Friday, September 18, 2015

American Culture: Its Worth Preserving.

Its painful to see that we as the people of the United States of America are not allowed to value, celebrate our own obvious and unique culture of exceptionalism because an extreme minority in this country considers it racist, bigoted, undeserving..... Let me destroy each of those claims...

Racist:
Every culture is founded on tradition of its past of what has worked for the people of that particular area whether it be a culture of war, a culture of trade, or a culture of isolation.  But the common theme among all cultures is that they all are founded by people of like minded, like skinned.. There is nothing racist about a culture wanting self preservation even if that means a natural desire of a white man/woman, a black man/woman, or a brown man/woman choosing to value their own.

Bigoted:
Every culture wishes to maintain the status quo.  Every culture how ever advanced and how ever changed through time, seeks to ultimately hold on to what they consider their heritage.  Respect must be given if Respect is to be received.  Bashing Americans for wanting to keep the United States about the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Apple Pie, blemishes of our past not withstanding, every culture has scares from their past and skeletons in their closet and has no moral high ground to look upon another culture with a turned up nose or with snub noses.

Undeserving:
The United States of America is less than 300 years old.. But what other country on the face of planet Earth can anyone think of that has brought to the rest of the world so many status quo changing, life altering, and just flat out advances in human civilization?  Imagine life without the assembly line?  The Automobile?  Flight?  Healthcare Advances?  Imagine a world that never saw the King of England humiliated and defeated!  Imagine a world that never saw the Declaration of Independence, and the subsequent Constitution of the United States of America..  We tore ourselves in two to destroy the culture of slavery when many nations in 2015 still deploy the practice.

Are we a perfect nation?  Of course not, we are imperfect human beings.  Are we racist for wanting to keep American Culture? Absolutely not.  Are we bigoted for wanting to keep other cultures out and demanding assimilation?  Absolutely not.  Is America Undeserving of being proud of its Culture and the many ways we have been exceptional?  HELL NO!

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