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Thread ID: 18536 | Posts: 8 | Started: 2005-06-05
2005-06-05 10:43 | User Profile
Protesters ask, 'Where is the poverty?'
By Topher Sanders Montgomery Advertiser
Bill Cox helps count protesters before the start of a march by the Council of the Conservative Citizens on Saturday in front of the Southern Poverty Law Center on Washington Street in downtown Montgomery.
--Photos by Lloyd Gallman Advertiser
About 47 people, some carrying picket signs and waving Confederate flags, participated in a nonviolent protest outside the Southern Poverty Law Center on Saturday.
Members of the Council of the Conservative Citizens quietly walked up and down the 400 block of Washington Avenue.
The organization is on the Law Center's 2004 list of active hate groups.
The group's Web site lists several principles that members must pledge to before joining, among them: opposing homosexuality and interracial relationships, favoring states' rights and acknowledging the United States is a Christian country and that its people are Christian and that its leaders must reflect that.
[COLOR=DarkRed]One protestor who held a sign with the question, "Where's the Poverty" refused to explain its meaning, saying he didn't speak to "communist media." [/COLOR]
Other protesters were more forthcoming.
Saturday's demonstration is by an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as a hate group. The protesters contend that classification is incorrect.
"I'll tell you what that sign means," said group member Robert White of Pleasant Grove. "It means that a whole lot of wealth is being displayed here to me," he said gesturing to the building that houses the Law Center.
Leaders of the organization agree with its membership.
"It's just a civil right's hustle," said 64-year-old Gordon Baum, CEO of the council and organizer of the protest. "(Morris Dees, the founder and chief trial counsel for the Law Center) makes up all this bogeyman stuff to make money."
Baum, an attorney from St. Louis, disagrees with the Law Center calling his organization a hate group.
"We serve as a voice and an active advocate for the no longer silent conservative majority," Baum said. "We don't think we're racist. Our application doesn't even ask for a person's race.
Baum said he wanted the event to raise people's awareness.
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"If nothing else, this will demonstrate to people that Morris Dees is a fraud," Baum said.
David Macko, 63, from Solon, Ohio, said he was here to put a mirror in front of Dees.
"Mr. Dees has spent his entire life attacking extremists, but really he is the biggest extremist," said Macko.
Macko held a sign that read "Show me the Poverty."
"So I'm here to help educate people that they are being mislead by people like Mr. Dees. The people he attacks are good people that love America."
Some members felt that the protest and annual meeting were important to show the pride they have for their race.
"It's important because we are white people and we have a right to be white and to celebrate our heritage and our history," said 20-year-old Catherine Chesnutt from Dallas. "I don't have any hate in my heart for any other race, just a lot of love my own."
Other members agree.
"This is not a hate group, it's a heritage group," said White.
Mark Potok, with the Law Center, said the council has long been considered a hate group.
"When they tell you they are not racist, they are lying," Potok said. "They are racist to the core."
One protester, dressed in a Confederate flag print button-up shirt and a Confederate flag ball cap, admitted some members may be extreme.
"There are some in this organization that are extreme, but I am not," said 37-year-old Benny Grimes, who said he joined the group for its political beliefs. "I just think that things should be equal for all races. If one group gets some type of aid, I think white people should as well. I just think everybody should get a fair shake."
Council members were in the city for their annual conference, which ended Saturday.
[url]http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWSV5/storyV5PROTEST05W.htm[/url]
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2005-06-05 14:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=confederate_commando]Mark Potok, with the Law Center, said the council has long been considered a hate group. "When they tell you they are not racist, they are lying," Potok said. "They are racist to the core." [/QUOTE] Wow, great comeback. Impressive. :smartass:
2005-06-05 18:35 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Stuka]Wow, great comeback. Impressive. :smartass:[/QUOTE] If we ever succeed in deconstructing the cult of the victim, and the entitlement to victim status, it will be a great victory. Nice to see some folks standing up.
2005-06-05 21:46 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Angeleyes]If we ever succeed in deconstructing the cult of the victim, and the entitlement to victim status, it will be a great victory. Nice to see some folks standing up.[/QUOTE]Agreed. The most potent weapon in the Left's arsenal seems to be the word "racist." That's it. That's all they have. If WNs can develop a thick skin and get over the mental hurdle of being accused of "racism," then we've won.
If you've attended any of the anti-immigration protests in CA recently, you'll have noticed that the Mestizo-bigots (and not a few white Hispanics) delight in hurling the "racist" accusation against white Americans, because they believe it affects us. No doubt too many whites shy away from activism because they want to avoid being accused of "racism," but more and more Euro-Americans are learning to shrug it off. :thumbsup:
2005-06-11 15:49 | User Profile
Mainstream conservatives fear the "racist" tag like death itself. And really, it is a form of death, I suppose. There isn't anything comparable on the left, or that minorities can be hit with.
2005-06-14 10:52 | User Profile
I only wish I could live in poverty Mo Dees style. It reminds me of Orwell's 1984 where they gave brainwashing centers euphemistic names like the Ministry of Truth. Jews have the ADL, Blacks have the NAACP, Mestizos have LaRaza; but god forbid those evil council members speak up for White Americans.
2005-08-11 06:57 | User Profile
I was there. Morris Dees tried to stir things up and pleaded with cops to send lots of police out. When we went down there there wasn't a single cop. We could have had a lot more than 50 people, but Montgomery has a law that says demonstrations can not be more than 50.
2005-08-11 20:27 | User Profile
it's not a Monkeytowne Law--50 was the limit the Permit was filed for...
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