Talk:Peter Brimelow

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[edit] Citizenship controversy

Brimelow emigrated from Britain to Canada and spent his later years in the U.S. His wife remained a Canadian citizen until her death. Because of his militant views on the ethnic composition of U.S. citizenry it becomes relevant to include any details about whether he ever adopted U.S. citizenship and if so when.

[edit] Alien Nation

  • Brimelow's books include the national best-seller Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster,...

Why are we calling this book a "best-seller"? Did it appear onthe NYT list? -Willmcw 21:52, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

It was printed in 95 by Random House and reprinted in 96 by HarperCollins with "national bestseller" on the cover along with a NYT quote calling it "the benchmark case against immigration."[1] This Houston Chronicle article refers to it as a best seller, as does this article published in the La Raza Law Journal.--Nectar T 23:03, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. -Willmcw 10:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

What is the correct pronunciation of his name: Brim-e-low or brime-low? Bastie 22:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

It has three syllables and sounds like "brim-uh-low".

[edit] SPLC's views

Why is it that a group, the Southern Poverty Law Center here, is the final arbiter of what is or is not a "hate site". "Civil rights" groups of this ilk function by searching for and finding enemies for the left; hence, I am suspicious when I read something as flimsy as their "report" on Mr. Brimelow. VDARE.org certainly challenges "politically correct" perceptions but I haven't read anything that would qualify it as a "hate site". From where I stand, most of the hate speech comes from the left directed at any who dare to challenge their views - now there's true hate speech. And you can find it on any campus today. When it's your job to find something (enemies in this case), you usually oblige. -March 13, 2007

I agree. I think this designation by the SPLC, a highly controversial organization in its own right, should be removed from the introduction at the very least. Perhaps a section should be added discussing VDare.com in further detail along with the SPLC's views of VDare and VDare's response to the SPLC. Or, perhaps more appropriately, the entire discussion needs to be moved to the VDare Wikipedia article. I'm going to remove the SPLC reference for now and simply replace it with language indicating Brimelow's VDare is "controversial." 24.113.82.222 07:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

There's things on VDARE to connect at least some of its writers to a racist mindset; also please do not shake it off as rebellion against "PC"; thats far too often used as a way to ignore the natural anger of the people against something racist and just brush it off. And the left doesn't have hate speech, it has disagreement with what it finds wrong or stupid (should it find anything stupid), and that is political discussion and anger, not hate speech.

I think there's a fair section for expanded critique of Brimelow.--66.66.212.182 (talk) 00:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jews as non-white "controversy"

Um, duh, Jews aren't white. I'm a Jew. I should know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.149.167 (talk) 01:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)