mikwut wrote:Hi Kevin,
“The white supremacists are American citizens. The illegal immigrants are people who shouldn't be here” - Mark Steyn on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" January 18, 2018.
I'll have more time today but this was the first clip I could find. Mark Steyn and Tucker Carlson are discussing a CNN clip of Chris Cuomo. Illegal immigration was the relevant discussion and Cuomo was defending against the idea that illegal immigrants are often illustrated as monsters by one side, but Cuomo seemingly brought white supremacy up out of no where saying it is the real problem. Steyn's quote wasn't defending white supremacists but pointing out that isn't relevant to the discussion. Cuomo had said they are the real monsters not illegal immigrants, Steyn even said that might be well and true but isn't relevant. They then discussed the cultural changes occurring in Sweden and compared that possibility to what is happening in Arizona and that is where you plucked Tucker's quote from. I don't buy this. It is perfectly reasonable for American citizens to fear great cultural change and to debate those fears openly and freely without the debate ending tactic of calling them white supremacists.
Why don't you address the real issues of is there negative consequences for our own school children citizenry when too many (of which we would need to define) immigrant children fill classrooms, both economically and educationally on our own citizens. That was the other point they both were making that our leaders should love, care and show most concern for their own citizens first.
And Chris Cuomo shouldn't get a pass either. If he is rightfully criticize the demonizing of illegal immigrants he should presented the whole complex issues that many are innocents looking for a better life, many are not. I don't know why a radical position has to be insisted on by both sides except for ratings and division.
mikwut
Are you serious? You skipped down and dodged other quotations because you couldn't find them? But then decided to go for the lowest hanging fruit? That quotation isn't even relevant to the remark by the shooter and it was cut and pasted from my notepad by accident, so why are you even talking about it? You asked for evidence that FOX News had said anything to inspire the shooter, and I provided numerous examples of irrefutable evidence and then you go after this one which really has nothing to do with anything the shooter said.
Maybe the more obvious, most impressive example was this:
"Continued immigration will make one of the biggest issues of our time,
automation, so much worse. Some sources say that in under two decades, half of American jobs will be lost to it. Of course some people will be retrained, but most will not. So it makes no sense to keep on letting millions of illegal or legal immigrants flood into the United States, and to keep the tens of millions that are already here. " - Patrick Wood Crusius
This is a very curious argument that touches on two issues, illegal immigration + automation = America suffers. Gee, wonder where he could have gotten this from:
"America continues to welcome millions of low- skilled workers. What does that mean for American workers in the age of
automation? Jobs are going away. What is everyone going to do in 20 years? " - Tucker Carlson
You're serious about not knowing how to find sources using Google?
Here it is:
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tuck ... van-threatHere is another obvious parallel:
"I am honored to head the fight to reclaim my country from destruction... Hispanics will take control of the local and state government of my beloved Texas, changing policy to better suit their needs. They will turn Texas into an instrument of a political coup which will hasten the destruction of our country."- Patrick Wood Crusius
"The America we know and love doesn't exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been foisted on the American people, and they are changes that none of us ever voted for, and most of us don't like ... this is related to both illegal and legal immigration" - Laura Ingraham
“THE AMERICA WE KNOW DOESN’T EXIST ANYMORE”: FOX’S DOG WHISTLE BECOMES AN AIR HORN