"patriotism" vs "nationalism"
I've been seeing a thing going around about how, if you immigrate to America, you'd better speak English and basically change everything about yourself to fit into "our" white, Christian ethnocentric society, because "our" values are being diminished and taken away by immigrants and asylum seekers. News flash: they aren't. If you're new here to my page, buckle up, buttercup. Because I'm about to put down some truths that are gonna be difficult to deal with. This rhetoric was around at least 5 years ago in 2020. I found references to it dated in 2020 on Reddit r/atheism thread. I found more references to it from 2002, in a legal battle involving naturalized citizens who were sent the statement via email from a Co-worker who felt they didn't meet the criteria to be in the US because they had such a thick accent ( https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/347/955/2421986/). So , this isn't a "new" idea, and cer...