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What we're up against: FAmImR, Immigration propaganda and "Trump is Deranged Syndrome"
A profile on the right-wing organizations that try to shape public debate.
Today: FAmImR (they use FAIR to co-opt a progressive org's name).
Wikipedia: FAmImR is a non-profit tax exempt organization in the United States that advocates changes in U.S. immigration policy that they believe would result in significant reductions in immigration, both legal and illegal.
Here's their website: http://www.fairus.org/
Here's the key aspect of their website. Like many right wing orgs today, they are dedicated to scaring (mosly old, white) people and taking their donations.
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What caught my eye today was this blog post:
http://immigrationreform.com/2017/05/26/decision-attacking-travel-ban-is-really-an-attack-on-free-speech/
"Nowhere are the polarized perspectives in today’s politics more evident than in the 4th Circuit’s ruling on May, 25. The decision shockingly upheld a lower court injunction against the president’s “travel ban” Executive Order. That order seeks to suspend some immigration from a handful of countries in order to improve vetting and protect the homeland.
In sustaining the injunction, the majority opinion (10-3, on partisan lines) found that the Executive Order at issue itself is fine. And even though the court concedes that should end the inquiry, it cannot resist the temptation to give in to Trump Derangement Syndrome.
This is the phenomenon when normal people just act crazy at the mere mention of the president’s name. The problem, the court now claims, is the mere fact that an otherwise lawful action was taken by President Trump makes it unlawful. Candidate Trump’s campaign talk, they opine, supports the claim that the order is a “Muslim ban.”
No reason here to repeat the obvious about how little the facts support that claim."
In sustaining the injunction, the majority opinion (10-3, on partisan lines) found that the Executive Order at issue itself is fine. And even though the court concedes that should end the inquiry, it cannot resist the temptation to give in to Trump Derangement Syndrome.
This is the phenomenon when normal people just act crazy at the mere mention of the president’s name. The problem, the court now claims, is the mere fact that an otherwise lawful action was taken by President Trump makes it unlawful. Candidate Trump’s campaign talk, they opine, supports the claim that the order is a “Muslim ban.”
No reason here to repeat the obvious about how little the facts support that claim."
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You can go on to read the rest of the article, but I wanted to discuss:
1. The lines of their argument. Mostly talking points. "protect the homeland", etc. Right wing orgs can justify any argument that supports their position, no matter how tortured.
2. The way they try to gaslight the president's pursuit of dictatorship and autocracy. I'll call it "Trump is Deranged Syndrome". They are actually trying to gaslight us as the nation slides into a swamp of family rule, corrupt self-dealing, press control, voter suppression, and authoritarianism.
Know your opponent. This is who we must resist.
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