Everthing Lashawn Barber writes is brilliant of course, but
There is a growing movement in the United States to mainstream mediocrity and define deviancy down. All cultures, ways of life, or however you want to define the ideals under which we live, are not equal, nor were they meant to be. American culture, for lack of a better term, is far better than any other on earth, including its diverse subcultures.
Among the native-born population, subcultures develop under the influence of American culture. They are dependent on and part of the main culture.
Some groups of foreigners retain part of their culture while assimilating into American culture. Other foreigners retain all of their culture and have no desire to assimilate into American culture. The latter group is a threat to how we live.
In fact, the immigrant of old is quickly becoming a relic. People land on these shores and demand from us that which would have gotten them imprisoned or killed in their home countries. With everyone from homosexuals to Muslims glomming on to the “civil rights” meme, it’s no great surprise that illegal aliens — lawbreakers — have become emboldened to demand “civil rights.”
I put the phrase in quotes because these people don’t want the obligations that come with those rights; they only want the benefits. Illegal aliens who’ve broken our laws take to our streets and demand the protection of our laws. They want to be special, not equal. They don’t want to play by the rules; they want exceptions. But the sword cuts both ways.
Illegal alien protests are only a small example of a much larger problem in the U.S. I don’t know exactly when the seed was planted, but I’d say it began to sprout and flourish in the last 20 years or so. What am I talking about? Diversity, the idea that value exists in differences, as defined by social engineers. There’s nothing valuable or worth celebrating about differences per se. Differences just are. But someone sold the idea that the dominant culture was no better than its subcultures, and that all values were equally valid and “good.” Or that the culture of an African or other third world country was not inferior to American, or Western culture.
Anybody with eyes, ears, heart, and mind knows this is not true. The ideals upon which our country was built are far superior to any other. And yes, the people who dared to dream of such a place and participate in this grand experiment are superior to others in all the ways that count.
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That's an order!
Posted by insomnomaniac at July 14, 2006 3:18 AM | TrackBack