America is a land of immigrants. Every fool knows that. Whether your ancestors came here from Alaska, forced by the slave trade, or driven by persecution, everyone is an immigrant. By emigrating to this nation, many have declared America their new home. Nearly every ethnic group in this country has faced discrimination upon arrival. Jews, Germans, Blacks, Chinese, Japanese, Italians, Irish; the list goes on. Everyone who has rights guaranteed by the Constitution fought for it. But our flag was never burned in the process.
It's no doubt that Mexican immigration is no different than former waves of immigration into the United States. However, now it's different. When you look back at the immigrants of the past, you see people trying to mix into the melting pot. But now, peoples such as Mexicans and Filipinos, don't try to become Americanized. They stick to their own cultures and wave their own flags. I'm all for having pride in WHERE YOU COME FROM, but it's become so normal to wave foreign flags that whenever an American wants to wave an AMERICAN flag, it's seen as an anomaly.
There are people who seriously think this is the worst country on the planet. They are known as retards. One of these retards is Michael Moore, who constantly makes excuses for terrorists instead of condemning them. I'd like to see him hug bin Laden when the guy has an RPG pointed at him. It's true that America has funded dictators and defiled civilizations. It's true that we've stood on the forefront of Imperialism. But ask yourself, do we as Americans fight for our leaders OR do we fight for ideals? The Nazis fought for their fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces would all die under a mushroom cloud for their leader Fidel Castro. But Americans don't fight for our President, General, or Commandant. We fight because we need to in order to survive. Our flag represents the never-ending fight to maintain this Republic. That is the ideal.
I love different cultures; most of my friends are Latino/Hispanic. But I will never lose my stance on patriotism. If you want to be prideful of where you come from, go ahead and celebrate that. But we shouldn't ACCOMMODATE immigrants by dismounting our own flag.
