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combat_mage_sc
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~I am a racist because I believe that the path to citizenship in my country has to be earned complete with the civic and social responsibilities that define the concepts of being a good American citizen. Concepts that include a respect for our borders, language and culture.
~I am a racist because I believe the long lines that my immigrant grandparents and relatives waited in as specified by the laws of the United States helped protect our country by documenting and screening all potential residents before they stepped foot on our soil.
~I am a racist because I believe that citizenship in the United States is reserved for those who want to assimilate into American society in an effort to become part of the melting pot that makes this country great.
~I am a racist because I believe that protecting our borders is an obligatory government function as opposed to an ignored thorn in the side of politicians who hope a new underclass will translate to political and personal power sometime in the future.
~I am a racist because I believe that our elected officials are Americans first, complete with the obligation to uphold their duty to represent American interests in every way, shape and form.
~I am a racist because I believe my American ancestors from all races and religions died in previous and current wars to protect the American way. Their service was not in vain and they gave the ultimate sacrifice to preserve those rights that our forefathers carved out in a uniquely American declaration.
~I am a racist because I believe that hastily crafted legislation that is done in the secret of the night and without debate is the antithesis of American democracy. The kind I'd expect from lesser governments that have little regard for the citizens of their nations.
~I am a racist because I believe that there are serious questions about the future economic impact this legislation will have on the already decrepit health care, social security and education infrastructures that politicians have failed to fix despite decades of promises by many of the very same people who failed to fix the immigration when given repeated chances to do so.
~I am a racist because I think that border enforcement should be a top priority that need not be made more complicated by sucking it into the issue of what to do with the people that are already here in this country illegally. They can be dealt with separately without affecting the other adversely.
~Finally, but neither last nor least, I am a racist because I think that stopping the flow of illegal aliens into this country is the single most important issue facing the nation other than the war on terror. Its impact on society is devastatingly dangerous from a security point of view and unsupportable from an economic one.
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Yep, you are.
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Didnt read any of that long list of crap but I just assumed it was part of you trolling persona after you decided to stop posting decent threads, not true?
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well I agree with you on most points except the first one. The US has no official language, and it does not have a culture, it is more a mix of many cultures. Only if you accept the fact that the only real culture to the US is the Native Americans, which is slowly dieing out can you say the US has its own culture.
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My ancestors didn't wait in line to get here, unless you count the 2 months it took them by sail in the 1600s.
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JD_HOGG posted:
My ancestors didn't wait in line to get here, unless you count the 2 months it took them by sail in the 1600s.
in that case, your ancestors weren't coming to America, so obviously not.
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hart_thorin posted:
well I agree with you on most points except the first one. The US has no official language, and it does not have a culture, it is more a mix of many cultures. Only if you accept the fact that the only real culture to the US is the Native Americans, which is slowly dieing out can you say the US has its own culture.
While we have no official language it should be pointed out everything is required to at least be in English for the gov. This includes OSHA and DOT and so on and so on.
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winga posted:
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Yes you are a racist, unfortunately none of the items on your list has anything to do with racism.
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America is supposed to be the land of freedom and opportunity, but conservatives seek to close it off every chance they get. The system of quotas, fees, and red tape we have now was expressly conceived to prevent poor brown/yellow people from coming here.
The America for Americans only ideal completely contradicts the true notion of the American dream. What made this country great was that we opened ourselves up to everyone. 100 years ago, we let millions of people immigrate through Ellis Island, and we only turned them ~2% of them because they were either sick or criminals. Immigration is the ultimate expression of the free market and the American dream, and conservatives have turned it into a twisted mess because of racism and fear.
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[quote=_Gimpzilla_] What made this country great was that we opened ourselves up to everyone. 100 years ago, we let millions of people immigrate through Ellis Island, and we only turned them ~2% of them because they were either sick or criminals.
and now costs are over inflated and we simply can't afford more.
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hart_thorin posted:
well I agree with you on most points except the first one. The US has no official language, and it does not have a culture, it is more a mix of many cultures. Only if you accept the fact that the only real culture to the US is the Native Americans, which is slowly dieing out can you say the US has its own culture.
What defines a culture? Unique cultural norms/shared views? Food? Music? I'd say all of those definitely exist in the US, especially on the east coast where people have been settled for a longer time. But that's not to say they don't exist out west, they just haven't had as long to mature. If you are arguing that there is no centralized culture to the US as a whole, I'd agree to an extent but I'd also say the entrepreneurial and capitalistic spirit that exists in America is pretty unique. And with a country as big as the US, it makes more sense to have regional cultures versus one national one anyways.
Yeh the regional cultures that exist in the US haven't had as long to settle as many places around the world, but to say they don't exist is rather ignorant IMO.
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Nailer2357 posted:
It's very easy to demand that others spend a large effort acquiring citizenship when you yourself were born into it.
No nation can survive being a welfare state and no nation is a place of unlimited resources. Nor can any nation survive indefinitely having no unifying cultural cohesion.
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Ah-Schoo
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Aerlinthian posted:
Nailer2357 posted:
It's very easy to demand that others spend a large effort acquiring citizenship when you yourself were born into it.
No nation can survive being a welfare state and no nation is a place of unlimited resources. Nor can any nation survive indefinitely having no unifying cultural cohesion.
Now address what Nailer said. Or is this random quote day?
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Crafted by a pro. I thought only liberals tried guilt tripping others?
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I miss the old days before I changed the rules and the moderators could edit people's messages and put in things like "I am an idiot".
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-RavofMT- posted:
"I am an idiot".
like that? :P
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RavofMT posted:
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"I am an idiot".
like that? :P
Ya that is about right.
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-Mithan- posted:
I miss the old days before I changed the rules and the moderators could edit people's messages and put in things like "I am an idiot".
If you change the rules cant you just change the rules back to whatever you want them to be?
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FYC has a huge penis
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