Why won't they just assimilate?
With Moslems and Mexicans on the march from Maine to Monterey, this should be obvious. Yet, the gravity of this situation still eludes many, sedated as they are with bread and circuses. So let’s discuss assimilation.
Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on American terra firma. Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign elements must have a desire to assimilate or the host nation must place pressure on them to do so. Unfortunately, neither is the case today because both immigrants and native-born Americans are far different than they once were.
I’ve pointed out that a nation allows its stabilizing majority to disappear at its own peril (unprecedented Third World immigration has reduced America’s European-heritage population from almost 90 percent to about 66 percent in just a little more than four decades). But a critic could rightly mention that white Americans weren’t always viewed so monolithically. When our nation saw a huge influx of Irish, Italian and German immigrants, there was often great group conflict; ethnic slurs passed lips and fights were not uncommon (amazing how they negotiated this period without “hate crime” laws, huh?). Yet, there was a difference.
Immigrants: Today vs. Yesteryear
The M&M invasion (Moslems and Mexicans) is distinguished from previous immigrant waves by a feeling of entitlement. A Zogby poll found that 58 percent of Mexicans believe California and the Southwest rightly belong to them. Although this belief is bred by a tendentious view of history, it doesn’t change the end result. It has spawned groups such as Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), which advocates conquering the Southwest in the name of Mexico. More significantly, it causes many average Mexicans to have no compunction about imposing their culture and language on the country that has so generously given them succor.
Where Mexicans exhibit ethnic patriotism, Moslems manifest religious chauvinism. Far too many pious Moslems believe they have been enjoined to impose their faith on others by any means necessary; this is why they will unabashedly demand concessions, such as their own dormitories at colleges and an Arabic public school in New York City. It’s also why they have fought for the right to use sharia law to settle civil disputes in Canada.
This lies in stark contrast to the behavior of yesterday’s immigrants. Like anyone else, they certainly felt comfortable in the bosom of their own subculture; yet, they knew they were in another’s land and never viewed accommodation by their host nation as a birthright, and any ethnic patriotism harbored was often trumped by the dream of becoming American. Unfortunately, today’s immigrants’ dream is often our nightmare, one from which we could arise if only, if only, if only. . . .
Looking at the American in the Mirror
Walt Kelly wrote, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” The truth is that when assigning blame, our feet are where the majority must lie. There was a time when Americans, like most nationalities, took pride in their culture and defended it with manly fortitude. Today, though, after decades of imbuing the modern mind with the “Hey, hey, ho, ho, western culture’s gotta go!” mentality, this is no longer the case. Too many of us have imbibed the multiculturalist malt, with its evenhanded principle stating that others have a right to their cultures and we have a right to them, too. But this philosophical shift has been addressed before, so let’s discuss a nuts and bolts aspect of the problem.
Many of us understand how government actively thwarts assimilation by pandering to foreign elements. Our government will print official documents in other languages (the standard California driver’s license test is available in 32 of them) just so those without enough respect to learn our national tongue can collect our national treasure and cast votes for those who lavish it upon them. But this isn’t where governmental complicity in this problem ends.
Traditionally, Americans never relied on government to achieve most goals, and ensuring assimilation was no exception. Many years ago, for instance, if a person insisted on dressing like an advertisement for the Middle Ages, didn’t learn the language or sought to impose strange beliefs in the workplace, he would have been fired or not hired in the first place. What this means is that the Moslem clerks and cab drivers who, respectively, won’t ring up pork and won’t pick up passengers with alcohol or seeing-eye dogs would have either changed their ways or returned to where ways don’t change. This enforcement of tradition through individual initiative is what every non-western country does and makes sense. If you’re so enamored of your native ways, stay in your native land.
If you tried this today, though, you’d receive a treatment from the proctologist of government bureaucracies, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Yes, because freedom of association has been trumped by lawless judges, citizens have lost control over their businesses, rental properties and, in many cases, organizations. Privately owned and financed entities can no longer determine who receives paychecks, who will be served and who will be rented to, thus removing the social pressure to conform that the common man would naturally apply via the exercise of his values in his castle. Likewise, local school boards have been robbed of the right to set dress codes and behavior standards reflecting the surrounding community. What this means is now you can’t refuse to hire a cross-dressing Colombian from Cartagena on the basis that he is a cross-dressing Colombian from Cartagena. Ah, it sounds almost Jeffersonian . . . almost. We’ve now traded liberty for perversity.
