 The Minutemen: Left of Center View The Minutemen organization seems to be nothing more than a group of bigoted bullies with an axe to grind against the Mexican people. When you visit the "Minuteman Project" website, you see a veritable plethora of racist articles quoting questionable sources about the “impact” of “illegals” on our society. There are articles defending the shooting and sometimes killing of Mexican nationals trying to enter the United States simply to find a better life than is possible for them in Mexico. Jim Gilchrist is an ex-Marine with strong ties to the Republican Party and despite his claims of running a “multi-ethnic” group, the vast majority of his supporters are not multi-ethnic but rather strikingly mono-ethnically Caucasian. Rumors of ties to white-supremist organizations have surfaced on several occasions but have not been proven to any level of certainty. While he says that he supports diversity you cannot see it in his organization and the rhetoric posted on his website does not lend credence to his claims of his organization being a benign entity. The sidebar of the “Minuteman Project” website is basically an indictment of being Mexican in the United States. From the “Alien Criminals” to the “Crime and Gangs” links it’s just non-stop Mexico bashing. Especially disturbing is their “Hate Mail” link that leads you to obviously the most outlandish of the e-mails they get from visitors. There are no e-mails posted that make intelligent arguments against their organization but there are plenty with misspellings and horrible grammar. Clearly the organization picks and chooses the letters they post to make anyone opposed to them seem like an idiot or a would-be terrorist. Taken on the whole it is hard to take the Minuteman Project seriously as anything more than a racist organization bent on total US isolationism. Anyone that joins this organization in the hopes of making America better will likely be sorely disappointed. LJ Finstermore - World Citizen | E-mail Comments on this column. Got a liberal viewpoint? We want to know what you think. Next week's subject: Bilingual Education Send in your view from the Left to be our featured Left of Center View for the week. Click here to submit your article. Last Week's View from the Left: Driver's Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Previous Weeks Views from the Left: Open Borders Sanctuary Cities Common Sense Laws Rise & Fall Outsourcing & Insourcing English Amnesty vs. Reality Defining Immigration |
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