We call it embracing our heritage, honoring our cultural roots and heritage. It’s all the rage these days. I see that quite differently though, I see it as an appropriation. It’s the claim to a past you never had, never experienced and never will. In my case I have German ancestry. I know absolutely nothing about German culture, I practice no German traditions, and make no claim to any of that. The same applies to my Swedish ancestry. No, I’m just an American man, born in rural America, to American parents. My heritage is that and nothing more.
Theodore Roosevelt talked about that when he talked about hyphenated Americans. He claimed you can not be divided in your allegiance. I agree 100% with that thinking. Either you are an American, or you are not. You can’t be part anything, you have to go all in. Today there is a big discussion about birthright citizenship. The supreme court will he hearing arguments on that in a few days. Strange to me that those insisting they have birthright citizenship are also the ones flying the flags of their actual home nation and proudly proclaiming their heritage. If you want to be a citizen of this country you have to be an American! That’s how that works. You can’t be a Hell’s Angel and ride with the Pagans! Different clubs.
Do Americans have different moral and ethical standards than other nations? No, we do not. What we do have are different traditions and customs. It is those traditions and customs that make America what she is. To live in America you should embrace those traditions and customs, honor and respect them. Should you wish to embrace your cultural heritage my advice is to travel to that nation and celebrate there, you know, for an authentic experience.
It’s something I have noticed, probably because I have moved around so much. People tend to want to belong to whatever community they are living in. At least that used to be the case. Having moved or migrated to a particular place they want to be included. Things is, they will always be from away. That’s a phrase I often heard used growing up. It just means you weren’t born and raised there. You’re a foreigner! Today it seems like people are more interested in forming their own communities, new communities, embracing where they came from, instead of assimilating to the culture they are actually in.
Now citizenship comes with certain entitlements. My feeling is that is why so many are seeking that, in fact, demanding that. Citing the 14th amendment as their “right” even though they have no right to that. The 14th amendment applies to those under the jurisdiction of the United States. Those just migrating into the country, undocumented, are not under our jurisdiction. They are simply subject to our laws, same as every other nation in the world. The Constitution of the United States applies to citizens of the United States! It’s really quite obvious. Our constitution was not written to empower others, only to protect the rights of Americans. Yes, it really is about us. Nationalist, you bet it is. And there is nothing wrong with that!
Citizenship in the United States is not a free pass for just anyone that wanders in. Citizenship is an honor and a privilege. It is one that can be taken away. For a person with birthright citizenship that is a very rare occurrence, but it can happen for crimes such as treason. Naturalized citizenship can be revoked, denaturalized, for a number of reasons. Fraud, misrepresentation of facts or willful concealment of facts among those reasons. To be a citizen of the United States is to become an American and nothing more, just as Teddy said. You do have to earn that, whether you are natural born or not. It isn’t a “right” it’s a privilege.
An aging man living in a confusing world. I was born and raised in East Hampton, yes “the Hamptons” but not rich, not famous and definitely not woke. These are my thoughts, my memories and my opinions. Just the stuff of the regular Joe.
We call it embracing our heritage, honoring our cultural roots and heritage. It’s all the rage these days. I see that quite differently though, I see it as an appropriation. It’s the claim to a past you never had, never experienced and never will. In my case I have German ancestry. I know absolutely nothing about German culture, I practice no German traditions, and make no claim to any of that. The same applies to my Swedish ancestry. No, I’m just an American man, born in rural America, to American parents. My heritage is that and nothing more.
Theodore Roosevelt talked about that when he talked about hyphenated Americans. He claimed you can not be divided in your allegiance. I agree 100% with that thinking. Either you are an American, or you are not. You can’t be part anything, you have to go all in. Today there is a big discussion about birthright citizenship. The supreme court will he hearing arguments on that in a few days. Strange to me that those insisting they have birthright citizenship are also the ones flying the flags of their actual home nation and proudly proclaiming their heritage. If you want to be a citizen of this country you have to be an American! That’s how that works. You can’t be a Hell’s Angel and ride with the Pagans! Different clubs.
Do Americans have different moral and ethical standards than other nations? No, we do not. What we do have are different traditions and customs. It is those traditions and customs that make America what she is. To live in America you should embrace those traditions and customs, honor and respect them. Should you wish to embrace your cultural heritage my advice is to travel to that nation and celebrate there, you know, for an authentic experience.
