[thackney]

I see it as speech intended to divide and conquer Americans, rather than bring us to stand together.

I’m part of the melting pot. My families came from different backgrounds. We are stronger for it.

I won’t be part of “pure” Americans.

[GBA]

Yet, it was precisely the legal "melting pot" that transformed each family member who came here and jumped in it into a legally pure American citizen. That was the point!

They stripped off the old citizenship and jumped in melting pot. When they come out, they are brand new, pure American citizens!

This is, or at least it was, a big deal! It was/is an honor to become an American, something strived for and was often acquired at great cost and/or a difficult and dangerous journey.

Our current emotions are to remove the legality of the melting pot altogether and mix and blend the illegal, legal and emotional realities it conveyed into whatever feels best now.

I'm for re-establishing standards, not diluting them even more.

"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."
~Aristotle

It is what it is.

It becomes a problem when you call it something it isn't and something much worse when people are made to call it something it isn't and then made to act as if it is.

I'd regret if I've bothered you with my posts, but thanks for letting me get the above off my chest!

[itsahoot]

I won’t be part of “pure” Americans.

For sure. What hyphenated brand do you prefer?