30 December 2014: Prior
to a recent broadcast of The Hagmann & Hagmann Report, I dusted off the
hard copy of a speech given by former democratic governor Richard Lamm of
Colorado (1975-1987) on the perils of multiculturalism. Mr. Lamm originally
gave this speech at a Federation for American Immigration Reform’s conference in 2004.
In
the wake of Barack Hussein Obama, America’s “Renegade-in-Chief’s” executive
actions regarding illegal aliens living in the U.S. illegally, I decided to
read the brief speech on-air. The response I received was overwhelming, with
numerous people requesting the text of the former governor’s speech. Although
it is all of a decade old, I believe it is more relevant today than at any
other recent time in our social and political history.
The
following is the text of the former governor’s speech, originally titled “A
Frightening Analysis:”
I have a plan to destroy America by Richard D. Lamm
I have a secret
plan to destroy America. If you believe, as many do, that America is too smug,
too white bread, too self-satisfied, too rich, let’s destroy America. It is not
that hard to do. History shows that nations are more fragile than their
citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold
Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and they all fall, and that
“an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” Here
is my plan:
1.
We must first make America a
bilingual-bicultural country. History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can
survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and
cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for
a society to be bilingual. One scholar, Seymour Martin 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, 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 its Basques, Bretons and
Corsicans.”
2.
I would then invent
“multiculturalism” and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture. I
would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal: that there are
no cultural differences that are important. I would declare it an article of
faith that the black and Hispanic dropout rate is only due to prejudice and
discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out-of-bounds.
3.
We can make the United States a
“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 multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have
been achieved, not by tolerance, but by hegemony. Without the dominance that
once dictated ethnocentrically, and what it meant to be an American, we are
left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.” I would encourage
all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the
melting pot metaphor with a salad bowl metaphor. It is important to insure that
we have various cultural sub-groups living in America reinforcing their
differences, rather than Americans emphasizing their similarities.
4.
Having done all this, 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 percent dropout rate from school.
5.
I would then get the big foundations
and big 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 their lack of success was all the fault of the majority. I
would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority
population.
6.
I would establish dual citizenship
and promote divided loyalties. I would “celebrate diversity.” “Diversity” is a
wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities.
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, and we can take advantage of this myopia.
Look
at the ancient Greeks. Dorf’s “World History” tells us: “The Greeks believed
that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and
literature; and they worshiped the same gods. All Greece took part in the
Olympic Games in honor of Zeus, and all Greeks venerated the shrine of Apollo
at Delphi. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet, all of these
bonds together were not strong enough to overcome two factors … (local
patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions …)” If
we can put the emphasis on the “pluribus,” instead of the “unum,” we can
balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.
- Then I would place all these subjects off-limits–make it taboo to talk about. I would find a word similar to “heretic” in the 16th century that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like “racist”, “xenophobe” halt argument and conversation. Having made America a bilingual-bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, 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 –“because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good.” I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact.
- Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson’s book “Mexifornia” –this book is dangerous; it exposes my plan to destroy America. So please, please–if you feel that America deserves to be destroyed–please, please–don’t buy this book! This guy is on to my plan.http://www.hagmannandhagmann.com/archives/1329–Douglas J. Hagmannhttp://www.hagmannandhagmann.com/archives/1329
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