RNC Delegate Offended By Presence of ‘Mexican’ At Disney’s Epcot Center

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During a trip to Epcot at Disneyworld, Pennsylvania delegate Mark Harris and his wife were shocked and offended to find a Mexican employee working at the amusement park’s American pavilion, which showcases the different cultures in the United States. According to the couple’s blog, Harris complained to staff that he was “highly offended” that a “person from Mexico” was working in the American pavilion when other nations’ pavilions were staffed by people from each respective country:

The local GOP in Snyder County, Pennsylvania has rushed to disavow Harris’ overtly racist comments. County Commissioner Malcolm Derk told The Daily Item, “Americans are people of any race, color or heritage. Cheers to the individual working at Epcot for showing what a true American looks like.”
According to their website, “Mark and Irene are both pro‐life, believe marriage is between one man and one woman, are for open records and transparency, believe in very conservative principles and the Republican platform.”
The RNC has been marred by racist incidents this week; on Tuesday, two delegates had to be escorted out after throwing peanuts at a black camerawoman and called her an “animal.” Harris told RealClearPolitics at the beginning of the convention that he liked how Romney was “hitting all the conservative bells” and “has the potential to be a great president if he keeps going in that direction.”
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/31/781511/rnc-delegate-offended-by-presence-of-mexican-at-disneys-epcot-center/

[WCGreen]

1. Lay down with the weasels and you get fleas....

[RockaFowler]

2. I thought we as a country had \gotten better than this

I was wrong. Republicants disgust me.

[onehandle]

3. Racist buffoon. And wrong. The majority of workers are from the pavilions' respective countries...

...but not all. Frequently, the lead staff and the lowest level staff, are not from the pavilion's country.

[Scuba]

4. Just another mainstream Republican.

[Chorophyll]

7. Indeed. The GOP has been welcoming the bigots with open arms for decades.

[gollygee]

5. They're for open records and transparency?

How about if they set down the pointy white hoods and get Romney to release his tax returns.

[Doctor_J]

6. WTF would a Repuke go to Epcot?

don't they know the entire purpose of the park is to expose different cultures?

[gollygee]

8. That's only half of it

The other half has a bunch of huge advertisements to oil companies and the like. The dinosaur ride turns into an ad for some oil company. Exxon? Not sure.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Because it was free for them?

Don't delegates have a donated budget?
I doubt they knew the purpose of Epcot, it is likely they thought they were getting into disneyland, perhaps?

[MineralMan]

42. It's so they can claim International Affairs expertise.

The world on a budget...

[MadrasT]

48. OMG

I just snorted Gatorade out my nose.

[MineralMan]

49. Always my goal...

[ann---]

9. Each day

I hate republicans a little more.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Arizona Republican: Middle Easterners ‘look Mexican’ and want ‘to cause harm’ (thread)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014211633

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Except on TV

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Coloring the Great Seal

[LeftinOH]

13. Kick for exposure. Jackass racist. n/t

[NC_Nurse]

14. Their courting of racists over the years is finally coming back to bite their asses.

Yay.

[HopeHoops]

15. What the fuck is wrong with the concept of "All men are created equal"? Oh right - Constitution.

There is ONE thing wrong with it. It should be "All PEOPLE are created equal". But the point is still there. Racism is hatred, ignorance, or jealousy and sometimes a mix of the three. Why is it still around?

[4lbs]

26. True. That's the difference between Democrats and Repugnicans

Democrats read the Declaration and Constitution and say:

"All People are created equal."



Repugnicans read them and say:


"All WHITE MEN are created equal."

[HopeHoops]

30. Well, to be fair, it originally DID mean "all white men". It doesn't now, or "men" for that matter.

[Kalidurga]

16. I remember the good old days like it was 2008

and racists were embarrassed to be openly racist. If someone told a racist joke they were shamed and red faced when confronted. Now, they are proud of saying racist crap and will defy people when they give them the look or tell them that is unacceptable. They will look at you and say hey, "I thought, you people were supposed to be tolerant."

[yellerpup]

17. Quick briefing on American History.

Texas was formerly known as Mexico.

[Retrograde]

33. As were California, Arizona, New Mexico

and large parts of Nevada, Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah. 1/3 of the US was once 1/2 of Mexico.

