Getting borgs to cheer...


A speaker at an anti-immigration rally in Minneapolis this past
weekend got the crowd to support more than just the deportation of all
illegal immigrants -- he got them cheering for the eviction of all
European-descended immigrants to America who "stole this land through
genocide and ethnic cleansing."

A crowd of some 40 people showed up to the steps of the Minnesota
State Capitol on Saturday to protest proposed reform of US immigration
law. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that the
Obama administration was pushing for immigration reform that would
create a pathway for the legalization of undocumented immigrants.

Napolitano said she would like to see a "tough, fair" plan that would
allow illegal migrants to gain legal status if they pay a fine, pass a
criminal background check, pay all back taxes and learn English.

That idea brought 40 anti-immigration protesters to Saturday's
protest, as well as 30 pro-immigration reform counter-protesters,
according to FightBackNews in Minneapolis.

One of those protesters, going by the alias "Robert Erickson," got a
speaking spot at the rally and used it to argue for the eviction of
all descendants of European immigrants -- in other words, that
contingent of white Americans who these days see themselves as "real"
Americans.

But some of the demonstrators didn't seem to notice that the angry
speech was targeted at them.

"In Minneapolis where I'm from, we have a huge immigrant population
that has been causing a number of problems," Erickson began. "With the
economy in recession and so many people laid off and unable to find
work, immigrants should not be competing for the few jobs that are
open. It's just not fair to the folks who have a claim to this country
and have a right to be here."

That was met with with applause, but soon it became clear that
"Erickson" had a different notion from the Tea-partiers as to who
actually has "a claim to this country."

"Let's send these European immigrants back where they came from," he
said to wild cheers. "We need to send every one of them back home. ...
They stole this land through genocide and ethnic cleansing."

Even after that comment, some of the anti-immigration protesters
didn't seem to notice that "Erickson" was standing up for the right of
Native Americans to reclaim their land from the Caucasian population
-- even though, as FightBackNews noted, the pro-immigration reform
crowd had joined in the cheering.

"Erickson" walked off the stage leading the crowd in a loud chant of
"Columbus go home! Columbus go home!"

Political mockery has been gaining steam as a tactic of progressive
activists. Last month, the Yes Men held a phony press conference
pretending to be representatives of the US Chamber of Commerce, and
tricked major media outlets into reporting that the group had relented
and now supported climate change legislation.

In August, a farcical group calling itself Billionaires for WealthCare
mocked opponents of health care reform with slogans such as "“If God
loved the poor people, he wouldn’t let them get sick,” and “Healthcare
rationing, that’s our job!”