The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Classic-Xer]

(01-13-2020, 12:43 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Classic X'er fails to recognizes that there are many ways in which to be an American. As an example, America has Latino communities that existed long before the American Revolution. Those are as American as some WASP community settled by the Puritans that subsequent waves of immigrants somehow missed. Never mind that those communities have expanded due to natural growth and immigration. Many communities in New England have at most small contingents of "early New England" stock now have populations of  Irish, French-Canadian, Portuguese, or Italian stock. So "Rodrigues" became "Rogers", "Pereira" became "Perry"; "Racine" got translated into "Root", or "Jankowiak" became "Johnson". So what?

We are culturally richer because of our immigrants. How do you know that any one of the kids at a birthday party at which a pinata appears is Hispanic? Need one be Italian to appreciate pizza or Puccini?

You don't think that I'm completely aware that my ancestors were American immigrants at one time. OK. We have an issue with illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants who liberals view as your equals and therefore entitled to receive equal benefits as poor old you and other equally poor Americans these days. I don't know what the impact of adding 22 million illegal immigrants plus how ever many more make their way in is going to have on existing federal programs like medicare and medicaid or state funded programs but I'm sure its not going to be good for those who are reliant on them. Like I said, I don't really care if you guys continue digging your own graves as America goes about its business.

I'm also aware that are Mexican Americans who don't speak Spanish who had parents and grand parents who didn't speak Spanish who immigrated to Minnesota from Texas about forty years ago. How am I aware that? I went to high school with some of them and I've met others just like them since high school. I must say that ones that I know don't seem to take their skin tone or ethnic heritage into account like the liberals still seem to do these days.