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Even a broken clock

Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 11 months ago to Philosophy
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“There is no place here for the hyphenated American, and the sooner he returns to the country of his allegiance, the better.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Not a big fan of Teddy, but this statement I agree with. If you want to become a citizen of a nation, you have to leave everything else behind and become a citizen. If you want to become an American, leave the Mexican- or the African- or whatever other hyphenated nonsense behind. Americanism is for all - not for select groups.

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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Asian immigrants come to this country, and other than work ethic, largely blend in. They are the highest earning ethnic group (above Caucasians). They don't make a big deal out of being Asian (e.g. hyphenation). They don't bemoan some impressed status. They work, they earn, they succeed.

    I assert clear fact voids claims of bigotry and ethnic bias in the US. Rather it illustrates the folly and disaster of asserting pride where none has been earned and blaming others for ones lot in life, which is a widespread cultural mess we have created, and that disgusting manipulative O-scumbag nurtured and fed on like a bacteriological infection, rather than bringing us all together.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 11 months ago
    What I should have added is that Galt's Pledge takes from this very mentality: whatever you brought to the Gulch is fine, but here one rule remains primary: I will not put anyone else before myself.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years, 11 months ago
    TR said many great things, for a nationalistic progressive thug.

    I always use that broken clock analogy :)
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