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Brilliant synthesis.

Amazing how the goalposts (what's a goalpost, asks the Tamil) have moved on what makes an American.

When I was little, we were told the "melting pot" story: your parents might be from Warsaw or Naples, but they learned the language, pledged allegiance to the flag, fought for America, and gave you an American name.

That was replaced by the "salad" metaphor, where newcomers didn't shed their old identities, but at least we were in the same bowl and contributed to the flavor or something.

Then our leaders sold us this "propositional" stuff, where just a handwave in the direction of Emma Lazarus or JFK was enough.

But the current philosophy seems to be that everyone on Earth is an American, whether their shipping container has arrived yet or not, no matter if they share American ideals or actively despise them, whether they plan to build a life here or just ship a few bucks back to Guatemala.

I'm glad to see we may have finally reached a bridge too far.

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Thank you for the concise and accurate breakdown. That is exactly what happened. Everyone on Earth is an American, except the people whose ancestors were here hundreds of years ago and actually built the country.

It remind me a bit of the "duality of man" scene from Full Metal Jacket: "Inside of every gook is an American waiting to get out."

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Nice piece.

When I was in my early thirties I had a girlfriend a few years younger. I had given up on rock music and was only listening to classical and blues and a little jazz.

One day she looked at me with a perplexed look and asked why I liked to listen to cartoon music. I explained that the music came before the cartoons but don’t think it sunk in.

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😂

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"For the most part, my wife and I don’t allow our kids to watch new cartoons or movies since they tend to be degenerate both in morals and aesthetics."

Same boat. I watch The Three Stooges with the kids. It's wonderful to see them laugh at stuff their great-grandfather enjoyed. Watching a fat guy fall down never gets old.

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Judeo-Christian?. Christianity is the thing that Jews hate the most. Their Talmud is filled with hatred for Chriatians, and they believe they are constantly in danger from White Gentiles. Thus they invite more outsiders to reduce our power.

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I hope you read the next paragraph.

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I was listening to a podcast about this a few weeks/months/years ago. There is not connection as you said.

It’s even worse in the Christian church. We have nothing in common.

My Brother-in-law is a professing believer and a member of his church, sunday school teacher, etc. Yet we are so apart Biblically, socially, politically that there is no talking to him.

I finally had to tell him the other day to stop commenting on my stuff. I don’t comment on his trash.

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Well said.

Vivek Ramaswamadingdong was a 40-cent piece.

I agree: he was just along to aggrandize himself; an alien invader trying to mask himself from the body.

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My Being is not shaped or understood by the context I find myself.

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