This Gilchrist character is one for the books: a profoundly insane
Christian extremists, from all apparent observations, complete with
bizarre paranoid delusions of people trying to or soliciting his
murder and no end of bizarre crimes and stuff.
But then nobody said white supremacists were at all sane, leave
along Christian white supremacists.
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http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/150852.php
A tiny portion of Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist's claimed 240
million followers made a surprise showing this Saturday at a
Costa Mesa community forum on constitutional rights and immigration
law.
They were welcomed by Coyotl Tezcalipoca of the Colectivo
Tonantzin, which sponsored the event primarily with Costa
Mesa's local immigrant population (which has been the target
of hate and harassment from the city's Minuteman Junta) in
mind, but was happy to discover what it hopes is a new-found
interest by the border vigilantes in civilized behavior and
basic human rights.
The group's appearance was in stark contrast to its behavior
the previous night when it stormed El Chanco, a popular local
Mexican eatery offering $1.00 "minutemen" tacos, and reportedly
harassed customers as well as innocent and clueless bystanders
working at an adjacent Pizza joint.
The previous week, Gilchrist and another tiny portion of his
claimed 240 million followers (the rest of whom may have been
busy, stealthily patroling the US/Mexican border), had stormed
the same restaurant, directly after appearing at nearby City
Council member Gary Monahan's beer bar (and perhaps filling up
on too much Guiness), where immigrant rights advocates were
protesting his recent votes to shut down a day labor center
and use police to, ostensibly, enforce immigration law.
On that occasion, a reporter for the Southern Poverty Law
Center became so concerned about Gilchrist's well known
erradic behavior (as he allegedly shouted crazily while
stalking back and forth in front of the restaurant) that
she was afraid to exit. On both occasions police had to be
called to keep the peace, according to witnesses.
The Minuteman protesters mistakenly claimed that El Chanaco's
owner, Mirna Burciaga, is "pro-criminal" and a "supporter of
racial supremacy groups," including "La Voz de Aztlan." But
Gilchrist also accused her of masterminding ongoing weekly
protests outside of Monahan's beer joint and implied that she
wants to create a city haven for "drug dealers, murderers,
child molesters, robbers, and rapists," which Minuteman
rhetoric often assumes all Mexican and Central American
immigrants to be.
But, although Buriciaga is opposed to using police as agents
of La Migra, she is has also recently opposed a planned boycott
of Costa Mesa businesses and has had no contact with members
of the Colectivo regarding the protests they organized.
And, although this writer did not ask, it also seems implausible
that Burciaga or anyone else wants to be surrounded by rapists,
murderers and such, especially when the Minuteman vigilantes
who have taken over the city's agenda are already bad enough.
Gilchrist's well known erratic behavior at public events,
including verbose assaults, grandiose statements and inability
to control his emotions (well documented at
http://ocorganizer.com/html/j__gilchrist.html
and
http://ocorganizer.com/html/jim_gilchrist_minuteman_.html )
was at first cause for concern by forum organizers, including
this writer, who feared for the safety of children who would
be in attendance.
It was decided, however, that it was in the public's interest
to have the pretend border patrol agents and defenders against
"terrorism" and their bumbling leader, a bigot's version of
Barney Fife, safely contained inside a building rather than
out on the streets where they might do real harm to themselves
and others.
Gilchrist and followers arrived in Minuteman regalia, including
shirts depicting fake law enforcement badges proudly displayed
on their chests, as well as the requisite video cameras, but
minus the mag flashlight (picked up at May 25 Garden Grove
demonstration?) that has become Gilchrist's most recent
trademark and which he likes to shine in the eyes of suspected
"terrorists."
The Gilchrist was not only well behaved during the class
(despite some grade school whispering back and forth), but
several of them, including Gilchrist, even participated by
asking questions of their ACLU instructor at the appropriate
time.
After it was over, Gilchrist and his small group of followers
left peacefullly, with important new knowledge that they can
now distribute to the 239,999,990 other Minuteman followers
who couldn't make the meeting.
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The Bush Regime: "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be
the first against the wall when the revolution comes."
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SCOTT MCCLELLAN - arrested for lewd behavior after witnesses report him
masturbating in a movie theatre during "Brokeback Mountain."
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"I just got back from Brokeback Mountain, and boy does my
***** hurt". -- George W. Bush.
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