America is being erased. The stabilizing majority that forged her unique culture is being eroded through the importation of culturally imperialistic forces by treasonous politicians. And traitors they are, and be not faint-hearted in saying so. After all, if this happened anywhere but in western nations, the lamentation over this cultural imperialism would be staggering. Just imagine if the majority population of Nigeria or Cambodia were rapidly being replaced with European one. The only question would be whether the nation they hailed from would be targeted by only stupid bureaucrats or also smart bombs.
It’s time for at least a ten-year moratorium on immigration. I know, I know, “What radicalism!” bellows the left. But since this is the set that extols the virtue of constant change, even telling us “truth” changes, it’s ironic. In the world of the leftist Utopian vision, immigration is the one constant in an ever-changing Universe.
Albert Einstein once said a definition of insanity is “. . . doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Given that we have a greatly diminished sense of national identity, Moslem terrorists blending into a multicultural mish-mash, Spanish supplanting English, and Mexican flags going up while American ones come down, should we really stay the course?
The M&M invasion sympathizers may call me names, but I’ll simply render a diagnosis: They’re insane. They have turned immigration into an institution. It’s time for it to be institutionalized.
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I've wondered why there isn't more of an effort from the powers-that-be to help educate immigrants (illegal or otherwise) about American culture and standards that we uphold.
It would seem that the huge influx of immigrants from Mexico has created whole communities here that are very similar to communities in Mexico. Instead of coming to America they are bringing Mexico here. Mexico pretty much sucks so this is not a good thing! Anyone who wants to argue that point clearly has not spent much time in Mexico.
Instead of encouraging Mexican immigrants to become Americans we make it easier for them to stay in the Mexico-mindset. Big businesses cater to Spanish-speakers more and more, with Spanish only advertising in stores/banks and on billboards; all packaging will have both Spanish and English within ten years - mark my words. This does nothing to encourage people to learn English. This is doing people a disservice by keeping them seperated. I will not hire anyone who doesn't know English and we're building a house right now in Southern California so you can imagine how hard that is! I will not frequent stores where I can't speak in the official language of this country and be understood. This rules out a LOT of places in my community.
My in-laws are immigrants and when their families came here it was a matter of pride that they learn English and become AMERICAN. I just don't see that kind of attitude as being very popular any more.
America is a melting pot. It's our different cultural backgrounds that make this country so rad. We have a lot to learn from each other and I don't hate Mexicans or anyone else for that matter, but it sure does seem disrespectful to come to this country and make such weak attempts to become Americans. No one is saying people shouldn't hold onto their culture but for pete's sake can you lose the traits like putting poopy toilet paper on the floor instead of the toilet or not keeping your damn chickens in your own yard or blasting that Spanish trumpet music at your parties every other weekend until 11:00 or selling candy with fricking lead in it?!?!
We need drastic measures to stop large sections of America from turning into mini-Mexicos. We need to do something QUICKLY before it's too late. I wish that politicians took this issue more seriously. We are moving out of our community because it just doesn't feel like America anymore. Store clerks don't speak English, graffiti everywhere, dozens of day laborers on the main streets, unlicensed fruit sellers on public corners, schools so filled with kids from Spanish-only homes that it just is crippling education...it's too much. It's not right. I am really, really sick of it. And people like me, what can we do except give up? Move to a nicer area and just hand our neighborhoods over to people who have fled a crap country and brought their low standards and third world mentality with them.
I truly don't get why nothing is being done about this PROBLEM. It seems like it's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. I can absolutely see this issue causing civil war in this country someday.
INVASION MY A S S. YAY FOR THE MEXICAN FLAGS.
PROUD TO BE A MEXICAN!!!!!!!
I like the topic, but that was an extremely long additional comment. Just noting, they've also fought to use sharia law in UK communities.
:::Glitter has been here longer than two weeks. She just keeps getting suspended, can't play nice. Guess she wasn't raised that way.
Dam...good point...but too much rambling. Try shortening your post and more will appreciate the point you make.
