{"id":1314,"date":"2008-01-19T12:56:18","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T16:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2008-01-19T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T17:34:49","slug":"my-letter-published-in-the-dalton-times-this-week-we-need-more-letters-to-editors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/19\/my-letter-published-in-the-dalton-times-this-week-we-need-more-letters-to-editors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What kind of national disgrace is media participation in the open borders agenda? My letter published in the Dalton Citizen this week. WE NEED MORE LETTERS TO EDITORS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The write up in the Citizen has set a benchmark early in the year for least professional and balanced but highest agenda filled commentary disguised as a news item. Yuck.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

My letter published in the Dalton Times this week WE NEED MORE LETTERS TO EDITORS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is the original “news” piece <\/a>from the Dalton (Georgia) Citizen newspaper on a propaganda movie, both aimed at sympathy for criminals and marginalizing any American who dares speak up for border security.<\/p>\n

Below that my response to the Dalton Citizen in a letter to the editor. We thank the Dalton Citizen for the space and the e-mail sent to me from its publisher.<\/p>\n

\u2018A national disgrace\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Documentary tells of discrimination against Hispanics; community leaders preach acceptance, just treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Misty Watson
\nmistywatson@daltoncitizen.com<\/em><\/p>\n

A beloved place of worship was torn to the ground after the discrimination against those who worshipped there continued to escalate.<\/p>\n

But the discrimination wasn\u2019t because of their religion or what was taking place at the simplistic outdoor chapel \u2014 consisting of an altar, benches and tables \u2014 where Mass had been celebrated for 20 years.<\/p>\n

It was because the people worshipping there were Hispanic migrant workers.<\/p>\n

No, this didn\u2019t take place in Dalton, or even Georgia. It happened in San Diego and was recorded in the documentary \u201cThe Invisible Chapel,\u201d which was shown publicly by the Coalition of Latino Leaders (CLILA) at Dalton State College on Sunday evening, with approximately 100 people, mostly Hispanic, attending.<\/p>\n

Even though the discrimination shown in the documentary did not take place locally, a discussion in the college\u2019s auditorium following the film, proved that many people \u2014 Hispanics, whites and blacks \u2014 are tired of seeing and hearing of discrimination against Hispanics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI for one welcome them, and I hope others will,\u201d said Paul Zock, a member of St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Church. \u201cIt\u2019s criminal to criminalize someone for trying to better themselves,\u201d said Zock, echoing a sentiment expressed in the film.<\/p>\n

Bobbie Warmack, with the Latinos for Education and Justice Organization (LEJO) based in Calhoun, said \u201cwhat we\u2019ve seen in the film is happening here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHouses without windows are being rented here\u201d to Hispanics, she said. \u201cLiving conditions are terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Carlos Frey, who directed the documentary, lived with the impoverished, Hispanic migrant workers in \u201clittle houses\u201d made of tarps, without running water or bathrooms.<\/p>\n

Frey watched the migrant workers get paid minimum wage for working in the surrounding communities on farms or in factories, hoping to achieve the \u201cAmerican dream.\u201d And he watched as neighbors and the media began targeting the migrant camp, including the beloved church that remained invisible to so many people previously.<\/p>\n

Some neighbors, who had spoken out against the camp, visited it to tear the tarp homes with knifes or razors. Many of the clothes in the homes were also cut, and the homes were raided of what little personal items they contained, according to the documentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy purpose was to show a human side of the story … more importantly, these are hardworking individuals of faith,\u201d said Frey, speaking first in English, then repeating himself in Spanish to those in attendance at the college on Sunday. \u201cThis is a portrayal the media in this country does not show.\u201d<\/p>\n

