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>Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:59:52 -0400
> Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> extropians@extropy.org Re: White Male Discrimination and WWW SyndromeReply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>Party of Citizens wrote:
>>
>> And what is the "point" of this? I am just saying that
>> "multiculturalism" is more than a cheap slogan. Different races and
>> peoples have developed different cultures. Why not leave them in peace to
>> enjoy those cultures as they wish?
>
>Because 'multiculturalism' is not about enjoying your native culture. I
>enjoy my scottish and italian cultural origins very much, thanks, but I
>am not a citizen of Scotland OR Italy, and I will not put the interests
>of either country, or its citizens, or its culture, ahead of America.
>America is my native and primary culture. 'Hyphenated Americans', who
>place their ethnic orgins first, ahead of their status as Americans,
>damage our republic. They encourage sectarianism, tribalism, and
>inter-ethnic strife, of the sort we see in the Balkan states so much
>these days. I would think that anyone with intelligence would see that
>Yugoslavia is an excellent example of what NOT to do with a country, yet
>allegedly intelligent liberals want to do the exact same thing to
>America.
>
Just like one can be conservative without being a Turner Diaries ethnic cleanser, one can be liberal without being a card-carrying Balkanizer.
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