She's on the hit list of the Southern Policy Law Center. So what? Being against illegal immigration is not against the law - yet. Though if extremist left-wing organizations like the SPLC ever got their way, it would be.
Pulido's organization, F.A.I.R., hasn't earned its listing as a hate group "because they're opposed to illegal immigration". See the following detailed report from SPLC:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=846Here's a good--almost charitable--summary:
"Founded in 1979, FAIR has long been marked by anti-Latino and anti-Catholic attitudes. It has mixed this bigotry with a fondness for eugenics, the idea of breeding better humans discredited by its Nazi associations. It has accepted $1.2 million from an infamous, racist eugenics foundation. It has employed officials in key positions who are also members of white supremacist groups. Recently, it has promoted racist conspiracy theories about Mexico's secret designs on the American Southwest and an alternative theory alleging secret plans to merge the United States, Mexico and Canada. Just last February, a senior FAIR official sought "advice" from the leaders of a racist Belgian political party."
Even a cursory review of the facts shows FAIR isn't merely opposed to "illegal" immigration, but ANY immigrants (other than white Europeans, of course).
The KKK is a hate group with a detailed unabashed white supremacist philosophy which it has channeled for decades into organized acts of violence and terrorism; FAIR, by contrast, is organized general nativist xenophobia which it channels into racist (but apparently non-violent) invective. With that obvious distinction noted, however, saying FAIR is listed as a hate group simply because it opposes illegal immigration is like saying the Klan is so listed merely because they oppose affirmative action.
Just curious: If the SPLC truly was "an extremist left-wing organization", would it still investigate and list as hate groups various Black Separatist organizations including Nation of Islam? (It does)
Anyhoo, my point to this before jacking the thread (sorry--bad newbie! bad!) was concurring that Pulido's got serious credentials as a wingnut. Not that it mattered as, as has been pointed out, the second coming of Jesus--or even Harry Carey--couldn't win in this district running as a Republican.
