anti immigrant email I received today:

[Danieljay]

WASHINGTON (AFP) Immigrants' rights advocates, elated by the resounding success of Monday's "National Day of Action,"which drew the backing of hundreds of thousands of protesters across the United States, now are planning a national boycott which they hope will have an even greater resonance. Organizers are planning the May 1 "Great American Boycott," urging illegal immigrants -- who cannot vote and who have only limited political power -- to flex their economic muscle.

Protesters are being urged to refrain from shopping, and to stay away from school and work. You should take a moment to let that sink in.

This is a movement orchestrated by people who entered the US illegally,and then want to scream about their "rights." WHAT RIGHTS? . . . .YOU DON'T EVEN BELONG HERE!
Let's take a look at some of the many benefits that illegal aliens have blessed our great country with: Street gangs, graffiti, drugs, skyrocketing healthcare, depreciation of property value, illiteracy.

The list could go on. What they actually have to offer (cheap labor) pales to what they have given our country to deal with. I'll take expensive vegetables over expensive healthcare any day!

And now, like terrorists, they are going to attack our economy -- the one entity that makes our nation stand out from all the others. The backbone of our nation. The country they came to like locusts so they could reap the benefits is now the focus of their boycott.

You've seen it on TV: Marching on our American streets waving their Mexican flags, boldly showing that they can be more racist than those they accuse, and yet the obvious is totally oblivious to them......IF YOU'VE GOT IT SO BAD HERE, THEN LEAVE!!!

To all the real Americans, you can do one small thing on May 1st, 2006. It won't be racist, nor will it be violent. It will not be boastful, arrogant, selfish, nor distasteful. It will not be any of those things that our "guests" have already displayed. What it will do is nullify a movement.
All you have to do save as much of your shopping as you can between now and then, and buy whatever you need on May 1st. Make up for what they will try to take away. It doesn't have to be a new car or house (unless you were already planning on getting one). It simply needs to be a day of trading.

Hold off grocery buying until May 1st.
Take your wife out to eat that night.
Get the kids pizza, hamburgers, whatever!
Make several trips to the convenience store.
Buy your meals at work.
Fill up your gas tank.
Shop for clothes, furniture, outdoor equipment.
If it needs to be bought, BUY IT MAY 1st!

Those are just a few suggestions. We're not asking you to spend your inheritance that day, but just to spend more than you normally would. Even if it's only a few dollars, this will help soften the blow that the Mexicans will try to inflict on our economy that day.

It sounds trivial at first, but if this idea gets around, what the Mexicans set out to do will fail.

NOW COMES THE HARD PART:
This email will not self-destruct if you don't send it to someone.
It will not cause bad luck, nor will it make you impotent.
It will not do some trick or show a cute little animation if you send it to "X" amount of people.
You will not get paid for doing it.
It will not spread the message though, if it just gets deleted.
Forward at will.....
Thanks

[babylonsister]

1. I won't be spending one thin dime. nt

[existentialist]

3. Indeed,

May 1 is NOT a day to go shopping.


(Not that anyone's going to notice what I don't spend that day.)

[rockymountaindem]

2. I honestly don't see how the organizers plan to get anything out of this

If you ask me, I think this entire strike and boycott will fuel an ongoing backlash which will negate any gains made by their actions on Monday. I think Americans will stand up to support such actions if done for a cause most care for or by those to whom the majority is sympathetic. Illegal aliens don't fall into that category. Therefore, I think this action on Monday will have some unintended consequences for the organizers and participants.

[alarimer]

9. I worry about that too

but personally, I haven't seen a lot of attention being paid here (S. Texas) to this boycott. I doubt it will have a huge impact here at least. I have work to do regardless of what happens Monday.

[Saturday]

4. I intend to do a lot of shopping on Monday.

ETA - Also, this is NOT an anti immigrant e-mail. It is an anti ILLEGAL immigrant e-mail. Big difference.

[prolesunited]

7. You don't see any inherent racism in this

Take a closer look.

[Saturday]

10. Yes, you're right....

some comments sound racist but there is much truth in it too. For instance...skyrocketing healthcare and illiteracy. I am not racist and really do not like being linked to being a racist because I disagree. I don't support illegal immigration because it hurts Americans.

[treestar]

5. This person actually thinks it is a threat!

He/she is actually scared.

Well, I'll be.

[Ms. Clio]

6. Let's look at what a vicious and racist screed this truly is:

"Let's take a look at some of the many benefits that illegal aliens have blessed our great country with: Street gangs, graffiti, drugs, skyrocketing healthcare, depreciation of property value, illiteracy."



I won't waste my time any further on this vile and despicable and ludicrous crap and those who agree with it -- well, that simply speaks volumes.

[progressivebydesign]

8. I saw another one of those.. telling us to wear red, white, and blue.

Racist jerks.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. I'm a "real American" and I'll be boycotting Monday.

"To all the real Americans.."


Yeah, right. "Real Americans" support racist tracts like this piece of crap.

[NaturalHigh]

12. I will treat Monday just like any other day.

My plans for the day will not be tied to illegal immigrants.