Pro-Alien Lobby Pitches Hate Hype
Unable to argue rationally about immigration policy (because they have no rational arguments), the promoters of open borders and mass legal immigration are resorting more and more to “hate hype.” That is, they try to claim that any views differing from their own are “hate” and therefore don’t deserve a hearing. They also claim that “hate speech” causes hate crimes, and thereby suggest that “hate speech” (meaning speech they hate) should be outlawed—our First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of expression not withstanding.
The “hate crimes” bill, S.909, now pending in the Senate now raises this possibility. It provides that someone who “counsels” someone else to commit a hate crime also can be charged with the crime. Many hate hype artists seem to confuse counseling and criticism.
Recently, something called the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund said that criticism of illegal immigration, which it characterized as “the dehumanizing, racist stereotypes and bigotry of hate groups,” correlates “closely” with an alleged increase in “hate crimes” against Hispanics. This claim got wide play in the media, even though its statistics were flawed.
The figures showed a numerical increase in officially tabulated hate crimes against Hispanics since 2003. Omitted, however, was the fact that these crimes slightly declined if the year 2001 is selected as the starting point. In any case, simple numbers are meaningless. What is significant is the number of crimes per capita against a particular group. Given the sharp increase in the total Hispanic population since 1995, hate crimes per capita against Hispanics have declined significantly during the past 14 years. So much for the theory that rising criticism of immigration during that time has prompted a hate crime wave.
One may wonder, on the other hand, if the pro-alien lobbies continuing propaganda on behalf of illegal aliens has encouraged them to commit crimes against American citizens, crimes including murder, vandalism, drunken driving and tax evasion. The hate hype chorus has little to say when Americans are victims.
If indeed their rhetoric promotes crime against citizens, the solution is not censorship, but more free speech to expose what they are doing. This is the American way. The pro-alien lobbies don’t understand that way because they are anti-American to the core. They don’t believe in our country’s borders and laws because they don’t believe in our country. This truth is hard to deny, which is why the pro-aliens don’t want anyone speaking it. Truth is hate to those who hate truth.