06-29-2020, 04:22 PM
There are many ways in which to be an American. Color, creed, physiognomy, and partisan identity are not part of it.Having immigrant parents makes one no less American than having immigrants who first appeared in America in colonial times. Having ancestors who arrived from a ship only to be sold to the highest bidder makes one no less American than having ancestors who trafficked in those slaves or owned them on the plantations. Having ancestors who fled pogroms in Russia makes one no less American than having ancestors who fled the Irish potato famine. Being on the side of labor or management in a labor-management dispute makes one no less American because one side is less "American " than another. Being a conscientious objector or a war hero makes neither more or less American than the other.
Classic X'er, you do not understand what it means to be an American. Your view is just too narrow.
Classic X'er, you do not understand what it means to be an American. Your view is just too narrow.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.