"With the exception of the Native Americans, all Americans are descended from people
who CHOSE to come here." ??
Really ?
According to Wikipedia.org
"African-American history <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history> starts in the 16th
century, with Africans forcibly taken to Spanish and Englishcolonies <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony> in
North America asslaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery>. After the United States came into being,black
people continued to be enslaved <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States> andtreated as
inferiors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States>."
Native Americans' ancestors chose to cross the Bering Strait a few years ahead
of Mr Columbus.
jh
On 6/11/2014 8:03 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
I think I've said this before in response to Europeans who think
displaying their flag is somehow wrong. In many countries, the flag is a
symbol of a royal family or an empire.
The flag of Spain, for example, changed when the Habsburg monarchy gave
way to the Borbons, which is still the current flag. Spain is not a
nation-state, its a small empire made up of several smaller, ethnically
distinct nations ruled by the Castillian Borbon monarchy. To many
Catalans, Basques, and Galicians, displaying the Spanish flag is, in a
way, unpatriotic. A lot of countries today have similar histories
connected to their national flags.
The American flag is different; it does not represent a ruling family or a
foreign government imposed on us. With the exception of the Native
Americans, all Americans are descended from people who CHOSE to come here.
The government belongs to us; this is a democratic republic, so even if
government does something we as individuals do not like, it was done
because the majority wanted or allowed it. Our national anthem makes clear
that the flag is a symbol of our freedom from foreign rule.
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