Minutemen Protest Storming At Columbia University

Jim Gilchrist is the leader of the racist group known as the Minutemen. They claim to be "protecting" the border from illegal immigrants but instead are motivated to cause terror and death. Here is the reaction to Jim Gilchrist's appearance 2 minutes into his speech at Columbia University. Students stormed the stage to hold up signs that said, "No Human Is Illegal," they were then attacked by members of the Columbia University College Republicans and the Minutemen. (Turn the volume down some, the screaming from bystanders is loud)

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[dufromage37]

How is the group not rasict? The leader Jim Gilchrist is in the American Independent Party. A party formed by George Wallace to stall desegregation in the south. He has also written a book where it shows his fears of "invaders" I mean get real there is no way they are going to invade this country. That is something some who fears would say. PS: Not all illegal immigrants are bad, people need to stop fearing and do some research!

[yamagoof]

"racists" ie minutemen? Sorry, FAIL. The minutemen are deemed racist because they care about our nation and protecting it? Yeah, ok.

The ONLY racists are those who immediately see skin color and knee jerk assume EVERYTHING is racially motivated. 99% of white conservatives I know are as color blind as liberals can only CLAIM to be.

[Julie Miller]

Illegals are criminals.



[GodOfTheInternets]

Okidoki.

[cheeseburger12]

Yeah....I have an idea of what that entails. And I don't think I'll worry about what you consider to be moral crimes.

[GodOfTheInternets]

The poor must take power from the state and capitalist class.

[cheeseburger12]

""To abolish poverty we must give power to the poor." As Chavez said, so we don't need welfare or taxes or whatever."

Give? Or take? Communists aren't known for merely accepting people to choose to give. Either way, abolish the welfare state and I am fine with relaxing immigration. But not when each poor person that crosses the boarder means I have to be taxed more.

[GodOfTheInternets]

It's not MORALLY a crime. Jees, read in context. I thought "should I put should in that sentence? Nah, he'll know what I mean."

Yeah, I'm an (communist-)anarchist so I don't want to "tax" anyone, but an appeal to hypocrisy is a fallacy anyway.

"To abolish poverty we must give power to the poor." As Chavez said, so we don't need welfare or taxes or whatever.

[cheeseburger12]

"Migration, the act of moving from one place to another, is not a crime." Actually, it is. In fact, every country has immigration laws. And there are a number of laws I find unjust that I must comply with to stay out of prison, starting with how much I am taxed (The 3rd inalienable law is estate - the right to what I earned). So screw you and those that want to take my money for the poor and then let an infinite # of poor in, thus increasing the # of $ they take from me.

[GodOfTheInternets]

Unjust laws are meant to be broken you willing subject.

Fuck xenophobia, fuck racism, fuck "anti-migration." Migration, the act of moving from one place to another, is not a crime. Preventing people from doing so is.

[CraigKramer]

Why don't these people go to school in mexico? There's no difference in people right?

[cheeseburger12]

All illegal immigrants are criminals by definition. Millions of people illegally entering a country is an invasion by definition. Unless I am able to ignore regulation and tax rates I consider unjust, why just these lawbreakers be allowed to break laws they/you feel are unjust? BTW - nice job of the University showing a marketplace of ideas - shout down those you disagree with.  Another example of our failing educational system.