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I think I may need to define my terms: a country is a geographic place, a nation is a group of people who think they form a unit. This is why we use the word nation in the pledge of allegiance.
Being part of the American nation means adopting the culture, the core values which make us unique. You don't have to like baseball or apple pie. The language is very important because it lets you get at the writings and thoughts of our founders but is still not essential. To me the most necessary part is really believing that magical phrase from the Declaration of Independence,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Believing this tells me why I deserve the freedom to own and carry a gun. It also tells me why I must support the fight against tyrants of any size, wherever in the world they may be. It also lets me flip a finger at a snooty European aristocrat or a Chinese racist, yet reminds me to respect the African bushman or middle-eastern goat herder. It is a big idea. Once you get it then I'll call you an American, even if I have to do it in Swahili.
This is where 'multiculturalism' has to stop. Food, music, festivals, no problem but do
NOT tell me I have to respect some inferior, foreign concept of what it means to be a human being.
BTW, ever stop to think that most of your ancestors would be 'illegals' under today's laws? Seal the borders, ID the people who cross, but don't forget history.
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28 Aug., bought
more ammo for the gun I bought a couple of days ago
C.