Yesterday we linked to video shot by by D.J. Danielson showing members of Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform getting punk'd by a speaker at their Minnesota State Capitol rally.
Bluestem Prairie's Sally Jo Sorensen, among others, also links to a follow-up clip that shows Ruthie Hendrycks, a headliner at the event, shouting for respect while one of her supporters gets rough with some opponents.
The fun and games started when a man billing himself as Robert Erickson -- it's unclear that that's his real name -- was introduced by KTLK talking head Sue Jeffers. Erickson sounded right on track with the sentiments of the rally -- at first. Then he turned the tables on the protesters.
"Lets send these European immigrants back where they came from! I don't care if they are Polish, Irish, English, Italian, or Norwegian! European immigrants are responsible for the most violent and heinous crimes in the history of the world, including genocide and slavery," he shouted. "Let's round them up and ship them out. Then we need to hit them at home where they sleep, I don't care if we separate families, they should have known better when they came here illegally."
Erickson's allies in the crowd begin chanting "Columbus go home!" The new video posted to YouTube shows what happens when the protesters collect their wits. Check it out:
Hat tip to Sorensen too for pointing to this post on Hendrycks' Twitter page: "Our group was not duped!"
As Sorensen points out, the tweet ran counter to a post on Minn-SIR's Yahoo Groups page.
As previously pointed out, unless there is a gentleman out there who shot the same video as me and edited it using the same exact formatting and uploaded it to the exact same YouTube channel (in which case I apologize, Mr. Cummings, though we should chat about how you got the login info in the first place), my name is indeed DJ Danielson.
Further, unlike some other states, the proper name of our seat of government here in Minnesota is the "Minnesota State Capitol," not "Minnesota State House."
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/msc/
Don't mess with Cass Gilbert!
I'm actually a very pro-immigration guy, but this stunt was just childish in my opinion.
Anyways, I think both sides like to villify the other "white trash" v. "hippies, commies, left wing pinkos"...but really, I think most Americans can agree on some core issues with immigration.
I think we can agree that more order is needed on the border. I don't think anyone benefits from just letting whomever come into the country.
I'm also in favor of amnesty, but what is amnesty going to do if we can't control who comes in and out of this country? Won't we then keep needing to grant amnesty for every new batch that comes across the border?
The rabid anti-immigration folks are naive in their anti-amnesty/pro-deportation ways...there is no way we could spend the money and energy on rounding up all illegals, there needs to be a path to citizenship.
The otherside here in the protest is ignorant in thinking that the status quo can work forever, especially since I would believe this group is probably in favor of massive social programs for these immigrants as well, which can never work (why do you think Europe has such strict immigration policies?).
Anyways, bottom line only two options here that will work:
#1 Amnesty + Tighter border
#2 Open Border + Less Social Services
Fact:
In January 2010 we can ALL Celebrate the two year Aniversary of the start of the E-verify Law, the I.C.E. Deportaion Program, this the worst Re-cession in U.S. History, followed by the Global Re-cession and a Resurgence of Racism in America worse than that of the 1960'S!
An 1840's French Historian said: "America is Great because it is Good, when it ceases to be Good it ceases to be Great!
In Phoenix Az. We now have approx: 30% less Tax Base of Good Hard Working Citizens as counted by the U.S. Census Bureau to base the size of our Government Services on, however we still have the same size Government? (Aint Gonna Work!)
These Hard Working Immigrants were and are one of our Strong E-conomy's Greatest Assets! (We should have told them Thank You!)
Please America keep Bailing us out, out State Government can't figure out why they have a several Billion Dollar Budget Shortfall!
To Prosperity, Good and Brotherhood from Sea to Shining Sea!
Hilarious: it is soo easy to dupe white trash, though. You know, the angry old white males who blame their failures in life on "the other"...since it is no longer ok to hate on blacks, the recent Latino immigrants are the new convenient target. Poor Billy Bob: go to work, go read a book, maybe learn a foreign language, try to improve yourself. You have already lost this battle...
We just published a new video of Robert Erickson and the whole scene @ Twin Cities IMC - check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rry_SlPW7oU
http://tc.indymedia.org/2009/nov/tcimc-video-robert-erickson-punks-tea-p...
It shows the priceless crowd reaction to Robert's speech and weird weird interactions w/ Ruthie, Sue and the other teabaggers. Columbus go home!
"Robert Erickson" is definitely a pseudonym, I've learned, and I hope to interview the young man in the next day or so. DJ Cummings, btw, is DJ Danielson.
Thanks for the linkage.
it's DJ Danielson.
Awwww....cute.
It definately HAS been interesting to see what the left does when the right gets voted out of power and protests (though the issue of immigration really isn't a left/right issue, take a look at unions and traditionally leftist governments in Europe).
Where was the right wingers when the left held weekly protests? Definately not pulling these amature stunts.