Immigration: June 2008 Archives

... are going to go bonkers over this video, courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center:

There's a lot of guilt by association here, a lot of innuendo, and a lot of circular logic: "Organization X claims to just be against immigration, but really, it's a hate group. Why? Because it's against immigration!"

That said, through all the smoke there are a few flashes of fire in here. Not, not all immigration restrictionists are racists, but their ranks certainly are populated by more than a few. (Just go read the comments box on any article dealing with immigration if you doubt it.)

Yet what's funniest about this video is the SPLC's repeatedly expressed surprise that people "of the left" or environmental extremists could come to hold rabid anti-immigration positions. Duh. Left-wing "population control" zealots and right-wing nativists are the two sides of the same misanthropic coin. Generally, the two hate each other too much for largely cultural reasons to come together, but occasionally you see signs of an alliance.

Both, ultimately, think there's just enough of "us," and far too many of "them" -- and want government to do something about it.