Lest we forget

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jlf1961 -> Lest we forget (9/11/2013 11:23:07 AM)
After Pearl Harbor, and after the military kicked them out, 16000 Japanese Americans volunteered to fight. 13000 In Europe and another 3000 in the Asian Pacific theater. 800 died in service to their country. 30 Muslim Americans died in the twin towers. Thousands of Muslim Americans have served honorably in the US military since 9/11. Muslim Americans have died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. I mention this simply because today my facebook has been flooded with anti Muslim bullshit. What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in?

Owner59 -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 11:52:25 AM)
May I anonymously quote you for my Facebook page?

DesideriScuri -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 11:58:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 After Pearl Harbor, and after the military kicked them out, 16000 Japanese Americans volunteered to fight. 13000 In Europe and another 3000 in the Asian Pacific theater. 800 died in service to their country. 30 Muslim Americans died in the twin towers. Thousands of Muslim Americans have served honorably in the US military since 9/11. Muslim Americans have died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. I mention this simply because today my facebook has been flooded with anti Muslim bullshit. What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in? Sounds like it's time to cull the herd of "friends" you have on FB. Check this out on upworthy.com. This was on my FB feed today. Edited to actually put a hyperlink in. Sheesh.

jlf1961 -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 12:02:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Owner59 May I anonymously quote you for my Facebook page? Sure

dcnovice -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 12:03:12 PM)
FR We who have stood over so many graves know that no matter what they do all of us must live, or none. -- Alice Walker, "Each One, Pull One" Thanks, Jlf, for raising this important topic.

RottenJohnny -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 12:08:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in? The elimination of factors that demand we identify others as groups deserving special recognition like "Muslim Americans", "African Americans", "Catholics", etc.

jlf1961 -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 2:50:09 PM)
While I agree up to a point, people generally identify themselves by what they are, not who they are.

leonine -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 3:01:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 While I agree up to a point, people generally identify themselves by what they are, not who they are. You're never going to get everyone to identify as "citizens." In communities where everyone is the same religion and ethnicity, people identify by their district and look down on the people in the next district. The problem is not difference, it's believing it's normal to hate difference. And it's not. Plenty of people welcome it. But teaching people to hate another group is one of the oldest recorded routes to political power, and it still works just fine today.

Politesub53 -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 4:26:54 PM)
Kudos JLF. Nice OP

Owner59 -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 5:08:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in? The elimination of factors that demand we identify others as groups deserving special recognition like "Muslim Americans", "African Americans", "Catholics", etc. Another way of telling blacks and Muslims to fuck off......

Yachtie -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 5:19:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Owner59 quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in? The elimination of factors that demand we identify others as groups deserving special recognition like "Muslim Americans", "African Americans", "Catholics", etc. Another way of telling blacks and Muslims to fuck off...... You really don't get it.

Hillwilliam -> RE: Lest we forget (9/11/2013 5:29:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Yachtie quote: ORIGINAL: Owner59 quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What is it going to take to practice the "all men are created equal" philosophy our founding fathers believed in? The elimination of factors that demand we identify others as groups deserving special recognition like "Muslim Americans", "African Americans", "Catholics", etc. Another way of telling blacks and Muslims to fuck off...... You really don't get it. I second that.

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