Guess which demographic approval #'s of Trump are the highest?

[mudwhistle]

The Know Nothings said the source countries of the wave of immigrants were sending their worst and poorest people. They said the source countries were sending criminals and vermin and job stealers and that party bosses were using them to get votes. They said the immigrants were destroying freedom and 6liberty and would end the greatness of America. They complained about the immigrants kids, and there is even a cartoon of "The Last Yankee" surrounded by immigrant kids who were going to make him extinct in the 20th century by out-breeding real Americans.

Now isn't that identical to what we are hearing today?

"They aren't sending their best people." "They bring crime. They're rapists." "Anchor babies."

Except the Know Nothings were talking about the Irish, and the Italians, and Germans, and other Europeans.

So I ask you Trump supporters and haters of anchor babies and Mexicans some questions. Were your ancestors vermin? Were they criminals? Were their children animals? Did they destroy America and freedom and liberty?

Or did they leave the squalor of their home countries to make life better for themselves and their families? Did they leave the squalor of their home countries to come here and work their asses off?

If the rhetoric about your own ancestors was just so much BULLSHIT and fearmongering, then you can be pretty sure your own rhetoric is just so much more BULLSHIT and fearmongering.

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.
Most arrived before Social Security. They worked for what they got. It wasn't just handed to them. Their children built our cities, our railroads, did the shitty jobs. The only reason slavery became common was a because so many of our ancestors died of disease or from the hardships common to that period.

These invaders who snuck in are eating up our entitlements, taking our entry-level jobs, driving down wages, and sending our money back home to their relatives in Mexico and Central America. It makes up 30% of their native country's GNP.

By God, we have a Know Nothing!

First Slaves in the New World

The earliest slaves appeared in America in the early 1500s. Spanish settlers had enslaved Native Americans, but their population dropped by as much as 50 to 90 percent as a result of disease, harsh treatment and fighting, according to the University of Houston's "Digital History" website. The Spanish began using African slaves by the middle of the 16th century to meet their demands for labor instead. When British settlers arrived in America, most of them relied on indentured servitude rather than African slave labor. However, they, too, began purchasing African slaves as their demand for labor outpaced their supply.
Why Did the Importation of Enslaved Africans Increase Dramatically in the Late 1600s & Early 1700s? | The Classroom | Synonym

 

[Ravi]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Of course they did. At the time, there were no restrictions to immigration like there are now.

 

[mudwhistle]

The Know Nothings said the source countries of the wave of immigrants were sending their worst and poorest people. They said the source countries were sending criminals and vermin and job stealers and that party bosses were using them to get votes. They said the immigrants were destroying freedom and liberty and would end the greatness of America. They complained about the immigrants kids, and there is even a cartoon of "The Last Yankee" surrounded by immigrant kids who were going to make him extinct in the 20th century by out-breeding real Americans.

Now isn't that identical to what we are hearing today?

"They aren't sending their best people." "They bring crime. They're rapists." "Anchor babies."

Except the Know Nothings were talking about the Irish, and the Italians, and Germans, and other Europeans.

So I ask you Trump supporters and haters of anchor babies and Mexicans some questions. Were your ancestors vermin? Were they criminals? Were their children animals? Did they destroy America and freedom and liberty?

Or did they leave the squalor of their home countries to make life better for themselves and their families? Did they leave the squalor of their home countries to come here and work their asses off?

If the rhetoric about your own ancestors was just so much BULLSHIT and fearmongering, then you can be pretty sure your own rhetoric is just so much more BULLSHIT and fearmongering.

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

So? The anti-immigrant rhetoric is identical. Allow me to show you.

Anti-illegal-immigration rhetoric.

Immigrants aren't a problem if they follow our laws. They become a problem when they sneak in.

 

[g5000]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Oh, by the way. Before I demonstrate the similarities of the Know Nothings to the modern day nativist, the anti-Muslim immigrant complaints blow your cover sky high that you bigots are only concerned about illegals.

For example: Ann Corocan on Refugee Resettlement | US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

A mid-western woman complains on YouTube about legal immigrants, and the bigots here jump right on board with here.

And these are not just legal immigrants. They are war refugees!

WAR REFUGEES!!

Whining about us taking in war refugees, you unholy fucks.

Just because they are Muslim. Watch her video. Then take a look at the Know Nothing era cartoons I am about to post.

We have been hearing a lot of complaints from bigots on this forum who do not want these war refugees here.

So don't give me this smokescreen bullshit that this is about the immigrants being illegals. No one is fooled.

 

[mudwhistle]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Of course they did. At the time, there were no restrictions to immigration like there are now.

Well, considering the fact that we didn't have enough people here in the early years.......that's understandable.

 

[mudwhistle]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Oh, by the way. Before I demonstrate the similarities of the Know Nothings to the modern day nativist, the anti-Muslim immigrant complaints blow your cover sky high that you bigots are only concerned about illegals.

For example: Ann Corocan on Refugee Resettlement | US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

A mid-western woman complains on YouTube about legal immigrants, and the bigots here jump right on board with here.

And these are not just legal immigrants. They are war refugees!

