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KBlagburn

(567 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:03 PM Jul 2019

Love it or Leave it...thoughts from a Veteran!!!

Ask the Apache, Creek, Chickasaw, etc. Ask the native Eskimo or the native Hawaiian. Ask those from Guam, Puerto Rico , Virgin islands, America Samoa. Ask those in the south western U.S. from Texas to California whose heritage is Mayan/Mexican. Ask the Jewish community. Ask the Muslims whose heritage in this country is older than the U.S. Ask the African who was brought here against his will and brought his culture with him. The TRUTH is, we are and always have been a country of many people of diverse cultures, languages, and religions. This is the country I swore an oath to support and defend. We HAVE NEVER been a "white Christian" nation. If you can not understand or wish to ignore our vast and diverse history, I guess you can love it or leave it.

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Love it or Leave it...thoughts from a Veteran!!! (Original Post) KBlagburn Jul 2019 OP
Ask them what countries they are going back to. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #1
I say they need to go to Russia UpInArms Jul 2019 #2
Amen! Well said! Thanks Karadeniz Jul 2019 #3
You nailed it. Thanks for the post and for your service. Stonepounder Jul 2019 #4
To be honest... ChazInAz Jul 2019 #5
when you swear an oath onethatcares Jul 2019 #6
Completely Agree. KBlagburn Jul 2019 #7

keithbvadu2

(36,740 posts)
1. Ask them what countries they are going back to.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jul 2019

Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.

In great big letters.

Ask them what countries they are going back to.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
4. You nailed it. Thanks for the post and for your service.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 11:12 PM
Jul 2019

My father's parents came from Germany. My mother could trace her ancestry back to pre-colonial days. Some of those ancestors were Tories and a shoestring cousin signed the Declaration of Independence.

So, when someone tells me 'go back where you came from' I just don't know where I should go! LOL.

And I love 'the Squad' and I voted for Nancy for Senate several times while I lived in Ca.

ChazInAz

(2,564 posts)
5. To be honest...
Tue Jul 23, 2019, 03:57 PM
Jul 2019

I really don't want to go back to Hungary. They're going through the same sort of shitshow that we are, at the moment!

onethatcares

(16,165 posts)
6. when you swear an oath
Tue Jul 23, 2019, 06:24 PM
Jul 2019

to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. It doesn't leave any wiggle room.

None, not a gaud damn bit of wiggle.

Any veteran that says otherwise is a liar and a fraud.

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