Nosmo King
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- Aug 31, 2009
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Brannon's claim that we are not a nation of immigrants tries to do two things at once. Rewrite history and further divide the nation.
Our nation's population boomed in the one hundred years between 1845 and 1945. We did not breed our way to population prominence we were blessed by the gifts millions of immigrants brought. If you are 100% Native American you can excuse me now. But I'm guessing that the vast majority of the people reading this post right now have immigrant blood.
Now, why would Bannon like to ignore this fact? Dividing "citizen" from "immigrant" makes it easier for those who are frustrated and provincial to hate and fear the immigrant. It's funny how the most resistance to immigrants comes from parts of the backwater of this nation where there are the fewest immigrants.
Dividing people is a common tactic of authoritarians. We should resist authoritarianism in all its guises. Embracing authoritarians only serves to empower them. And that road leads to tyranny.
Our nation's population boomed in the one hundred years between 1845 and 1945. We did not breed our way to population prominence we were blessed by the gifts millions of immigrants brought. If you are 100% Native American you can excuse me now. But I'm guessing that the vast majority of the people reading this post right now have immigrant blood.
Now, why would Bannon like to ignore this fact? Dividing "citizen" from "immigrant" makes it easier for those who are frustrated and provincial to hate and fear the immigrant. It's funny how the most resistance to immigrants comes from parts of the backwater of this nation where there are the fewest immigrants.
Dividing people is a common tactic of authoritarians. We should resist authoritarianism in all its guises. Embracing authoritarians only serves to empower them. And that road leads to tyranny.
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