Posted on 12/05/2007 9:36:17 AM PST by Domandred
BSU College Republicans present racially-charged lecture.
He came. He spoke. He nearly started a riot.
Approximately 200 hundred people filled the Lookout Room at the Boise State Student Union Building Tuesday evening to hear Minute Men Civil Defense Corps founder Chris Simcox speak.
Simcox was invited by the Boise State College Republicans to speak about his organization and its view on securing our borders. More than half of the audience wore red shirts symbolizing their protest to Simcox' message.
"We want to let him know that his hate speech is not welcome," Lucia Venegas said. Venegas, a Boise State graduate student in counseling said she feels his presence made some students feel unwelcome at BSU.
The animosity began before the speech even started. Faculty, students and community members gathered in the Cultural Center beforehand, where Student Union Director Jack Rahmann spoke to the protestors about rules concerning conduct at events held in the SUB.
Despite disagreements interpreting these rules, the protestors quietly made their way to the Lookout Room. The protestors purposefully filled every other seat to accentuate their presence.
Simcox began by thanking the College Republicans for inviting him to tackle this controversial issue.
"There seems to be growing friction and ethnic strife," Simcox said.
He claims this is the result of government inaction. Simcox expressed that both Northern and Southern borders have security problems and that this is the fault of the U.S. government.
"We challenge federal authorities to do their job," Simcox said. "We are leading a reform movement."
The Minute Men were founded in October 2002 to address the issue of illegal entry to the United States. There are 117 chapters across the nation and 10,000 volunteers.
Simcox emphasized that some groups of the Minute Men split from the original organization; he apologized for their extreme rhetoric and stressed this is not what he represents.
"I admire the messages on your shirts," Simcox said to the protestors. "No human is illegal, no oppression should be tolerated in our country."
The shirts worn by the protestors were purchased by the Associated Students of BSU for the event "No Oppression Tolerated," held last spring. Many of the protestors added additional messages to their shirts such as, "BSU is too great for hate," and "Take your hate and get off our campus."
"This issue is out of control," Simcox said of illegal immigration.
He claimed the solution was simple: to secure our borders.
The protestors remained relatively calm throughout the majority of Simcox' speech. However his closing statement sparked outrage among the protestors while his supporters gave him a standing ovation.
"We have room for one flag in this nation: the American flag. We have room for one language: the English language," Simcox concluded.
The floor was then opened for a question-and-answer session that turned into a heated debate between the protestors and Simcox' supporters. It came to a chaotic close when the majority of the protestors stood up and left chanting, "Si se puede!" [Yes it can be done!]."
Fernando Mejia, a Boise State student, said the protestors wanted to portray the message that immigration is an American experience.
"[Simcox] wants to unify people but he's actually dividing them," Mejia said. "I think he is clearly misinformed."
Outgoing College Republican President Jonathan Sawmiller said the student club brought Simcox to Boise State because he has first-hand knowledge of what the situation at the borders is like. He added that he thought the protestors were disrespectful and had an immature attitude toward the speech.
"We should be able to come together in an academic environment and discuss this," Sawmiller said.
The incoming College Republican President Trevor Grigg was in agreement with Sawmiller.
"I honestly felt the hate in the room and that's not what we want to do," Grigg said.
He said he was disappointed with how both sides handled the situation.
"The College Republicans are not a hate group," Grigg said.
He said he wants to fix the bad reputation the group has and build positive relationships with other groups on campus.
He spoke. Somebody else nearly started a riot.
The tables should be turned on Hispanics and their outrageous support of unlawfulness.
Who’s being racist? If these were Africans or Europeans or Asians . . . would Hispanics scream as loudly? If not, why?
Start asking the questions.
ping
“Mexicans” is not a race.
Yes, exactly.
And that "somebody else" also felt they had to play the race card right off the bat. Pathetic.
“Fernando Mejia, a Boise State student, said the protestors wanted to portray the message that immigration is an American experience.”
Indeed it is an American experience. If you want to come to this country and become an American citizen, then by all means do it the legal way. But if you want to come to this country, keep your claim to you native country and come in illegaly, the American way should be to kick your rearends back to where you came from. That is also the American experience. Oh ya, and more thing. If you are in this country, appreciate it not colonize it.
What a load. The Minutman project was started in late 2004 by Jim Gilchrist. That resulted in the original Minuteman Project in April 2005. The Minuteman Project exists to this day as a group of individual organization.
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps did not exist untill several months AFTER the original project in April, 2005. It is Chris Simcox's org and primarily asks for donations which seem to disappear into MCDC will little coming back out to aid the volunteers that join MCDC. Chris pretty much causes some sort of trouble in everything he is involved in. He has had entire State Chapters quit en mass due to his refusal to account for rather large sums of money donated by the volunteers.
In what way is securing the border racial hatred?
Some egotistical volunteers tried to blind-side Simcox and take over. It didn’t work so now they smear him.
Gilchrist was voted out by his organization. He does nothing on the borders ever since 2005. He’d rather write books and run for office.
All Minutemen and Minuteman groups are patriots and are, at least, doing something about this invasion. Why bash them? Where would we be without them?
So now the university - built and paid for basically by 6 generations of Americans, mostly Mormons - is the property of Mexico?
The greatest theft in history is taking place before our eyes. The physical assets of the Americans are simply being occupied and taken by the citizens of Mexico, and anyone who objects will be labeled "racist".
Good tactic on their part. Appears to be working -- they're even expanding their horizons to places like Idaho.
Reverse everything you just stated. You will be close to the truth.
"We have room for one flag in this nation: the American flag. We have room for one language: the English language," Simcox concluded.
The fact that his closing statement sparked outrage tells us all we need to know. Are we sure those that were "outraged" were not followers of islam? That is their MO.
Well, it has worked very well for those that are now called "palestinians"
Ping~
EXACTLY! Criminal alien invaders are NOT welcome!!!
"Vote for Pedro"
That this sparked 'outrage' among the "tolerant" campus set says all one needs to know about where they're coming from.
And who's side all real Americans should be on.
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