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[[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' is buzzword for local opponents of illegal immigration - [[." ''Pensacola News Journal]]'', June 4, 2006.</ref>The group also has a generally 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, 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 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>.
In October 2008 McCoy announced he was holding a final "swarm" leading up to the [[Wikipedia:United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]], after which he would discontinue his involvement in WASPO.<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 merchandise page]
==References==
[[Category:Activist organizations]] [[Category:Immigration issues]]
