The second in a series of me taking down the overly-serious one by one. Today, my point of rage is a group of people who really just make no sense to me in the modern world. On with the show:
Xenophobia in America:
Unless you're a Native American or Mexican (which is also a native American) you have no right to ever complain about foreigners in your country. They can because we took it from them, and any opposition to that is based on gross negligence of history and well-proven facts. We took land that didn't belong to us, and now we want to get uppity when somebody is just trying to establish a new life here? That does not compute.
This nation was founded by people who were religiously persecuted, enslaved, the poor, wretched refuse and citizens trying to escape something back in their home country, be it a troubled past or a vicious dictator. In all reality, a lot of immigrants would not have come here if the old world wasn't so fucked up, but it was, so here we are. Learn to deal with it.
And why are you so pissed about them coming here? They took your job? Oh, big fucking deal. You're expensive and the Mexican guy is willing to work for half of what you do without so much as a sneer. Also, if you're that worried about losing your job, here's a hint which will help: Work better. Work longer hours, work more efficiently or whatever it takes. I don't care. If you were really that concerned, you'd stop blaming other people because you're not as motivated as an immigrant.
Where would we be without immigrants by the way? Did you think of that. Let's kick 'em all out and see what happens. Are you a big beer drinker? Well, my good American chum, I hope you aren't drinking Bud, Coors or Miller, because those were created by German Americans.
What about music? Are you a fan of rock and roll? Well, jazz was one of the driving forces behind rock, which itself developed from music that slaves brought from Africa. African Americans were brought here from another country, making them toasters. Oh wait, no, it makes them immigrants. Whether they were forced here or not, they're another very important ingredient in this crazy melting pot.
Speaking of a pot, what about some grub? How about some American classics? Darn... we're running low. Hot dogs and hamburgers are from German cuisine (pesky Germans again), french fries are from Belgium, pizza is Italian (duh), barbecue is Caribbean in origin and fried chicken... well, we don't know where it's from originally, but it certainly isn't here.
Immigrants are an important part of our culture and really, without them there would be no 'our culture.' American culture is a pressure cooker built around years of terrible reactions to immigrants and if you think it's worked, you can ask the Jewish, Italian and really any other sizable population of people who came to this country. They were all harassed and it just made them tougher, so you're just wasting your breath at this point. If you're objecting to immigrants now, that just shows that you're a racist and you want to control the flow now that it isn't benefitting you. It was great when your ancestors came over, but now you just want to lock the gates because 'those' immigrants are inferior to your ancestors. So, as I said at the start, and I believe this entirely, if your people haven't lived here since before 1492, shut the fuck up.
Xenophobia in America:
Unless you're a Native American or Mexican (which is also a native American) you have no right to ever complain about foreigners in your country. They can because we took it from them, and any opposition to that is based on gross negligence of history and well-proven facts. We took land that didn't belong to us, and now we want to get uppity when somebody is just trying to establish a new life here? That does not compute.
This nation was founded by people who were religiously persecuted, enslaved, the poor, wretched refuse and citizens trying to escape something back in their home country, be it a troubled past or a vicious dictator. In all reality, a lot of immigrants would not have come here if the old world wasn't so fucked up, but it was, so here we are. Learn to deal with it.
And why are you so pissed about them coming here? They took your job? Oh, big fucking deal. You're expensive and the Mexican guy is willing to work for half of what you do without so much as a sneer. Also, if you're that worried about losing your job, here's a hint which will help: Work better. Work longer hours, work more efficiently or whatever it takes. I don't care. If you were really that concerned, you'd stop blaming other people because you're not as motivated as an immigrant.
Where would we be without immigrants by the way? Did you think of that. Let's kick 'em all out and see what happens. Are you a big beer drinker? Well, my good American chum, I hope you aren't drinking Bud, Coors or Miller, because those were created by German Americans.
What about music? Are you a fan of rock and roll? Well, jazz was one of the driving forces behind rock, which itself developed from music that slaves brought from Africa. African Americans were brought here from another country, making them toasters. Oh wait, no, it makes them immigrants. Whether they were forced here or not, they're another very important ingredient in this crazy melting pot.
Speaking of a pot, what about some grub? How about some American classics? Darn... we're running low. Hot dogs and hamburgers are from German cuisine (pesky Germans again), french fries are from Belgium, pizza is Italian (duh), barbecue is Caribbean in origin and fried chicken... well, we don't know where it's from originally, but it certainly isn't here.
Immigrants are an important part of our culture and really, without them there would be no 'our culture.' American culture is a pressure cooker built around years of terrible reactions to immigrants and if you think it's worked, you can ask the Jewish, Italian and really any other sizable population of people who came to this country. They were all harassed and it just made them tougher, so you're just wasting your breath at this point. If you're objecting to immigrants now, that just shows that you're a racist and you want to control the flow now that it isn't benefitting you. It was great when your ancestors came over, but now you just want to lock the gates because 'those' immigrants are inferior to your ancestors. So, as I said at the start, and I believe this entirely, if your people haven't lived here since before 1492, shut the fuck up.
Andrew Gutin
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