Comment by slg
1 day ago
That "19th century ethnic activist" was born in the US after her family emigrated here more than a century prior fleeing the Inquisition. Her activism was aiding refugees entering New York as they fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe. My ancestors entered this country in the 19th century though that "golden door" as "poor huddled masses" fleeing those same pogroms. I admire that "ethnic activist" not locking the door behind her just because her ancestors happened to make the journey in a prior generation and therefore I echo that mindset. For me, being anti-immigration would be like spitting on all their graves.
This country was built on the backs of immigrants and slaves which instills in me the belief that even more central than freedom, there is no ideal more core to the United States as a nation than immigration.
Right, so don't answer any of the questions and just get on your soapbox about how persecuted your special interest group is. What a shocker the rest of the country is growing tired of your antics.
You blow an impressive dog whistle.
This isn't substantive.
The rest of the country is also made of immigrants, if not their generation than one past. That includes white people, and that includes me, a white man.
Know your place as an American. This has always been a country made up of immigrants, a melting pot. To suggest otherwise is anti-American. Anti-americans like yourself feel welcome because of who is in the white house, but make no mistake: you do not belong here with those beliefs.
There are many, many countries which aspire to a boring white hegemony. Go there, be happy, leave the Americans alone.
It's not helpful to tell citizens to "know their place" and leave their country and claim that people of a given race are boring and call people who love America "anti-American".
On HN of all places.
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