたいものです。
もっとも、BNP、人種差別や、反同性愛的傾向は維持されたままだそうです。
Tensions high in North Korea row
It said the criticism was an "unbearable insult" which debased the North Korean people.
ああ、これは、北朝鮮ですな。国連の非難があったら、北朝鮮人民を愚弄する耐え難き侮辱である、という声明をだした、と。
まあ、私も、日本を思うあまり、過剰反応することがあるので、こんな風にならないように、反面教師にします。
