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| David Limbaugh of Multicultural stupidity |
| 2001-10-20 |
Still others think there is something inherently offensive about expressions of national unity. Their mindset arises from the postmodern concept of multiculturalism, which rejects the melting pot and its accompanying slogan, "E pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one.) They want to keep every culture and language conspicuously discrete and oppose the furtherance of a unique American culture. They regard demonstrations of nationalism as threatening to their vision of America as a culturally segregated society. I'm not exaggerating. Recently, students from several colleges in New York joined to create a global peace flag because they wanted to avoid creating the impression that this was "a nationalistic Americans-only kind of thing." A member of the Jewish Council of Urban Affairs similarly cautioned, "We need to start thinking of ourselves as an international family." The Council is discouraging the display of American flags because they "may become a symbol for an overzealous patriotic fervor that could exclude some Americans." Instead, they are distributing window signs that say, "We Support Our Arab American and Muslim Neighbors." Actually, now that you mention it, I don't support our Arab American and Muslim neighbors. Identifying as a group as they do with those who attacked our country and killed our citizens without warning, it is incumbent upon them to support us and not the other way around. Instead, from them we've seen stunning duplicity, casual and often unthinking anti-Americanism, greasy anti-Semitism, and on the part of some even the refusal to believe that Bin Laden is the bad guy. We should support this? I don't think so. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |