Why?

[forsyth]

Why is it many of the same people who are the loudest in proclaiming the USA the Greatest and Strongest Country EVAR are also often the same people loudly proclaiming OHNOES! IMMIGRANTS ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR CULTURE!

Dude. If we're a strong country and culture, we shouldn't have to worry about immigrants who want to come here destroying our culture. So which is it? Is our culture Great, or is it going to be wrecked by immigrants? Or is our greatness a really shallow and fragile and non-confident kind? 'Cause that's not really Great.

I never fail to be amazed by people's abilities to believe two contradictory things at the same time. Myself included.

Comments

[frustratedpilot]

I know I'd be the first man burned at the stake if there ever is an American Cultural Revolution. But let me give you an example as to why it won't happen...

Let's say that there is a movement to ban non-American sports. We limit sports in this Nation to the ones invented here: Baseball, American rules Football, Basketball, Lacrosse, Pro Wrestling, Auto Racing and a few others. Soccer would be banned. So would Tennis.

Golf would take it on the chin. We'd deport Tiger Woods back to Malaysia, and beat all the other golfers to death with their own clubs.

Our President plays golf.

No point in defending our "culture". It isn't worth defending.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Hasn't one of the strengths of America historically been its immigrants?

[kalifla.livejournal.com]

I disagree that our culture isn't worth defending.

But we're all immigrants from some point or another. And immigrants and the cultures they brought with are what makes ours so cool.

(I do think they should haveta go through the legal process set up now. You can't just sneak in and get the benefits without doing all the crap that goes with it.)

But other people from other countries is what makes our culture worth saving.