by Jim » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:25 am
The reason the emphasis/obsession regarding the marvels of diversity and multiculturalism haven’t damned this country, given its history of taking in all the tired, poor, weary people yearning to be free, is simply that the immigrants of all eras were willing to be Americanized. They retained their customs and religion but made it clear to their children that they were no longer in the “old country.” Both they and their children (for the parents to greater and lesser extents) learned the language and made themselves capable of functioning in the society. The liberal foolishness in constantly demanding that people not change but be “accepted,” thus “enriching” the society has resulted in perpetually emphasizing how people are different, not how they’re alike. This is the liberal paradise characterized by class warfare and a direct rejection of e pluribus unum in favor of e pluribus calamitas. Muslims, ignorantly driven by Islamic fanaticism, even if they learn the language, intend never to be Americanized. Rather than change, they intend others to change to accommodate their weirdness. Collectively, they’re dangerous and the Europeans have discovered this. We are also learning this.