Richard Lamm on Multiculturalism

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This is from a speech Richard Lamm gave in 2005. Snopes shows it as being true. It's happening before our eyes.



We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context
his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an
immigration overpopulation conference in Washington , DC , filled to
capacity by many of America 's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant
college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his
latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and
illegal was destroying the entire state of California . He said it
would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The
American Dream.


Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and
gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America . The audience sat
spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the
United States . He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too
self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America . It is not that
hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.
Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and
that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit
suicide.'"


"Here is how they do it," Lamm said:


"First, to destroy America , turn America into a bilingual or
multi-lingual and bicultural country. History shows that no nation can
survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing
languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be
bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The
historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: 'The histories of
bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are histories
of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada , Belgium , Malaysia , and
Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press
for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided.
Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with
Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."


Lamm went on:


Second, to destroy America , invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage
immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief
that all cultures are equal; that there are no cultural differences.
Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates
are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every
other explanation is out of bounds."


"Third, we could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without
much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As
Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent
success of our own multi-ethnic and multicultural experiment might have
been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance
that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American,
we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'
Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language
and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad
bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural
subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as
Americans, emphasizing their similarities."


"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least
educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated,
undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this
second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."


"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations
and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in
ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I
would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the
fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all
minority failure on the majority population."


"My sixth plan for America 's downfall would include dual citizenship,
and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over
unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse
people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is,
when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable
society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the
unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks.
The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed
a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods.
All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A
common enemy, Persia ,
threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough
to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions
that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis
on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as
surely as Kosovo."


"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits. Make it taboo to
talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a
word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion
and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt
discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural
country, having established multi-culturism, having the large
foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it
impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra:
That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be
good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."


In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow.
Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor
Victor Hanson Davis's book 'Mexifornia.' His book is dangerous. It
exposes the plan to destroy America . If you feel America deserves to
be destroyed, don't read that book."


There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous
cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that
room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing
as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the
Third World as corporations create a Third World in America . Take
note of California and other states. To date, ten million illegal
aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book
"1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of
Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance
is strength."


Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the
conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is
deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration
monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California
wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American
Dream.

[iggys-amsoil]

Ya know,...... The dream was lost when I had to move 50 miles further from work to become home owner.

But the positive side is, I'm surounded by MX tracks and an hours less driving time to free ride spots which still take an hour to get to.

[AlisoBob]

Jesus H. Christ..... this guy makes sense... Listen to this gem...

"Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society.

With one wand you could wipe out all racism and discrimination from the hearts and minds of WHITE America.

The other wand you could wave across the ghettos and barrios of America and infuse the current inhabitants with Japanese or Jewish values, That is respect for learning, the importance of education, and having ambition."

I suggest that the best wand for all of society, and the only one to ever make a difference for those who live in the ghettos and barrios would be the second wand"

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Funny look at history.....