Propaganda Watch: It's bad all over, don't be a racist, accept your fate

A rather obscure form of pro-illegal immigration propaganda involves the claim that it's bad all over and encourages those complaining about the effects of massive legal and/or illegal immigration to stop being racist scapegoaters of immigrants and just accept their fate.

In keeping with that obscurity, here it is from two obscure sources.

England's "Cambs Times" offers a "satire" from reader Peter Harvey in the article "Immigration given an intergalactic explanation". It attempts to show how far-left, massive immigration-supporting Martians would attempt to push their agenda on Wisbech, which is apparently a town in Cambridgeshire, home of Cambridge:
...Oh yes. Jobs. This really confuses us Martians. Apparently the influx of eastern Europeans has meant there are no jobs for local students in the holidays. Now for one thing, all through your local history, seasonal jobs have been filled by immigrant labour. Not from eastern Europe perhaps but from outside Wisbech. A bit like Londoners going fruit picking in Kent. Second, how do those people get the jobs if local employers don't offer them? Doesn't this have two sides?

And I've heard of employers who insist on eastern European labour because of reliability. And if it's a question of cheapness then maybe it's also a question of exploitation. Or at least your TUC [Trades Union Congress] thinks so.

Are you racist? We Martians have been discussing that and we're undecided. The OFSTED [Office for Standards in Education] inspection of The Queen's School identified evidence of racism amongst pupils there but where would the children learn it from? Presumably not the teachers?...
Then, we turn to Christin Ditchfield (the host of the syndicated radio program Take It to Heart, and the author of A Family Guide to Narnia: Biblical Truths in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia) who offers a response to a reader's question in "Immigration Frustration":
...It's important to remember that not every immigrant is an illegal immigrant. And in fact, at some point or another, everyone living on the North American continent originally came from somewhere else. The United States is a nation of immigrants, built by hardworking men and women searching for religious and political freedom and the opportunity to create a better life for themselves and their families. Don't let the strong emotion of the immigration debate harden your heart toward an entire race or ethnic group. It's not an excuse for prejudice. Many of the problems you describe afflict communities where immigration isn't an issue. The widespread degeneration of our culture cannot be blamed on "foreigners." The sin nature is alive and well in people from all walks of life, every socioeconomic background, race, religion, or creed.
Of course, there's no racism evidenced in the original question. The original question doesn't even use the word "foreign*", that comes from Ditchfield. She continues with the effort to recast the question as derived from racism:
You have the privilege to vote for legislation you believe will protect and provide for the needs of the community—and to hold elected officials accountable to enforce those laws. But let me also encourage you to make a concerted effort to get to know some of the people of other races and cultures who share your community. Visit a church whose congregation is diverse. With the love of Christ, reach out to the poor and needy—whether they seem "deserving" or not. It will help you see them for who they really are: people who—like you—are precious in God's sight.
After people like this finish with their prattling, be sure and make sure you've still got your wallet.

Comments

the sad minuteman will hold a march against the Red Mexicans who love castro.
the minuteman civil defense guys are right to do this but if anything happens the Red Mexicans will call the cops who are mexican and also love castor and hate the USA inside the fallen city of L.A., The illegal alien mexicans AND MANY OTHERS will march from century to LAX, the minuteman like most of you don't understand the only way you stop evil and its works is to fight back for real, not march against it, soon the rats of mexican will have control of you and when that happens may god help you.
think civil and race war for freedom and duty and justice! this world is not a star gate world of fair play and right and wrong but a world of life against death. what do you want?