I find the CNN ‘argument’ to be awful weak.
There are lots of legal immigrants who came in and did the bureaucratic paperwork business, and eagerly accepted citizenship. These people don’t whine about the opportunities that they/their family were given. They don’t condemn the flag. They believe in the capitalist system and embrace commerce as part of their future and success.
And bringing up Chao’s home country of Taiwan...every single Taiwanese descendant that I’ve met, were humble, gracious, and consumed with passion about being an American. It’s about the last group on Earth that I’d label as ‘whiners’. These are people who want the legal path of entry, want to own property and businesses, and to pass something along to their kids later in life.
(Disclaimer) Some may have known that I came from Taiwan myself. Came to the States for graduate study in Chemistry.
So I might be just a tinsy bit ticked off with Manu Raju.