Thread: Farmers Branch Immigration Protest, 8/26

My wife and I (and the three little ones) attended the LULAC sponsored protest as counterprotestors in Farmers Branch on Satruday, August 26. There was about 200 of them, and 20 of us. We drove about an hour and a half to get there. It was our first protest. I had never seen a bigger collection of hypocrites in my life.

They want to oust Councilman Tim O'Hare for his proposal to fine landlords and employers working with illegals and for trying to make English the main language. They arrived with their sound system and large American flag. Of course, they couldn't unfurl (sp.) it properly, allowing it to touch the ground. I had to run over to assist them. No matter how much I disagreed with them, I couldn't let them disrespect the flag, even if it was by accident. No Mexican flags were seen.

WE had no sound system. In fact, my wife and I had brought our American flag, and that was it. They started their business, almost immediately playing the race card. They made it sound like Tim O'Hare was some sort of Grand Dragon for the Farmers Branch KKK chapter. We were just as loud, and we could tell by their reaction that they heard us. We were called ignorant and racist. They called us "blancos ignorantes" or "ignorant whites" because we couldn't understand when they spoke in spanish. Unfortunately for the camera-hogging, LULAC-piece-of-dung that said that, my wife and I are both bilingual and started our chants in spanish. In another moment of brilliance, el gran jefe blurted that the hispanics were going to take over Farmers Branch. What an idiot!!! They of course also brought out children, old people, soldiers, and some loudmouth latino celeb to bash O'Hare.

At the end, they marched again. They shouted "Si, se puede!" or "Yes you can!" (please excuse the lack of an accent on the "i" in "Si"). (As a side note, my 3 year old daughter had heard their chant so much that she attempted to do the same. Her Spanish, though, needs some work, although it sounded appropriate. She chanted, "Si, se huele!" which means "yes, it stinks!") My wife and I followed them shouting "It's not racism; it's the law!" They tried to use the "One nation, Under God" line, so I responded, "God would want you to obey the law, wouldn't he?" What a great day it was to be a counterprotestor!

It is not racism; it's the law. It's not against latinos; it's against ANY illegal immigrant. Stop playing the old, tired card of racism. It doesn't work here. If you want to show you love this country, start by obeying its laws!!!

TyRANTosaur,

Welcome to ALIPAC and thank you for doing what you could do at their protest.

They can assemble their angry mobs on the streets. We will announce a plan soon to help our activists continue with the offense set in motion by those that favor enforcement on our side.

While they are busy trying to practice mob rule in the street, we will get our people 1. On the Phones 2. In the mailboxes. 3. In the email boxes and 4. Dressed and prepped for action in the council chambers.

We have to fight them where we have the advantage with our language and our nation of laws.

We need to keep letting them react to us more than we react to them.

W

Welcome TyRANTosaur!

Your not alone in the fight. Thanks for leaving us a report on the days events. We realize how the media filters the anti-illegal proterster's experiences at these rallies. Sounds like you kept them on their toes.

Look in our News Thread for articles about Farmers Branch. We have been following the story closely.

Dixie

Thank you TyRANTosaur, to you and your wife, for going out there and speaking up! Welcome!

Welcome and thanks for being there TyRANTosaur.

Trouble

They can assemble their angry mobs on the streets.

AFAIK, if they are illegals, they can NOT do this (legally). This is simply exercising one of the rights that Americans have.

As long as Illegals are allowed to protest in our country and march in our streets without being rounded up, arrested, and deported, our government is NOT doing their job, and needs to be REPLACED.

NOTE: I'm sure that some of the protestors weren't illegal; I just wanted to make a point for the ones that were.

It's my understanding that 6 dozen Farmers Branch merchants have filed a law suit seeking to overturn the Farmers Branch illegal immigration ordinance. Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of the actual suit as filed? More specifically, I'm interested in obtaining a list of the names of the Merchants and their businesses with the objective of boycotting these businesses. Certainly no one can argue that citizens have a right to trade with merchants who support the rule of law!