I had intended to attend last night's DePaul Conservative Alliance event, an appearance by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps co-founder Chris Simcox. DePaul it deemed necessary to keep order. There were a lot of protesters and according to media reports and the videos I've seen, such as this one from ABC 7 Chicago, bear that out. I usually attend functions sponsored by my friends with the DCA, but I was called into work yesterday because a couple of co-workers called in sick.First the bad news--DCA got hit with a $2,500 fee to pay for the extra security Michelle of the Freedom Folks were there, they have a pictorial posted, with video to follow.
Unfortunately for the cause of free speech, Simcox and his group with insults, linking them to racism and the Ku Klux Klan.
Nick Hahn, president of the DePaul Conservative Alliance, a man I know well and who is no racist, had this to say:
We wanted to make sure the university would remain a marketplace of ideas where alternative ideas are presented on campus so we decided to invite the conservative opinion on the issue of legal immigration.
On the other hand, one of the more prominent signs at the protest was "Simcox & the Minutemen Not Welcome at DePaul.
At the end of the Simcox speech, Dr. Charles Strain, a religious studies professor at DePaul, denounced it. He told ABC 7 Chicago reporter Kevin Roy that the views of the Minutemen co-founder "directly contradict the core values of DePaul University."
Diversity of ideas. Gotta love it.
However, illegal immigration, by its definition, is an unlawful act.
Last year Professor Strain had a role in the anti-American course series "Confronting Empire."
Tonight's O'Reilly Factor will cover the Simcox appearance at DePaul.
Related post:
DePaul's "Confronting Empire" series strikes out
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I personally know Mr. Simcox, and have been a member of his organization for about 2 years now. I belong to the California chapter of MCDC and we have over 1800 members who have passed very rigorous background checks, and also have undergone various levels of vetting from members who are specialized in filtering out anybody who has any type of HATE agenda.
ReplyDeleteI have spent thousands of hours on the California – Mexico border with hundreds of these fine people, and I personally can state factual that there are absolutely NO members of our group who are racists or want to do harm to anyone who crosses the borders illegally! We are at the border to 1. Observe, Report & Record any unlawful activity in our areas of field operations.
Our members come from all nationalities, religions, races and backgrounds to help us secure the borders from those people who are determined to break the laws of the United States of America by entering here illegally or by human trafficking or drug smuggling.
Every year I get 2 vanloads of students from the University of Michigan-YMCA who make the 2,000-mile trip to come down to see first hand what goes on at the border. These young people want a first hand view of what is going on, and want to be educated by seeing for themselves what a mess this area is in. To my surprise when they leave everyone of them have been astonished by how the media portrays the issue of border security (Or the lack thereof).
Maybe it is time for some of you who think we should just open the door, and pick the laws we want to enforce actually put your rear ends on the border! That is if you could take the heat and cold and the withdrawal from your Nintendo games!
Those who call Mr. Simcox’s group these obscured names and who claim they have researched his background, and have read his book, and who have seen his website and the “Hate” that he portrays don’t have a clue about what we do, or who we are! You are so far out in some parallel universe I doubt there is any hope for you.
I once was a bleeding heart liberal, actually I still am a liberal, but I want the rule of law enforced in my country! I want local communities to have local neighbourhood watches, and I want private citizens to report illegal behaviour to law enforcement, and I don’t want to be called a racist when I believe in these things!
This is not about IMMIGRATION! It is about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & DRUG TRAFFICKING & HUMMAN TRAFFICKING AND the security of our nation PEOPLE, GET IT? We all want all immigrants here; we just want people to come in thru the front door!
Ive read this topic for some blogs. But I think this is more informative.
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