Comments on: Absolut Crap http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2008/04/04/absolut-crap/ Removing Liberal Waste From The American Bloodstream Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike Thomas http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2008/04/04/absolut-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 Mike Thomas Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:46:22 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1007#comment-1393 I don't know of anyone in the "Reconquista movement", but I suspect that they are probably taken less seriously than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas_(group)" rel="nofollow"> this bunch of yahoos </a> who have proven to be far more violent and dangerous. I actually met and interviewed members of this group when they held a convention in Lubbock sometime ago (the faction that was not out kidnapping people at the time). From what I can glean off of various websites, the Mexican nationalist movements seem mostly geared towards making protest statements and advocating social reforms and nothing about any serious efforts to reclaim land in any formal or organized fashion. They just don't strike me as all that frightening. And, I suspect, their support is probably miniscule and is only magnified by anti-immigrant, right-wing blowhards like Michelle Malkin and her ilk who like to use them to try and stir up resentments among their readers. I don’t know of anyone in the “Reconquista movement”, but I suspect that they are probably taken less seriously than this bunch of yahoos who have proven to be far more violent and dangerous.
I actually met and interviewed members of this group when they held a convention in Lubbock sometime ago (the faction that was not out kidnapping people at the time).
From what I can glean off of various websites, the Mexican nationalist movements seem mostly geared towards making protest statements and advocating social reforms and nothing about any serious efforts to reclaim land in any formal or organized fashion. They just don’t strike me as all that frightening.
And, I suspect, their support is probably miniscule and is only magnified by anti-immigrant, right-wing blowhards like Michelle Malkin and her ilk who like to use them to try and stir up resentments among their readers.

]]> By: Nick http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2008/04/04/absolut-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Nick Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:49:34 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1007#comment-1392 The map above is seen as offensive because of the <em>Reconquista</em> movement, whose members do not see it as a joke but a goal. Plus, with the illegal immigration situation being what it is, to suggest that Mexico should begiven back the territories it lost long ago is not a good idea. BTW, I never said it was racist. The map above is seen as offensive because of the Reconquista movement, whose members do not see it as a joke but a goal. Plus, with the illegal immigration situation being what it is, to suggest that Mexico should begiven back the territories it lost long ago is not a good idea.

BTW, I never said it was racist.

]]> By: Mike Thomas http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/index.php/2008/04/04/absolut-crap/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 Mike Thomas Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:02:57 +0000 http://conservativedialysis.com/~mnick/wp/?p=1007#comment-1390 How is the map above any different from <a href="http://www.cardcow.com/images/a-texans-map-of-the-united-states-maps-47038.jpg" rel="nofollow"> this one? </a> Popular on post cards at every Texas tourist attraction, the map depicts an oversized Texas that takes up all of Mexico and most of the USA. Why is this seen as a humorous testament to Texas pride, while the map above is deemed offensive and racist? How is the map above any different from this one?
Popular on post cards at every Texas tourist attraction, the map depicts an oversized Texas that takes up all of Mexico and most of the USA. Why is this seen as a humorous testament to Texas pride, while the map above is deemed offensive and racist?

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