[yellerpup]

35. Right you are.

All covered by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildiago wherein all of the native people who had settled in those parts -- what is now the western USA -- were guaranteed citizenship and the right to live on the land they occupied unmolested.

[KurtNYC]

50. Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico

and Mitt said he wants to style his presidency, God forbid, on James Polk -- aka the President who invaded Mexico.

[yellerpup]

53. Mitt definitely seems like a Manifest Destiny

kind of guy, but if he's going to keel over from cholera I hope it's before he can do any damage.

[AlbertCat]

18. The RNC has been marred by racist incidents this week;

THIS WEEK????????





how about since 1956?

[lunasun]

19. bet he doesnt like the black man in the white house either

“highly offended” ...i dont even get that crap
as if people are brown or black to offend you

[Berlin Expat]

37. Well now, you're just being silly; of

course there's a black man in the White House.

What do you mean, he's not the President's butler?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HE'S THE PRESIDENT ??!!


-Typical Republican mentality.

[dawg]

20. "Florida". What a pretty name for a place.

What language is that, anyway?

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Hey RNC that is the typical member of your party

enjoy.

Of course he was offended. Racism is now a core value of the GOP.

This is NOT Ike's party folks. Sadly Ike would not fit well in the Democratic party either, but that is another discussion...

[Ian_rd]

23. LOL! No matter hard they try, the Republicans just can't keep their Crazy hidden in the basement ...

Even booting Sarah Palin from Fox won't make it invisible.

[avebury]

24. Based upon the Harris' viewpoint,

the American pavilion should have been staffed my Native Americans, because everybody is an immigrants.

[Blue Owl]

25. Markkk "Whites Only" Harris -- what a man of the future

[Octafish]

27. Here's their pic and blog...''Rock Star GOP''

http://rockstargop.wordpress.com/

What pukes.

?w=224&h=300

Sick.

[HangOnKids]

47. What shallow vapid pandering ASSHOLES

Disgraceful.

[AlphaCentauri]

28. How do Americans look like Mr. Delegate Harris? n/t

[Quantess]

44. My thoughts exactly.

What was this man thinking? That someone who looks Mexican, or has a Mexican accent, cannot possibly be an American citizen? Or what?

[Initech]

29. More Republican racism fail.

[Jumping John]

31. But remember 'Mexican' that Ann Romney Wants Hispanic Voters To Get Past ‘Their Biases’

[gopiscrap]

32. Typical Republican attitude

as an immigrant myself who achieved my citizenship (it wasn't a birthright) I had to learn and test for it...I find this type of attitude deeply offensive!

[rocktivity]

34. But HOW DID THEY KNOW the nationality of the worker?

Did they ask? And if they did, why?


rocktivity

[Javaman]

41. doesn't matter to these racists...

as long as a person is non-white.

It must be really mentally exhausting being a repuke.

[OmahaBlueDog]

36. Point of order: It's just "Epcot"

It hasn't been "Epcot Center" for well over a decade.

[xtraxritical]

46. EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

That's what Walt envisioned but the new management did not stick with Walt's vision. I worked for Disney corporate when they built it in the 80's.

[Plucketeer]

38. LOL!

This RUBE must live in a VERY SHELTERED WORLD back in PA.

[april]

39. this just keeps getting worse Racist the whole bunch..

at the RNC a sea of white...

[tooeyeten]

40. "English ONLY"

interprets to very limited and biased "thinking" ONLY.

[drm604]

43. How did he know the employee was Mexican?

He can tell someone's citizenship by looking at them? Do we even know if this employee really is Mexican?

I want to apologized for my state. Lately I've been really embarrassed by it.

[cabot]

45. Screw it

I'm losing my faith in humanity. This is unbelievably stupid.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

51. tea baggers never fail to deliver the goods.

or in their case, the bads.

[1StrongBlackMan]

52. And don't forget about ...

The RNC has been marred by racist incidents this week; on Tuesday, two delegates had to be escorted out after throwing peanuts at a black camerawoman and called her an “animal.”

The "U.S.A." shouts, the other night, when the woman from Puerto Rico took to the stage!

Even the RNC Chair, PR BS, looked embarassed as he had to wait for the nonsense to stop.

[DonRedwood]

54. kr

[ailsagirl]

55. ...

OFFENDED???

WTF???

[lonestarnot]

56. Racist fuckwads.