Moonglow
Diamond Member
Not anymore than usual...I was high the day I got put on the Dean's List also..Dude, really, read more carefully. Are you already high this morning.Not sure where you got your definition of nativism, but :"Nativism" is not a real thing. It is a leftist construct that comports with the general leftist ideology that our national wealth and assets are property of the world and, therefore, notions of Justice requires that we disgorge it from America and distribute it to all."Majority of Americans Feel Like 'Stranger in Own Country'"
That's not what the survey revealed.
This is the actual premise of the survey:
“Simply put, Trump’s candidacy taps into a deep, visceral fear among many that America’s best days are behind it. That the land of freedom, baseball and apple pie is no longer recognizable ; and that ‘the other’—sometimes the immigrant, sometimes the Non-American , and almost always the nonwhite—is to blame for these circumstances. This pure unabashed nativism is Trump’s brand of populism and is fit for purpose in 2015. It both gives him electoral strength and popular appeal.”
The rise of Neo-Nativism: Putting Trump into Proper Context – Ipsos Ideas Spotlight
The issue therefore concerns an increase of nativism in American society, an unwarranted fear of, and contempt for, immigrants, and the bigotry that is a consequence of that unwarranted fear and contempt.
That a plurality of Americans might 'feel' this way in no way 'justifies' their errant perception; nor does it serve as a partisan 'indictment' of current public policy.
The bane of nativism is sadly endemic in American society, hence the Framers' wisdom to create a Constitutional Republic rather than a democracy, where the rights of all persons are safeguarded by the Constitution and its case law from the unwarranted fear of change, diversity, and dissent common to too many Americans.
You, Clayton, are either too stupid to realize that you are being manipulated or you are complicit. Either way, I would smack you with the back of my left hand if you were within my reach, and it would be for your own good.
You want to be a liberal Dem? Fine, as it is your right as an American. But, it is not your right to act undermine our nation, which is what you are doing when you start advocating leftist, social justice, fair wealth distribution ideologies. These ideologies are not supported by our system and they will not coexist.
Clayton, I do not think you are a lost cause... Yet. But you need to reflect upon the path you are following. You have straggled off onto a dark path.
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
"a deep vein of xenophobia and nativism"