It’s something I have noticed, probably because I have moved around so much. People tend to want to belong to whatever community they are living in. At least that used to be the case. Having moved or migrated to a particular place they want to be included. Things is, they will always be from away. That’s a phrase I often heard used growing up. It just means you weren’t born and raised there. You’re a foreigner! Today it seems like people are more interested in forming their own communities, new communities, embracing where they came from, instead of assimilating to the culture they are actually in.
Now citizenship comes with certain entitlements. My feeling is that is why so many are seeking that, in fact, demanding that. Citing the 14th amendment as their “right” even though they have no right to that. The 14th amendment applies to those under the jurisdiction of the United States. Those just migrating into the country, undocumented, are not under our jurisdiction. They are simply subject to our laws, same as every other nation in the world. The Constitution of the United States applies to citizens of the United States! It’s really quite obvious. Our constitution was not written to empower others, only to protect the rights of Americans. Yes, it really is about us. Nationalist, you bet it is. And there is nothing wrong with that!
Citizenship in the United States is not a free pass for just anyone that wanders in. Citizenship is an honor and a privilege. It is one that can be taken away. For a person with birthright citizenship that is a very rare occurrence, but it can happen for crimes such as treason. Naturalized citizenship can be revoked, denaturalized, for a number of reasons. Fraud, misrepresentation of facts or willful concealment of facts among those reasons. To be a citizen of the United States is to become an American and nothing more, just as Teddy said. You do have to earn that, whether you are natural born or not. It isn’t a “right” it’s a privilege.
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We call it embracing our heritage, honoring our cultural roots and heritage. It’s all the rage these days. I see that quite differently though, I see it as an appropriation. It’s the claim to a past you never had, never experienced and never will. In my case I have German ancestry. I know absolutely nothing about German culture, I practice no German traditions, and make no claim to any of that. The same applies to my Swedish ancestry. No, I’m just an American man, born in rural America, to American parents. My heritage is that and nothing more.
Theodore Roosevelt talked about that when he talked about hyphenated Americans. He claimed you can not be divided in your allegiance. I agree 100% with that thinking. Either you are an American, or you are not. You can’t be part anything, you have to go all in. Today there is a big discussion about birthright citizenship. The supreme court will he hearing arguments on that in a few days. Strange to me that those insisting they have birthright citizenship are also the ones flying the flags of their actual home nation and proudly proclaiming their heritage. If you want to be a citizen of this country you have to be an American! That’s how that works. You can’t be a Hell’s Angel and ride with the Pagans! Different clubs.
Do Americans have different moral and ethical standards than other nations? No, we do not. What we do have are different traditions and customs. It is those traditions and customs that make America what she is. To live in America you should embrace those traditions and customs, honor and respect them. Should you wish to embrace your cultural heritage my advice is to travel to that nation and celebrate there, you know, for an authentic experience.
It’s something I have noticed, probably because I have moved around so much. People tend to want to belong to whatever community they are living in. At least that used to be the case. Having moved or migrated to a particular place they want to be included. Things is, they will always be from away. That’s a phrase I often heard used growing up. It just means you weren’t born and raised there. You’re a foreigner! Today it seems like people are more interested in forming their own communities, new communities, embracing where they came from, instead of assimilating to the culture they are actually in.
Now citizenship comes with certain entitlements. My feeling is that is why so many are seeking that, in fact, demanding that. Citing the 14th amendment as their “right” even though they have no right to that. The 14th amendment applies to those under the jurisdiction of the United States. Those just migrating into the country, undocumented, are not under our jurisdiction. They are simply subject to our laws, same as every other nation in the world. The Constitution of the United States applies to citizens of the United States! It’s really quite obvious. Our constitution was not written to empower others, only to protect the rights of Americans. Yes, it really is about us. Nationalist, you bet it is. And there is nothing wrong with that!
Citizenship in the United States is not a free pass for just anyone that wanders in. Citizenship is an honor and a privilege. It is one that can be taken away. For a person with birthright citizenship that is a very rare occurrence, but it can happen for crimes such as treason. Naturalized citizenship can be revoked, denaturalized, for a number of reasons. Fraud, misrepresentation of facts or willful concealment of facts among those reasons. To be a citizen of the United States is to become an American and nothing more, just as Teddy said. You do have to earn that, whether you are natural born or not. It isn’t a “right” it’s a privilege.
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