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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
djtestudo, I don't think you can separate the issues. They're far too intertwined to discuss one without the other, especially since I think that xenophobia is at least partially responsible for "forcing" anything on anyone.
Then there's the fact that one of the private groups out to eradicate illegal immigration is certainly xenophobic and might be racist if willravel can document his claim adequately. The Minutemen exist to keep "them" out of "here". They have no other mandate as a group.
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Disagree... Xenophobia and racism aren't the same thing. They tend to overlap a lot, but that doesn't make them the same thing. The minuteman thing and this deal with Gingrich is more akin to nationalism or culturalism.
It's also worth noting that the minutemen don't exist to keep "them" out of "here". They exist to keep
some of them out of here. These guys aren't writing their congressmen in their spare time to restrict ALL immigration, and they're not patrolling avenues of legal immigration. The distinction is huge.
Until someone can actually document a connection between the minutemen and racist groups, linking the two is really no more than a slur.