Friday, August 15, 2014

“Respect Are Country!”




Yup, you’re right, the first part of that admonition isn’t grammatically correct, even if it seems that ideally it should be politically correct….

Turns out that not everyone who hates immigrants can claim to have what he claims immigrants should have, e.g. a command of our English language.

Nativist prejudice is never pretty….and sometimes the spectator has to work hard to get the smug grin off his or her face.

And by the way, let’s just call it what it is: millions of immigrants do work that native-born Americans won’t do—if you like to eat lettuce, you know what I’m talking about.

So let’s create a sensible path to citizenship for immigrants who aren’t criminals, and let’s make them full members of our society, and let them pay all their taxes, and decently treat them like human beings….

Let’s honor the spirit of America as the great melting pot.






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