Thank God!

I'd voted for the mainstream (i.e. not the anti-immigrant) slate, and got my friends who were into the club to do so, but didn't know how it turned out.

As I explained to others, regardless of how they felt about immigration, the Sierra Club is the wrong organization to pursue those goals. It would tar the environmental movement with a racist brush, making it harder to form coalitions and achieve goals far more important than anything to do with immigration.

the fact that this was even an issue reflects badly on the sierra club.

what this means is that anti-immigrant sentiment is much higher in the sierra club than almost any other significant policy group including the republican party.

if the sierra club is to regain grace a major purge is in order.

2pik- "Regain grace"? What are you talking about? Sierra Club members decisively rejected anti-immigrant policies, where those anti-immigrant candidates received less than 10% of the votes cast. That vote is a testament to the progressivism of Sierra Club members who, in an atmosphere of anti-immigrant hysteria, have rejected prejudice.

"Purges" are for authoritarian states not open membership groups like the Sierra Club. The point of democracy is that you win through education and voting, not "purging."

2pic,

Unlike corporations and some other groups, The Sierra Club is a democratic organization. Anybody can collect a relatively small number of signatures in order to secure himself a place on the ballot. This is now the "antis" got on the ballot.

The Sierra Club also has an official nominating committee, which did not nominate any of the anti-immigrant people.

Saying that the presense of anti-immigration types on the ballot reflects badly on the Sierra Club is like saying that the presence of Lyndon LaRouche on the ballot reflects badly on the Democratic Party. They didn't put him there, but the rules are the rules.

2pik, his real name I'm sure (descended from the 2pik branch of the Hapsburgs), lives in an alternate universe where groups like the Sierra Club need purges and no@mail.com is a working email address.