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Originally Posted by Light
233 years of democracy & freedom????? Don't you mean WHITE MAN FREEDOM
In 1964 Blacks and Mexicans, born in the US, who served in the US Army could not set down and eat with a White man in Big Springs Texas. You call that FREEDOM???? They could not drink from the same water fountain. They could not set in the front of a bus. How about the pole tax FREEDOM.
How about the FREEDOM of the NATURAL BORN NATIVES of America.
How about "THE Patriot ACT" That FREEDOM Stealing act was perpetrated by none other that the man who said he would like to be a dictator. G. W. Bush.
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Go ask an African in Africa and Mexicans in Mexico and ask them if they would rather be a citizen of their country or a citizen of America. The blood of MANY white men flowed from Vicksburg to Gettysburg, over 500,000 men to be precise, so that the sin of slavery would come to an end. AND MANY white people marched alongside Dr. King and others on Washington and at Selma and other places to combat civil rights abuses. Native Americans were treated wrongfully for sure, but today they enjoy no taxes, political sovereignty, and many are living prosperously due to the many casions and resorts they have built on their reservations. I have friends that work for the Indians and they are paid very well and have great benefits.
Our system isnt perfect, hasnt been perfect will never be prefect, but you name ONE country you would rather be a citizen of! You want to live in Rwanda or Congo and watch your children's and wife's bloated bodies float down the river due to genocidal tribal warfare? You want to live in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe? Why are the Latinos flocking here, willing to risk imprisonment or arrest at the border EVERY DAY? Why arent we losing our citizens to mass exodus to the borders of Venezuela, Cuba, or Nigeria? You know why---I dont have to tell you---its because America, in spite of its errors and failures still stands as a beacon to the whole world that if you want to work, if you want a better way of life, if you want to find peace and security and a better future---its here. There are millions upon millions of people who are living testimonies to this nations greatness and they are white, black, yellow, red from all over the world!
There have been a lot of horrible things done by whites to others, for sure. But what about the many wonderful things that white people have done to end those injustices? A white President pushed the Civil Rights Act, JFK. A white President signed it into law, LBJ. Some white people were bigots and hateful. Not all. And I have experienced racism coming from blacks toward me, toward my children, I have experienced it from Latinos and others because I am white. But I don't judge an entire nation for it. I dont judge entore races for it. Im not bitter about it. I still do my best to live for God and forgive my enemies and live responsibly.
I'll put America up against any other nation in the world any day. Warts and all. God bless America!
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