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Originally Posted by akv
America is a great melting pot of immigrants, a land of freedom and opportunity, yet have we forgotten the past errors of singling out fellow Americans in times of crisis because of their heritage or background, instead of their actions and character?
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America was this once....true. But no longer. Instead of a melting pot of cultures and ideals becoming that which made us uniquely "American", we have become a salad bowl of individual cultures existing within the same space. Each entity fighting for it's own identity within our borders. We are no longer striving to be "Americans" - we are Latin Americans, African Americans, Italian Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and any other "de-jour" cultural or ethnic title to be placed in front of what we USED to be....Americans.
Everyone wants their own month, week, leader recognition, poster, tax break, college fund, grant, statue, etc....the Statue of Liberty no longer good enough for all.
So too when it comes to jihadists and the Muslim community, only we (collectively) as now "Culturally Sensitive America" bend over backwards to ALLOW freedoms of those trying to DESTROY us. We abhor "profiling" of Arab looking men at Airports or on aircraft while they are speaking in their own language...but stop the 4 year old blonde haired, blue eyed, white kid going through security with his blue haired grandmother.
We are building a FRIGGING MOSQUE at the site of one of the worst attacks on US Soil EVER, and "we" are supposed to be OK with that. The NYPD will have to defend it, investigate threats against it, and people who lost loved ones at GZ will have to walk by that abomination of poor taste EVERY TIME they visit the place where their family member was killed. No doubt call to prayer will be broadcast 5 times daily.
Our government now lacks the will to do the EASY right, for fear of hurting the feelings of others. Whether it be from Islamic Extremists, or from illegal immigrants. Oddly enough, the same person can indeed be both.
Penn said it best...it is a victory monument. And it, as well as the cowards who have allowed it to come to fruition, absolutely disgust me.
Eagle