Changes

[[Image:WASPO-WCOA.jpgpng|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>[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060602/NEWS01/606020327/1036 "'WASPO' is buzzword for local opponents of illegal immigration] - [[." ''Pensacola News Journal]]'', June 4, 2006.</ref> The group also has been widely derided as a hate groupgenerally conservative stance towards [[Wikipedia:LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]] and other issues. [[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, and the namegroup's meetings are called "swarms." 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 thinly-veiled white supremacist racist or [[Wikipedia:Nativism|nativist]] agendaand attracted the attention of various watchdog groups. The group originally had a website, <ref>[http://www.waspobuildingdemocracy.org/Anti-immigrant_groups/Anti-immigrant_groups/WASPO_%28We_Are_So_Pissed_Off%29_20060911881/ BuildingDemocracy.com]</ref>.us, but  In October 2008 McCoy announced he was holding a final "swarm" leading up to the [[as of March 2007Wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]], the site is defunctafter which he would discontinue his involvement in WASPO. From its inception, McCoy intended the organization to expand nationwide, with individual chapters called "nests,"<ref>As heard on [[Pensacola Speaks]]</ref> ==External links==*[http://www.waspo.us/ www.waspo.us] - Official site (currently defunct)*[http://www.cafepress.com/waspo CafePress.com merchandise page]</ref> but its current membership is unknown.

<references/> {{stubreflist}}

[[Category:Activist organizations]] [[Category:Immigration issues]]