[caddie]

With all due respect, I think Buchanan is not a racist.

He is simply asserting the fact that we have an overly liberal immigration policy, one which now encourages people to come here from all over the world, in tremendous, overwhelming numbers, and live in communities that not only are indifferent to American culture, but oftentimes, as in the case of many from the middle east (have you heard about these people?), are outright hostile to American culture.

Equating this with bigotry is a cheap shot that poisons the debate about our immigration policy.

Remember, the purpose of the United States, as recounted in the Preamble, is to "secure for ourselves and our posterity the blessings of freedom..."

It is not to assimilate every human being in the world who no longer wishes to live in his native land.

Flame away folks.

[.cnI redruM]

He could very easily have asserted that fact without bringing Cho into the discussion. I can also assert that American still has a problem with indigenous racists without mentioning the name of that psycho who read The Turner Diaries and then blew up a building in OK City.

[mimaw]

He hates Jews, all but denies holocaust. He drools hate when speaking of Hispanics. He sided with Milosovich against Bosnians who were being slaughtered. He wrote books dissing Americans entry into WWII. He must have thought Hitler wasn’t such a bad guy otherwise the thought of letting him conquer Europe doesn’t make sense. Now he’s attacking Asians. I don’t know he sounds like a racist to me.

[Prokopton]

Flame away folks.

No flame from me. I read Buchanan's article and I didn't see anything vile about it. The article was about things we are reaping because of our immigration policies (or lack thereof). There was no singling out of any particular ethnic group and the crimes mentioned were committed by aliens from many countries. I can understand that some would think Buchanan used too broad of a brush, but it was clear to me he was talking about aliens who do not, for various reasons, assimilate into our "melting pot" culture. The "politically correct" attitude that we can not even discuss problems brought about because of our immigration policies because that would be "bigoted" is a liberal attitude that has, and will, prevent this Country from rationally dealing with the issues of immigration, both legal and illegal.

[sageb1]

I happen to agree with you. I don’t think Buchanan’s vitriole was directed at a race, in particular. I think he bemoans the fact that multiculturalism is intruding on traditional America in an unhealthy way. I do think he made a stupid, faulty correlation between the fact that Cho was Asian and the fact that he was insane. Cho grew up here and from what I gather, was assimilated into American culture through the schools he attended, etc. This issue is a mental health issue, not an immigration issue.