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"American
Suicide" a speech by Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm-Truth!
Summary of the eRumor: A speech by former
Colorado Governor Richard Lamm on how multiculturalism can affect
America.
The Truth: The speech was given by
Governor Lamm at the 2004 Immigration-Overpopulation Conference in
Washington, D.C.
He titled it "A Plan to Destroy America."
The eRumor refers to author Victor David Hanson (not Hansen). His
book is Mexifornia: A State of Becoming.
A real example of the eRumor as it has
appeared on the Internet:
If you
read anything today, read this.
AMERICAN SUICIDE Wherever
you stand, please take the time to
read this; it ought to scare the pants off you!
We know Dick
Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado (Democrat). In that
context his thoughts
are particularly poignant. Recently there was an
immigration overpopulation conference in Washington,
DC, filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds
and leaders. A brilliant college professor by
the name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about
his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how
immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the
entire state of California He said it would
march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges
of The American Dream.
Moments later,
former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a
stunning speech
on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as
he described eight methods for the
destruction of the United States. He said, "If you
believe that America is too smug, too
self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It
is not that hard to do. No nation in
history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee
observed that all great civilizations rise
and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that
all great nations commit suicide.'"
"Here is
how they do it," Lamm said: "First, to destroy
America, turn America into a bilingual or
multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows
tha! t no nat ion can survive the tension, conflict,
and antagonism of two or more competing languages and
cultures It is a blessing for an individual to
be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society
to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour
Lipset, put it this way: "The histories of bilingual
and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are
histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy." Canada,
Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of
national existence in which minorities press for autonomy,
if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus
have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion.
France faces difficult times with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."
Lamm went
on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and
encourage immigrants
to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief
that all cultures are equal. That there are
no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith
that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due
solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority.
Every other explanation is out of bounds.
Third,
"We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec'
without much effort. The key is to
celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin
Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "The
apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural
experiment might have been achieved
not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance
that once dictated ethnocentricity and
what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance
and pluralism to hold us together."
Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to
keep their own language and culture. I would! replace the
melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is
important to ensure that we have various
cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their
differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing
their similarities."
"Fourth,
I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated.
I would add a
second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and
antagonistic to our population. I would have this
second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high
school."
"My
fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations
and business to give these
efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic
identity, and I would establish the cult of
'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think that their
lack of success was the fault of the
majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all
minority failure on the majority population."
"My
sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual
citizenship, and promote divided
loyalties I would celebrate diversity over unity. I
would stress differences rather than similarities.
Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating
each other- that is, when they are not
killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable
society is against most historical precedent. People
undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together.
Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks
believed that they belonged to the same race; they
possessed a common Language and literature; and they
worshipped the same Gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic
games. A common enemy, Persia,
threatened their liberty. ! Yet all these bonds were not
strong enough to overcome two factors: local
patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured
political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum"
-- from many, one. In that historical reality, if we put
the emphasis on the 'Pluribus' instead of the
'Unum,' we will balkanize America assuredly as
Kosovo."
"Next
to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to
talk about anything
against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word
similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that
stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like
'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and
debate. Having made America a bi-lingual/bicultural
country, having established multiculturalism, having
the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'victimology,'
I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration
laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has
been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every
individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact
of millions of them."
In the last
minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound
silence followed.
Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor
Hanson Davis's book "Mexifornia." His book is
dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you
feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no
applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud
above every
attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew
that everything Lamm enumerated was
proceeding methodically, quietly, da! rkly, yet
pervasively across the United States today.
Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping
the foundation of our educational system
and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures
that practice female genital mutilation are growing
as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are
vanishing into the Third World as corporations
create a Third World in America - take note of
California and other states - to date, ten million
illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of
George Orwell's book "1984." In that story,
three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth
building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery,"
and
"Ignorance is strength."
Governor
Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the
conference that our nation
and the future of this great democracy is deeply in
trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this
immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage
like a California wildfire and destroy
everything in its path especially The American Dream.
If you care for and love our country as I
do, take the time to pass this on just as I did for you.
NOTHING
is exactly what will happen if you don't!
[ Author
of the book 'Mexifornia' is Victor Davis Hanson ]
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