Immigrant-Hating Teabaggers Get Punk'd in Minneapolis

[BurtWorm]

Alas, where teabaggers gather, unpleasantness follows:

http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestemprairie/2009/11/ruthiehendrycksfail.html

Activist punks Tea Party Against Amnesty; rally supporters assault protesters (updated)

Teapartyagainstamnesty One of Bluestem's young friends tipped me off yesterday that one of the speakers at this morning's Tea Party Against Amnesty, organized in Minnesota by Ruthie Hendrycks, would have an interesting message for the fans of Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform (MINN-SIR) and their fellow travelers.

DJ Danielson of I Don't Hate America was intrigued by the tip as well and so joined me at the state capitol. Together, we watched "Robert Erickson" of Minneapolis rally the anti-immigration part of the crowd with his objections to the mass invasion of America by immigrants who brought disease and took away jobs. They stayed with him as he called for a mass deportation of these invaders.

To Europe.

Most of the MINN-SIR supporters were slow to catch the satire, and so the cheering from that side of the crowd took a while to subside. As they realized they'd been punked, they stood in a cold, stunned silence, while the 30 or so counter-protesters urged Columbus to go home.

Unfortunately, some of the pro-MINN-SIR audience made up for what they lacked in humor through the use of violence. Both Danielson and I saw middle-aged men attack young protesters, knocking one off a bike before he started throwing punches at aggressively shoving the young man. < Update Nov 17: see second Youtube clip here for this incident end update>

Just as shocking was the reaction of the state police working the rally, who pushed back those being attacked, rather than those attacking the counter protesters.

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[tblue]

1. Oh man, that's funny!

"To Europe"! Lol!!!

[peacetalksforall]

2. I'm just seeing one photo that looks like an older and younger man talking.

[BurtWorm]

4. Sorry. Fixed the link.

http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestemprairie/2009/11/ruthiehendrycksfail.html

[Kolesar]

5. The story is here

I cannot see the video--cube rat here

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/punkd_anti-immi.php

[peacetalksforall]

3. Brought disease and took away jobs for Brought disease and took away land

and killed millions of the native people. If they only could see it that way and shut up. If only they could add that the corporations and moderate to large small businesses WANT THEM HERE and the big corporations WANT THEM HERE so they don't have to pay Americans to do the job, especially the high paying IT jobs that used to bring some good money.

[nykym]

6. Wanted!