"Hmong are basically good people"?
I don't know how you can make a statement like that when they have introduced more cultural pollution into this country, with people who do not understand the concept of private property. What else about our country do they not understand? They have apparently made no effort to assimilate.
I know a lot of Americans who don't have a clue about property rights. Besides who's introducing MORE cultural pollution than our own homespun American liberals anyway.
"I don't know how you can make a statement like that when they have introduced more cultural pollution into this country, with people who do not understand the concept of private property. What else about our country do they not understand? They have apparently made no effort to assimilate."
I see. And this is based on your personal knowledge of a large group of Hmong immigrants, I suppose.
The fact that this killer was Hmong is really irrelevant. Most Hmong are very peaceable people. In the St. Paul area, they are homeowners, employees, and are assimilating very quickly. If you shop in the local supermarkets, one of the checker's is probably Hmong. If you eat in a restaurant, you may be waited on by a Hmong waiter.
The Hmong, as a group, are doing pretty well here. It's been a tough transition for the first generation of refugees and immigrants. They're moving from an extremely rural subtropical area to the 15th largest metropolitan area in the nation. New arrivals come every year.
As with all immigrant groups, the first generation has some difficulty making the transition. The second generation Hmongs, of which there are many here, all speak perfect English and you couldn't tell if they were Hmong, Chinese, Vietnamese, or from any other oriental ethnic group.
They live all over the city, and in the suburbs. There are two Hmong families on my own block in St. Paul, and they're very nice folks and good neighbors.
Oh, yes, there are at least a dozen Hmong Christian churches in the Twin Cities, and they're doing heavy evangelism in the Hmong community, which seems eager to accept Christianity as their religion.
Chai Vang is a killer. He needs to be punished. Punishing the rest of the Hmong community makes no sense.
[i]"Hmong are basically good people"?
I don't know how you can make a statement like that when they have introduced more cultural pollution into this country, with people who do not understand the concept of private property. What else about our country do they not understand? They have apparently made no effort to assimilate.
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considering the hmong were ethnically cleaned from their country because they helped american soldiers during vietnam, maybe you should cut them a little slack? think about that again, whole villages were massacred because they helped american soldiers and saved many american lives in the process. i'm sorry you think the hmong have not done anything for america except introduce massive cultural pollution. many ex-servicemen would disagree.