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January 28, 2005

UNT Eagles Take Flight Over Passionate Issue

 

 

 

-Martin Kite-Powell

 

 

Wes Roth at the Roth Report today posted a link to a controversy brewing at my old alma mater, The University of North Texas. At issue, whether illegal aliens should continue to invade unmolested, as the Bush administration proposes.

 

The North Texas Young Conservatives decided to illustrate the White House policy of lawlessness and anarchy by dressing three of their members in bright orange shirts with the words “illegal alien” on the front and “catch me if you can” on the back and dispatching them about the campus.

 

The NT Daily – UNT’s campus paper tried to spin it as a divide among ethnic lines however, but failed to mention in the spirit of full-disclosure that millions of Americans of hispanic origin are equally disturbed by the influx of illegal aliens and the TB, leprosy (the first cases in modern American history have been discovered spreading inside our borders), and third-world behaviors that do not have the opportunity for betterment because of the vast size of the current influx and the tendency among many therein to enclave.

 

North Texas has been known as a more left-of-center school for some time, so I truly admire the courage of the YC on this campus in particular.

 

The article seemed otherwise balanced and pretty well-written. It also allows for public comments, where I happily left my two cents. Of course it’s moderated so we will have to see if the ed staff tries to be fair & balanced. If not, below is what I posted:

 

       

 

 

 

As a grandson of legal immigrants, I think this YC (to borrow a leftwing term) “awareness campaign” is very much and to the point and necessary. After all, this yard belongs to Americans of all stripes, but Americans first nonetheless. This has nothing to do with ethnicity; in fact many Hispanic Americans are vehemently opposed to illegal immigration. Those who say otherwise are horrifically guilty of stereotyping and the blind ignorance which only comes about as a result of intellectual laziness or more nefarious motives. If you guys can make it to Houston Feb 10, respected Former Houston Candidate Orlando Sanchez will be speaking on this topic. See my blog for more info:

http://blogbat.us/mt/archives/2005/01/former_houston.html#comments

BTW. This NT Daily article has also been linked to at wesroth.com and will be linked to at my blog later. Go Eagles!

 

 

Yes I know, that last line is replete with pathetic school spirit, but it’s still a great school for the academic (and the pizza-lover) and has a better choice in color than either the cultish Texas A&M or UT. So despite its occasional dysfunctions and football frustrations, I’m happy to see it in the news.

 

 

UPDATE: The NT Daily has posted my comments and seems to be running quite a good thread of interesting opinions there. Some are wrong, of course, but informed debate (despite some of the name-calling from a few on the other side) and honest discourse when taken regularly with lots of water and vitamins, can be fun and beneficial.

 

 

Posted by Martin at January 28, 2005 10:55 AM

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