Pro-Trump lawmakers create "Anglo Saxon Caucus"

[Brittain33]

If Democrats were smart, they would form both a Nordic caucus and a Norman caucus and stage devastating raids on these fools at the same time. Or a joint 1066 caucus.

[Brittain33]

Thanks for bringing the “why isn’t there a White History Month?” perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

[Brittain33]

(Theory why this is no big deal)

It’s Greene, Gohmert, and Gosar, shua. We know their beliefs and platform and this isn’t happening in a vacuum separate from those. It’s about racism.

[Diabolical Materialism]

Congressional Badon Hill Caucus when?

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

Yeah, so I guess I forgot to say in the Update thread that I'm a member of Congress now.

[Brittain33]

(Theory why this is no big deal)

It’s Greene, Gohmert, and Gosar, shua. We know their beliefs and platform and this isn’t happening in a vacuum separate from those. It’s about racism.

I was wrong. Gohmert is lukewarm about joining it, it may be too racist for him.

[Woody]

Thanks for bringing the “why isn’t there a White History Month?” perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

Notice how you didn't answer the question.

[7,052,770]

Notice how you didn't answer the question.

Notice how you didn't leave the forum for a year like you promised.

[Woody]

Notice how you didn't answer the question.

Notice how you didn't leave the forum for a year like you promised.

Notice how both of you can't answer the question.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

[Woody]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

[Ferguson97]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

You understand why congressional caucuses exist, right? They address specific issues or groups that have interests that need to be addressed. There are many issues impacting Black Americans and there are many issues impacting Asians and Pacific Islanders - issues that impact them because of racism in this country. Whites do not experience systemic racism and therefor do not need a congressional caucus.

[Sir Mohamed]

Caucus already exists in form of 140+ House GOPers voting to overturn the 2020 election.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Why isn't there a Celtic Caucus?

[Woody]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

You understand why congressional caucuses exist, right? They address specific issues or groups that have interests that need to be addressed. There are many issues impacting Black Americans and there are many issues impacting Asians and Pacific Islanders - issues that impact them because of racism in this country. Whites do not experience systemic racism and therefor do not need a congressional caucus.

Not every white person in America is Anglo-Saxon, ignorant.

Also, from what I can gather, this caucus is supposed to promote the knowledge Anglo-Saxon culture and it's postives. Which if you didn't know, laid the foundation to this little thing called the United States of America, it's political structure, identity, lanugage and it's tolerance of other religions. Something more and more people should be educated about....

...I thought you leftists were fans of appropriation of other cultures, because I always hear the terms "muh melting pot" "muh american project" - oh wait I forgot... they're some type of whites, therefore we can't in anyway let this prosper.

[Pink Panther]

This caucus is stupid, but what will happen to the House Freedom Caucus, will it get absorbed? Or will this new caucus burn out quickly?

[Ferguson97]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

You understand why congressional caucuses exist, right? They address specific issues or groups that have interests that need to be addressed. There are many issues impacting Black Americans and there are many issues impacting Asians and Pacific Islanders - issues that impact them because of racism in this country. Whites do not experience systemic racism and therefor do not need a congressional caucus.

Not every white person in America is Anglo-Saxon, ignorant.

Also, from what I can gather, this caucus is supposed to promote the knowledge Anglo-Saxon culture and it's postives. Which if you didn't know, laid the foundation to this little thing called the United States of America, it's political structure, identity, lanugage and it's tolerance of other religions. Something more and more people should be educated about....

...I thought you leftists were fans of appropriation of other cultures, because I always hear the terms "muh melting pot" "muh american project" - oh wait I forgot... they're some type of whites, therefore we can't in anyway let this prosper.

They don't actually care about "Anglo-Saxon" contributions, it's a dogwhistle

[Woody]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

You understand why congressional caucuses exist, right? They address specific issues or groups that have interests that need to be addressed. There are many issues impacting Black Americans and there are many issues impacting Asians and Pacific Islanders - issues that impact them because of racism in this country. Whites do not experience systemic racism and therefor do not need a congressional caucus.

Not every white person in America is Anglo-Saxon, ignorant.

Also, from what I can gather, this caucus is supposed to promote the knowledge Anglo-Saxon culture and it's postives. Which if you didn't know, laid the foundation to this little thing called the United States of America, it's political structure, identity, lanugage and it's tolerance of other religions. Something more and more people should be educated about....

...I thought you leftists were fans of appropriation of other cultures, because I always hear the terms "muh melting pot" "muh american project" - oh wait I forgot... they're some type of whites, therefore we can't in anyway let this prosper.

They don't actually care about "Anglo-Saxon" contributions, it's a dogwhistle

Explain how. Ever thought that maybe it's a counterreaction to the left's revisionism on history, and the cancellation & censorship of important historical figures?

[Brittain33]

Notice how you didn't answer the question.

True, it’s because I don’t take you seriously as a poster. Please don’t take offense, that’s just how it is. If you haven’t worked out yet why racial dynamics aren’t symmetrical and minority rights aren’t the same as pandering to white racism, I don’t care.

[Woody]

Notice how you didn't answer the question.

True, it’s because I don’t take you seriously as a poster. Please don’t take offense, that’s just how it is. If you haven’t worked out yet why racial dynamics aren’t symmetrical and minority rights aren’t the same as pandering to white racism, I don’t care.

...yeah, it's so obvious that you can't even bother explaining it, just throw out some words like "dogwhistle" "racism" (typical bingo words from the red posters here) and call it a day.

