Less than 10 days ago, I met with Michelle Dallacroce of
Mothers Against Illegal Aliens. She was hopping mad that
MADD had sent her a letter ordering her to stop using the
words “mothers against” for her organization. MADD had
sniffed that they “cannot permit the term "Mothers Against"
to be used in such a manner since it creates a likelihood of
confusion to the public as to any affiliation with Mothers Against
Drunk Driving.”
For years, I and others have wondered why MADD didn’t
get on the illegal alien community (mostly Hispanic,
particularly in the Southwest), and do something targeting
them to promote sober driving. Prior to this conflict with
a much smaller organization, MADD had statistics on their
own website showing that in Hispanic countries, men start
drinking as early as 12 years of age!
Michelle and I sat together while she showed me page after
page of MADD’s website with specifics on the incidence
of drunk driving for minority groups, broken down by race.
She also showed me the names of their new board members,
all of whom had Hispanic surnames. “I think she’s really
got them!” I remember thinking with glee.
I went home and viewed a number of MADD web pages
which specifically spoke to minorities and attempted to
persuade them to stop drunken driving. What was interest-
ing was that, in classic liberal fashion, THEY DIDN’T
BLAME THE DRUNK DRIVERS! Instead they lumped
both drivers and pedestrian/passenger fatalities together
into one group: “VICTIMS!” Apparently, MADD seems
to think we shouldn’t BLAME the drunk drivers, but that
we should pity them as “victims.” This is a continuation
of the Alcoholics Anonymous disease theory of alcoholism
which claims that alcoholics are powerless to stop the
progress of the “disease,” as if it were some kind of
contagious virus they had contracted. Yet the same
hand that can consciously pick up a martini or a glass
of wine can put the keys into the ignition of a car,
start it, and drive away.
MAIA issued a press release about the conflict,
citing MADD’s own “diversity” pages as proof
that they knew about the problems of illegal alien
drivers. Yesterday, I looked at the MADD website,
and it had been completely redesigned, with no
minority drunk driver information! Coincidence?
You decide.
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