Jim,
There is an image of those that fought to maintain segregation in the 50's and
60's and it's not a laudable one. To most Americans, those that fought
integration and Brown v. Board of Education represented a segment of society
that was white, ignorant, uneducated, insensitive and above all –
single-minded. Rednecks or not, they brought a sense of shame to most Americans
and now to almost all Americans. It is not too difficult to understand that it
does not make people feel comfortable associating themselves with those thought
of as bigoted.
Rightly or wrongly, Jim, you and your brother are thought of as being in the
mold of the old segregationists. Utilizing your programing privileges on AFTV
by giving credibility to the former head of the Ku Klux Klan, is just one
example of what I am referring to. That's not to say that you are insincere in
your beliefs – only that your single-mindedness of purpose seems to be based
upon biases and prejudices appropriately thought of as a crusade against what
you refer to as "illegals." For many of us, your "illegals" are the new
“niggers." Biases and prejudices change over time, but what hasn’t changed is
that very few people wish to be associated with a person that makes them feel
uncomfortable, such as when you assert, "Even the Brazilians have their shows
shown on Govt access and most of them aren't even legal citizens of the town."
You profess to be unaware why people reject your help. In the words of Jonathan
Swift, "There is none so blind as they that won’t see." So, Jim, the solution
to your problem lies with you, not others. Is it really so difficult to
understand? It's actually "pretty simple."