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[[Image:WASPO-WCOA.png|150px|right|The WASPO logo]] | [[Image:WASPO-WCOA.png|150px|right|The WASPO logo]] | ||
| − | [[WASPO]] (an [[Wikipedia:acronym|acronym]] for "'''We Are Seriously Pissed Off'''") is an anti-illegal immigration group founded in [[2006]] by conservative [[WCOA]] talk show host [[Luke McCoy]]. According to McCoy, the group arose from frustrations over the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States who "seem to be destroying what I have always known as America."<ref> | + | [[WASPO]] (an [[Wikipedia:acronym|acronym]] for "'''We Are Seriously Pissed Off'''") is an anti-illegal immigration group founded in [[2006]] by conservative [[WCOA]] talk show host [[Luke McCoy]]. According to McCoy, the group arose from frustrations over the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States who "seem to be destroying what I have always known as America."<ref>'WASPO' is buzzword for local opponents of illegal immigration - [[Pensacola News Journal]], June 4, 2006</ref> |
[[Image:McCoyWASPOshirt.jpg|thumb|right|160px|McCoy at a WASPO "swarm" with a shirt that reads "SPEAK ENGLISH DAMMIT!"]] | [[Image:McCoyWASPOshirt.jpg|thumb|right|160px|McCoy at a WASPO "swarm" with a shirt that reads "SPEAK ENGLISH DAMMIT!"]] | ||
McCoy intends for WASPO to grow nationwide and invites members of other communities to form their own chapter, called a "nest." Similarly, the group's meetings are called "swarms." The number of nests and other membership information is unknown. | McCoy intends for WASPO to grow nationwide and invites members of other communities to form their own chapter, called a "nest." Similarly, the group's meetings are called "swarms." The number of nests and other membership information is unknown. | ||
| − | The similarity of the organization's name to the acronym "WASP" ([[Wikipedia:White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]]) has drawn accusations of a | + | The similarity of the organization's name to the acronym "WASP" ([[Wikipedia:White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]]) has drawn accusations of a racist or [[Wikipedia:Nativism|nativist]] agenda and attracted the attention of various watchdog groups.<ref>[http://www.buildingdemocracy.org/Anti-immigrant_groups/Anti-immigrant_groups/WASPO_%28We_Are_So_Pissed_Off%29_20060911881/ BuildingDemocracy.com]</ref>. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 26 November 2007
WASPO (an acronym for "We Are Seriously Pissed Off") is an anti-illegal immigration group founded in 2006 by conservative WCOA talk show host Luke McCoy. According to McCoy, the group arose from frustrations over the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States who "seem to be destroying what I have always known as America."[1]
McCoy intends for WASPO to grow nationwide and invites members of other communities to form their own chapter, called a "nest." Similarly, the group's meetings are called "swarms." The number of nests and other membership information is unknown.
The similarity of the organization's name to the acronym "WASP" (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) has drawn accusations of a racist or nativist agenda and attracted the attention of various watchdog groups.[2].
External links
References
- ↑ 'WASPO' is buzzword for local opponents of illegal immigration - Pensacola News Journal, June 4, 2006
- ↑ BuildingDemocracy.com
