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Exactly. Anybody complaining that the Amish speak their own language and do not culturally assimilate even after a couple of centuries they've been here? No. Nobody sane at least.
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter
As long as you come here, get a job and pay taxes...I don't give a damn whether you assimilate or not
That's none of my business.
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Exactly. Anybody complaining that the Amish speak their own language and do not culturally assimilate even after a couple of centuries they've been here? No. Nobody sane at leat.
The Washington Post? Hispanics are not assimilating like the earlier immigrants because our government has created an atmosphere so they don't have to. They by far have the largest quotas for legal immigration and family reunifications and are by far the largest group here illegally. That results in colonization not assimilation. They may learn English but a good majority don't want to speak it unless they have to. They are being pandered to by businesses and government in Spanish and that's just the tip of the iceberg. What happened to diversity?
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Originally Posted by Oldglory
Wrong. We formed our own culture from the melting pot of these different cultures and adopted English as our national de facto language. We have an identifying culture with minority cultures living among us. That does not make us multi-cultural per se.
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Originally Posted by KUchief25
Well multiculturalism is a big fat failure in Europe. Too bad liberals in the US can't learn from others mistakes. They just ho hum along thinking oh it's not multiculturalism they just didn't do it right so...............we will drive on here in the US and join the big fat fail club. Then of course blame everybody else for the failure.
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Originally Posted by pnwmdk
You are entirely wrong.
Yes, they had ethnicities and religious differences. They, however, shared the COMMON AMERICAN CULTURE, which was one of industriousness, work ethic, self reliance, a belief in individual freedom.
Those people who came here did NOT come here to get handouts. They came to work, and work they did. Very, VERY hard, because such opportunites to work did not exist where they came from. And they fully understood that it was the things they valued in common that made it possible.
They were farmers, steel mill workers, miners, loggers, dairymen and 10,000 other things, all of which were about WORK. They did not come here to force others to learn their language, or to get entitled education or food or housing. They came, not with wealth, but with a willingness to risk work for a reward. The belief in risk and reward, and that your reward would not be taken from you is what they all had in common.
And I know this, because my family came here for those exact reasons. And they shared those with others unlike them - and THAT is what made it work. THAT is what you and all liberals today decry with a fanaticism that scares any rational person.
None of you know what the hell you're talking about...you're spouting revisionist b.s. about European immigrants and immigration.
European immigrants held FIERCELY to their languages and customs.
For example, the apex of German immigration was around 1870...they'd poured into this country by the millions over a century.
So then why in 1914, at the dawn of WW1, were there 700 German language newspapers in circulation in this country...over 45 years AFTER the apex of German immigration?
So please...chill with the flowery lies and embellishments about European immigrants.
As long as you come here, get a job and pay taxes...I don't give a damn whether you assimilate or not
That's none of my business.
Curious question: are you ok with self segregation? The most segregated school systems in the country are in deeply blue states and I find that unacceptable since these states thrive on diversity.
Isn't that what being a liberal is all about? Everything that stands for tradition is bad and anything that is different and shocks and disgusts average people must be good?
I really wish these liberals would forgive us for choosing them last on sports teams and not asking them out on dates. These angry, bitter people are really a bummer.
Curious question: are you ok with self segregation? The most segregated school systems in the country are in deeply blue states and I find that unacceptable since these states thrive on diversity.
What kind of freedom loving American would be against the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit?
The kind of freedom loving American who wants to keep that freedom, because it was the American culture that created and nurtured freedom. It's common sense. When you encourage someone to move to your nation without assimilating and then give them the right to vote, they aren't going to place any value in the constitution when they vote. You can see this already in Europe where they welcomed Muslim immigration with all the same moron leftist "tolerance" that you liberals espouse here. The result was the Muslims importing Sharia law with them instead of following the existing laws of the country they live in. Multiple heads of state in Europe have declared multiculturalism a failure and dangerous.
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Hispanics are not assimilating like the earlier immigrants because our government has created an atmosphere so they don't have to. They by far have the largest quotas for legal immigration and family reunifications and are by far the largest group here illegally. That results in colonization not assimilation. They may learn English but a good majority don't want to speak it unless they have to. They are being pandered to by businesses and government in Spanish and that's just the tip of the iceberg. What happened to diversity?
