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Parting Company

surtr: this is so true. The stark realization for me was going to pismo beach in california on the 4th of july and seeing more mexican flags than american.
Surtr Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 12:58 PM
**Why are people bringing flags to the beach?**

Mexican flags are, among Mexican Americans, a statement of ethnic pride and resentment of Anglo America, its traditions, history, and relative wealth compared to them.

We cannot import an enormous underclass that is academically and, therefore, financially FAR behind us and not create teeming discontent. This story does NOT have a happy ending.
Marie150 Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 10:14 AM
Why are people bringing flags to the beach?
For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone. Which is the more peaceful solution: Americans using the brute force of government to beat liberty-minded people into submission or simply parting company? In a marriage, where vows are ignored and broken, divorce is the most peaceful solution. Similarly, our constitutional and human rights have been increasingly violated by a government instituted to protect them. Americans who support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways.

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