A racist video sparked change in a wealthy Texas suburb. Then a 'silent majority' fought back.

[TexasBushwhacker]

https://news.yahoo.com/texas-school-district-proposed-diversity-100050047.html

"Allen West, the Texas GOP chairman, addressed the dispute in August when he was invited to speak at a church near the city. In a video of the speech posted to YouTube, West told the audience that the situation in Southlake follows a pattern of school districts attempting to indoctrinate children with liberal values.

West, who is Black, then offered a suggestion for how to fight back. He told the audience to welcome new residents from out of state with a pecan pie, but then to ask, “Now why are you here?”

And if those new neighbors don't share traditional conservative beliefs about gun rights and tax policy, West advised the audience to respond with seven words: “Go back to where you came from.”

Texas is an ENORMOUS state and hardly monolithic. Allen West can kiss my lily white, 64 year old, 100% Texan ass. He is a disgrace.

[tulipsandroses]

1. Invited to speak at a church. Do these people actually read the Bible?

Tell newcomers in your neighborhood to “Go back to where you came from.”
There are all kinds of bible verses about welcoming the stranger - I may be wrong, but I can't think of any that says shun them if they don't believe in gun rights.
SMDH. Why do these " churches" get special treatment again?

[dchill]

4. They don't read it. They scan it for justifications.

[TheRealNorth]

9. Bingo

[SCantiGOP]

5. Paraphrasing:

“Welcome the immigrant into your midst, for the children of Israel were once refugees in the Land of Pharaoh.”

[dalton99a]

2. Allen West is scum.

[TwilightZone]

3. I'd still like to know how carpetbagger West ended up head of the GOP in Texas.

The GOP has plenty of unhinged lunatics here they could have chosen from. They didn't have to import one.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. He probably pledged an oath of fealty

promising to promote white supremacy at all times. I’m mostly serious.

[4Q2u2]

7. What if?

I stuck a gun in your face and said F-Jesus and None of you business, get off my porch.
Is that acceptable?
I mean one out of two aint bad!

[zipplewrath]

8. He doesn't pay attention to exit polling

Native Texans are trending blue. It's the imports that tend to be more conservative.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Not to mention

Texas was part of Mexico (and Spain and France) before it was an independent republic, part of the US or part of the confederacy. Mexican Americans often have ancestors that lived in parts of Mexico north of the Rio Grande BEFORE white Americans had ancestors in the US. Spanish, French or Native American languages were spoken in the US before English was ever uttered, not to mention the African languages of the slaves.

The US is a nation of immigrants. We are known for moving where opportunity takes us. So to the "go back to where you came from" I have one answer:

YOU FIRST

[MagickMuffin]

10. Allen West take your own advise and "Go back to where you came from."

Because Allen West you are NOT a Texan. You came to my state with your divisive rhetoric. So, go home!

[DFW]

11. West was born in Georgia and represented Florida in Congress

I think Texans should ask him, "Why are YOU here? Go back where YOU came from. Any time now is fine. Starting yesterday."

[chowder66]

12. That is a hard read. My heart breaks for all of the children and their families that have to

be subjected to this hate. The push back on being * "indoctrinated" to be a decent human being is reprehensible.

* the racists mentioned in the article keep using indoctrination to liberal ideas as their excuse.

[Solly Mack]

13. West is a piece of shit war criminal.

Mock executions are a form of torture and against the Geneva Conventions. West engaged in them while in Iraq.

Of course, his "punishment" was little more than a slap on the wrist. He was fined 5k spread over two months.