Blah, balh, blah. open your mind , learn some spanish, try some ethnic food, add some color to you sad grey life
Your more long winded than me. I got furious when I worked for the government. Culture has become an excuse for commiting crimes. I got excuses stating that its acceptable in their culture so we should tolerate it. Too all Liberals, lets remind them that in some cultures , females are treated badly. I had to help my coworkers file an EEO complaints because a Mexican and a Philipino refuse to let go their belief in Machismo and treated their female colleagues as servants, including the designated supervisor. THey got fires. When we unionized becuase the rampant racism and sexism in the work place was getting out of hand, my coworkers became dependent on me, because I was willing to stick my neck out. Unfortuanetely I was unable to take any action on the sexist / racist Eqyptian or the other racist.
We are not enlighten people, but it is our goal to bring equality among the sexist. I find it funny that liberals want us to accept foreign culture but ignore that these cultures believe in the inferiority of females.
I do not state that all Latino's and muslims are sexist. I have pointed out to people some muslims are more enlighten than us in certain ways. I believe Turkey and Pakistan has a female head of state, while we have yet made that leap. My point is that our culture may state we should tolerate other cultures, but it should be known that when their is a conflict, All cultures must be subservient to the greater AMerican culture when they reside in our land. Culture is the unwritten rule that a community creates so everyone can interact with each other. We can not have several sets of rules.
Most important is that it is considered racist not to assimilate to the culture of the host nation. UN states that all visitors must abide to the culture and the law of the nation they entered. By ignoring our culture they are stating that our culture is inferior to their own. Thats cultural racism. UN does not state that anyone must respect the culture of visitors.
I must agree with you - the US is going to the dogs. I am one of the people who immigrated to US LEGALLY. Back during the '50s it was a great country with freedoms for Americans that nowadays most people don't even dream about. Unfortunately, now one can't even open one's mouth without getting into trouble, so ~~~ I've outsourced myself.
Why will not you assimilate to us.
If the sun refused to shine
I dont mind, I dont mind
If the mountains ah, fell in the sea
Let it be, it aint me.
Got my own world to live through and uh, ha !
And I aint gonna copy you.
Yeah (sing the song brother...)
Now if uh, six uh, huh, turned out to be nine
Oh I dont mind, I dont mind uh
If all the hippies cut off all their hair
Oh I dont care, oh I dont care.
Dig.
cause Ive got my own world to live through and uh, huh
And I aint gonna copy you.
White collar conservative flashin down the street
Pointin their plastic finger at me, ha !
Theyre hopin soon my kind will drop and die but uh
Im gonna wave my freak flag high, high !
Oww !
Wave on, wave on...
Ah, ha, ha
Fall mountains, just dont fall on me
Go ahead on mister business man, you cant dress like me
Yeah !
Dont nobody know what Im talkin about
Ive got my own life to live
Im the one thats gonna die when its time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to
Yeah, sing on brother, play on drummer
QUE VIVA MEXICO y NUESTRA GENTE!
Reagan did nothing about it. Nor did GHW Bush Sr, Bill Clinton, or GW Bush Jr. H*ll no president really since Teddy Boy Kennedy introduced his 1965 bill, and it success into law. Of course it wasn't such a big problem early on. Just since Reagan and his predecessors were in. The only part you and I differ on is that legal immigration shouldn't be punished or included in your assessment of being institutionalized. However the illegals, pro-amnesty, and the pro-illegals should be. And with great speed hopefully.
oh God how funny is to see your picture with that bb gun. Who do you think you scare with that fake gun. PLEASEEEEEES.
The law you refer to must have passed after deliberation and voting. It was call of the hour at that time. Stop complaining about it.
American is melting pot and will continue to be so.
About Mexicans and Muslims, good and bad elements are in each society. Are all Caucasians pure and clean? No. Neither are Germans, Indians, Canadians, et al.
Go watch A Day without Mexicans and you will know the "current truth".
The problem is not the immigration. Without work visas, business immigration and family related immigration, this "great country" would come to halt.
Illegal immigration is the problem. But our laws an behavior has invited the problem. There is plenty of law on the books, which if properly executed can solve the problem. But the government is not run like business and problems keep compounding.
Why don't you assimilate buddy?
because they don't want to assimilate. by the way, i don't allow IM and emails. ever had a virus sent to you? i have, it's not nice and it's expensive to replace a computer.
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