A funny thing happened on the way to that big rally against CASA, which, as noted above, was supposed to include both HSM members and anti-immigrant groups from across the state: One person showed up. Washington would be hard-pressed to find any definition of a successful rally or a successful movement that included one person. But, it gets better. The sole protester even denied being a protester! As it turns out, a colleague of mine told him that she recognized him from an event (where he had actually said some very nasty things right to her face.) If he hadn’t been found out, a grand sum of zero anti-immigrant protesters would have materialized. Zero. On the other hand, CASA de Maryland organized its own event – a toy drive with Santa Claus. So, the allegedly all-powerful anti-immigrant movement showed its impotence once again. FAIR and HSM could only muster up one person for its hate-based protest. But, in keeping with the spirit of the season, a lot of very adorable children did show up to meet Santa Clause at CASA. They are pictured above. Maybe, Santa will be the subject of the next HSM/FAIR protest—he did meet with these children at CASA without checking anyone’s papers, after all. However, even if Help Save Maryland triples turnout amongst anti-immigrant scrooges, Mr. Clause clearly doesn’t have much to worry about. Cross-Posted at America's Voice and the Sanctuary. |
