Shelly Goode's son, Jaegur, found himself in trouble at school. The principal at Seagoville High in Dallas asked Jaegur to unzip his hoodie and show him the t-shirt Jaegur was wearing. When the principal saw the t-shirt he immediately put the teenager into in school suspension. The t-shirt was offensive. The t-shirt might cause others in the school, especially minorities (ethnic or religious) to feel inferior or slighted in some way. The t-shirt Jaegur was wearing was an American flag t-shirt with an eagle emblazoned over the flag.
This situation is all too common in America today. There are stories every week about kids being suspended for wearing American flag apparel; homeowners associations forcing people to remove American flags from public display; public officials taking down American flags from public buildings so as not to offend anyone. People who justify taking these actions are morons, pure and simple. This is America and we should be proud of our country. Moreover we have a right to express that pride and love; see the Constitution.
Explain something to me, because I'm having trouble reconciling the positions of liberals on this and other issues. Liberals don't want to offend anyone by displaying symbols of patriotism. They see America as evil, as the reason there is war or poverty or oppression in this world. They believe we have been imperialistic and caused great hatred around the world. Obama believes if we just pull out of the Middle East,for example, that things would be all hunky dory. How's that working out for you, Glorious Leader?
Internally, liberals will tell you that we are a racist and bigoted country founded on racist principles. Any minority, whether based upon ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. is persecuted by the majority. We are told over and over again that America is not really the bastion of freedom and equality that we thought we have been. Just look at our prison populations or the cops shooting blacks in the street. Just look how we treat gays and lesbians. You know the arguments all too well.
Yet, liberals want our borders to be open. They don't want to enforce existing immigration laws or build a fence or wall to keep people from coming here illegally. They say we can't turn away the poor and oppressed because they are coming here to build a better life for themselves and their families. We can't send illegal immigrants back to their home countries because we would be sending them back to abject poverty and people will die.
But if we kick them out of America, aren't we saving them from the humiliation of bigotry and racism? Aren't we saving them from possible death because so many people want to kill Americans because of our oppressive foreign policies and militaristic actions? Wouldn't it be better to kick them out of a country that is the cause of all the world's troubles? I can understand people wanting to come to America if we were truly a land of freedom, equality, and opportunity, but liberals tell us that we are not.
I guess liberals believe that if they let enough illegal immigrants into America they can change our culture and we will become a model country to be envied by all. You know, just like those countries the immigrants are risking their lives to leave.