WAR REFUGEES!!

Whining about us taking in war refugees, you unholy fucks.

Just because they are Muslim. Watch her video. Then take a look at the Know Nothing era cartoons I am about to post.

We have been hearing a lot of complaints from bigots on this forum who do not want these war refugees here.

So don't give me this smokescreen bullshit that this is about the immigrants being illegals. No one is fooled.

In Mexico....complaining about immigrants is hardly considered to be bigotry.

But cuz we're rich Americans.....We're bigots.

 

[g5000]

Upset about immigrant babies these days? Nothing new, Know Nothing:

The Last Yankee, surrounded by immigrant children. He's going to be outbred into extinction in the 20th century by the vermin Irish, Italians, Germans and other European trash.

That's the real fear behind the "anchor baby" vitriol. It's racial.

 

[g5000]

TRUMP: “When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best."

Read the caption on the editorial cartoon.

Same bullshit, different century.

 

[g5000]

The effect on employment, elections, crime, welfare.

Same bullshit, different century.

 

[g5000]

Donald Trump is echoing the fears and hatreds of the WASP of the 19th century.

 

[Ravi]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Of course they did. At the time, there were no restrictions to immigration like there are now.

Well, considering the fact that we didn't have enough people here in the early years.......that's understandable.

Guess what? We don't now, either. Population growth in the USA is stagnant. We actually need more babies to grow up to be productive Americans.

 

[g5000]

The sign reads: Imported, Duty Free, by Trust, Monopoly & Co. to compete with American Labor.

The caption reads: Results of Encouraging Emigration. Paupers, Vagabonds, Murderers and other of the European and Asiatic Scum Refused Admission Elsewhere, Are Readily Landed Here."

"Results of Encouraging Emigration". Exactly the same rhetoric we hear today!






Here is some anti-Italian immigrant propaganda. Note "The Way to Dispose of Them".

Here is an anti-Irish immigrant cartoon.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Trump claims ‘a great relationship with the blacks,’ but his appeals to nativism tell another story

As Trump has galvanized the anti-immigration movement, seizing control of a primary process that was supposed to be about traditional Republican economic and foreign-policy issues, he has begun attracting support from some of the more unsavory elements on the right-wing fringe: neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white-power advocates. The Daily Stormer, described by the New Yorker as “America’s most popular neo-Nazi news site,” endorsed his run within weeks of his announcement. Craig Cobb, who gained national attention in 2013 over a failed plan to set up a whites-only town in North Dakota, has resurrected the idea, and said he would name the place after Trump. And as was widely reported, Trump’s huge rally in Mobile, Ala., last week was greeted with a shout of “white power” from someone in the crowd — a remark that Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, suggested the candidate might not have heard.

interesting.

Since our resident white nationalists love him this comes as no surprise.

Not only is it not a surprise, it is pretty irrelevant to the big picture.

 

[g5000]

A CITIZENSHIP editorial cartoon.

The caption reads: THE MORTAR OF ASSIMILATION AND THE ONE ELEMENT THAT WON'T MIX

 

[g5000]

Today, it's Muslims. Yesterday, it was Catholics and Mormons:

 

[g5000]

Note the EUROPEAN GARBAGE SHIP.

Trump: "They bring crime. They're rapists."


THE PROPOSED EMIGRANT DUMPING SITE
STATUE OF LIBERTY - "Mr. Windom, if you are going to make this island a garbage heap, I am going back to France."

 

[g5000]

Same bullshit, different century.

 

[g5000]

Donald Trump has threatened to start a third party if the GOP doesn't treat him right.

I would lay odds he calls that party The American Party.

I already have the headline: The “Know-Nothing” Platform Established at the American Party'’s First and Only National Convention

 

[Ravi]

Donald Trump has threatened to start a third party if the GOP doesn't treat him right.

I would lay odds he calls that party The American Party.

I already have the headline: The “Know-Nothing” Platform Established at the American Party'’s First and Only National Convention

That would be so cool.

 

[peach174]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Of course they did. At the time, there were no restrictions to immigration like there are now.

According to this there was, health reasons.
2% were rejected from Ellis Island.
Ellis Island Immigration Records
Not all immigrants were successful in entering the United States. Official statistics suggest about 2% of immigrants were rejected and sent home. The most common reason for rejection was a concern by immigration officials that the person may become a ward of the state. This could be due to health issues (especially a fairly common eye disease called trachoma, which led to blindness), mental illness or lack of sufficient funds for immigrants to support themselves.

 

[Ravi]

Our greatgrandparents came here legally.

Of course they did. At the time, there were no restrictions to immigration like there are now.

According to this there was, health reasons.
2% were rejected from Ellis Island.
Ellis Island Immigration Records
Not all immigrants were successful in entering the United States. Official statistics suggest about 2% of immigrants were rejected and sent home. The most common reason for rejection was a concern by immigration officials that the person may become a ward of the state. This could be due to health issues (especially a fairly common eye disease called trachoma, which led to blindness), mental illness or lack of sufficient funds for immigrants to support themselves.

immaterial, but thanks for trying.