[metmom]

–noun an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.

Red herring.

Americans don't fear or hate people who are different than they.

On the contrary, talking to a lot of people who have visited or lived in foreign countries, there is far more prejudice against foreigners there than here in the US. We're used to it here. Many of us have grown up being exposed in our own families to more than one culture and more than one language. I grew up listening to three languages spoken at family gatherings. The relatives were always careful to speak the mother tongue when they didn't want the kids to hear the family dirt.

Besides, the default option of accusing someone who disagrees with you of *hatred* or *fear* is nothing more than smear tactics by someone who has lost the argument.

Your deceived liberal cohorts may fall for it, but anyone with any conservatism in them sees it for what it is. Simply manipulation tactics used by a loser.

[trisham]

Americans don't fear or hate people who are different than they. On the contrary, talking to a lot of people who have visited or lived in foreign countries, there is far more prejudice against foreigners there than here in the US. We're used to it here. Many of us have grown up being exposed in our own families to more than one culture and more than one language. I grew up listening to three languages spoken at family gatherings. The relatives were always careful to speak the mother tongue when they didn't want the kids to hear the family dirt.

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I could not agree more, mm. Americans are very accepting of other people and their cultures. Think of the variety of foods that are popular here. Italian, Mexican, French, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, German, Irish, the list is as varied as the countries of the world.

How many of us continue to celebrate our ancestral homes? We are a country of immigrants, and proud of it.