[Red Velvet]

Imagine being so proud of **checks it** “Anglo-Saxon” genetics lmaooooo

What does that even mean? British racial supremacy? And what are these “British” values that only Canada, US, UK, Australia and New Zealand are supposed to share? Why so attached to your colonizer when you’re independent country, not a colony?

It’s an identity trauma most American countries with white majority population have to eventually go through, accept that despite how “privileged” they see themselves, the land never really belonged to them. They are not Europeans, they are Americans. Accept what “American” means in all its historical background.

And while it’s not the new generations fault as descendants for the genocide that happened in colonial times, it’s their responsibility to push for full independence from racist structures created in the past and push for multiculturalism. Because in the end that’s what the continent is about, a place of invasion where multiple people clashed and chose (or didn’t, in the case of some) to live together.

It makes no sense to see such European nationalism in America so many years after independence. It’s like these people still see themselves as British, Spanish or Portuguese invaders living in a conquered foreign land.

Real nationalists who are proud of their land would kick these people’s butt all the way to Europe. Only these such narratives can at least make some minimal sense. In reality, these people are the ones who hate their countries.

[Woody]

Imagine being so proud of **checks it** “Anglo-Saxon” genetics lmaooooo

What does that even mean? British racial supremacy? And what are these “British” values that only Canada, US, UK, Australia and New Zealand are supposed to share? Why so attached to your colonizer when you’re independent country, not a colony?

It’s an identity trauma most American countries with white majority population have to eventually go through, accept that despite how “privileged” they see themselves, the land never really belonged to them. They are not Europeans, they are Americans. Accept what “American” means in all its historical background.

And while it’s not the new generations fault as descendants for the genocide that happened in colonial times, it’s their responsibility to push for full independence from racist structures created in the past and push for multiculturalism. Because in the end that’s what the continent is about, a place of invasion where multiple people clashed and chose (or didn’t, in the case of some) to live together.

It makes no sense to see such European nationalism in America so many years after independence. It’s like these people still see themselves as British, Spanish or Portuguese invaders living in a conquered foreign land.

Real nationalists who are proud of their land would kick these people’s butt all the way to Europe. Only these such narratives can at least make some minimal sense. In reality, these people are the ones who hate their countries.

In case you didn't pay any attention after writing that wall of text, you'd realize that no one is calling for "British racial supremacy", nor anything about superior gentics, and nothing about installing or preserving structures meant to oppress minorities..

It's about reminding people about how the entity known as the United States of America came to be, and where it's insitutions came from. It's about celebrating the positives about the ancestry of certain individuals living in the country, like many other ethnicities and people, who rightfully should have the chance to celebrate where they came from and who they are... and you know what's even more amazing? No one in this newsstory is claiming that Anglos or their culture is superior to others, only that it should be promoted more.

[Alben Barkley]

Back in the day they used to just call this the Ku Klux Klan.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

.... do I really have to explain what privilege and racism is to you?

Yes, please do.

You understand why congressional caucuses exist, right? They address specific issues or groups that have interests that need to be addressed. There are many issues impacting Black Americans and there are many issues impacting Asians and Pacific Islanders - issues that impact them because of racism in this country. Whites do not experience systemic racism and therefor do not need a congressional caucus.

Not every white person in America is Anglo-Saxon, ignorant.

Also, from what I can gather, this caucus is supposed to promote the knowledge Anglo-Saxon culture and it's postives. Which if you didn't know, laid the foundation to this little thing called the United States of America, it's political structure, identity, lanugage and it's tolerance of other religions. Something more and more people should be educated about....

...I thought you leftists were fans of appropriation of other cultures, because I always hear the terms "muh melting pot" "muh american project" - oh wait I forgot... they're some type of whites, therefore we can't in anyway let this prosper.

They don't actually care about "Anglo-Saxon" contributions, it's a dogwhistle

Explain how. Ever thought that maybe it's a counterreaction to the left's revisionism on history, and the cancellation & censorship of important historical figures?

Well to start off with two of the founding four are not Anglo-Saxon in heritage, but also the “Anglo-Saxon political heritage” excludes the Constitution, The Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, Parliamentary Democracy, etc. Anglo-Saxon Poltical Heritage would just be a medieval monarchy. Anglo-Saxon is trying to say “white white” and purposefully exclude most Hispanics and possibly even Mediterranean and Eastern Europeans as it has historically, this is why “WASP” (white Anglo Saxon Protestant) exist, it was made to describe those in power and privilege as being “the most white”.

Also “Anglo-Saxon” is the least diverse way you can describe American heritage as American and even English has some level of multiculturalism/diversity built in. It’s the most “culturally pure”. Germans used similar tactics and ideas during WW2 where they drew a lot of their inspiration and identity from the “pure” Aryan before the Germans got “corrupted” by other cultures. Anyway you skin it it’s the same racist tropes that have been used since the 1800s

[pbrower2a]

How about the Irish-Americans, people ordinarily hard to identify except when they dye some river green on one day in March, who took over the roles of "Anglo-Saxons" in many cities in the middle-to-late 19th century? And how about the Jews who typically came to America speaking a language similar to "Saxon German" and have had a disproportionate share of political activity in America?

Let's not forget that with few exceptions (paradoxically Colin Powell and Barack Obama are in part legacies of British colonialism) African-Americans could be nothing other than Americans. The Mexican-American population in the southwestern quadrant of the USA has been there from the time in which the USA annexed a huge swath of land including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, El Paso, and San Antonio. Don't forget that the oldest city in America is Saint Augustine, Florida... a Spanish settlement still proud of its Spanish heritage. 

Stupidity may be a survival value in some thoroughly-rotten places in which to work, but when leadership exhibits such stupidity... we have a big problem.