If a black church had been burned in the South, or if a Jewish synagogue had been defamed with graffiti, \u201cwe would have learned about it, but because this was a church of migrant workers whose church was taken apart, you didn\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The documentary showed members of a local Catholic church who were presiding over Mass celebrations and were helping the migrant workers with many of their immediate needs, such as fresh water and food, as well as teaching them English. Many people attending the viewing on Sunday, said they wished more individuals, especially Christians, would help Hispanics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of nation are we?\u201d asked Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO). \u201cWe talk a lot about this being a Christian nation. What side would Jesus be on? It\u2019s a national disgrace to be treating fellow human beings the way we are. We must speak out. Our responsibility as a Christian is to speak out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzalez said \u201cminutemen\u201d like the ones who persecuted the migrant workers in the documentary exist in Georgia as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do something,\u201d he said. \u201cRegistering to vote is very important. We must engage our communities of faith on this. It\u2019s important to raise a voice of conscience in this debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Castro said he thinks the message of acceptance and helping one another presented in the documentary is one that needs to be shared \u201cwith our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope God gives us the way to open the minds of American citizens,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n

The persecution shown in the documentary seems like something that would have taken place a long time ago, Zock said.<\/p>\n

Tommy Pinson, director of the Dalton Community Center, agreed. Pinson said the type of persecution he sees of Hispanic people is much like what he and other black people experienced decades ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing is very similar to what we heard in the 50s and 60s with blacks,\u201d Pinson said. \u201cWe had churches burned. We had people held in jail unjustly. Be a civil rights movement. It takes everyone here to make a change. When there\u2019s injustice, don\u2019t be silent. Work as a group and things will eventually change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others encouraged people attending the viewing not to be discouraged.<\/p>\n

The film showed that even after the chapel was torn down, the migrant workers found other places to worship. One man named Generoso, which translates into \u2018generous\u2019 in English, donated $1,000 to construct a new, more permanent chapel.<\/p>\n

For Generoso, $1,000 is more than a month\u2019s pay, according to a female member of the Catholic church who spoke several times in the documentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe chose to continue living like he did so a chapel could be built,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

In the film Generoso says he won\u2019t be deterred by discrimination because \u201cthere\u2019s only one God and we\u2019re all children of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n

The Coalition of Latino Leaders (CLILA) is an organization that offers several services for Hispanics in the community, including English classes, voter registration and education, gang forums and civil rights advocacy. For more information visit the Web site www.lidereslatinos.org. Information on the site is in English and Spanish. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nArticle was ‘disgrace’<\/strong>
\nPublished: <\/a>January 16, 2008 <\/p>\n

“What kind of nation are we”… indeed? What kind of a nation allows millions of people to cross our borders illegally in a war on terror in the name of increased profits for the business class which is illegally employing black market, taxpayer subsidized labor? What kind of nation remains silent in the face of the ethnic tribalists who make their living defending and promoting the organized crime of illegal immigration without any conscience?<\/p>\n

The comparison of illegal aliens shacked-out in our nation to Americans of any race or ethnicity who have demanded equal protection under the law is sickening. More so that the agenda is obviously promoted and shared by what is passing itself off as a newspaper with journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n

The write up in the Citizen has set a benchmark early in the year for least professional and balanced but highest agenda filled commentary disguised as a news item. Yuck.<\/p>\n

When Georgians are asked “what kind of nation are we?” by the open borders\/illegal alien lobby who are using religion and the name of God in their never ending and shameless effort at legalization again, the answer should always be: A nation of laws that will not be intimidated by the absurd name calling from the far, far left.<\/p>\n

The “national disgrace” is that these people have woven their way into the mainstream media with the willing help of semi-educated editors and reporters who clearly have forgotten any exposure to a code of ethics. <\/p>\n

Jerry Gonzalez is wild with panic that the sheriff in Whitfield county has implemented local enforcement authority under section 287 g of federal law. The illegal aliens that are his golden goose are leaving Georgia. Readers can expect more of the same silly “illegal is a civil right” smearing in the future as a result.<\/p>\n

D.A. King<\/p>\n

Marietta<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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