> this fear of bigotry thing even if unjustly accused paralyzes us from acting to defend our culture.
Mate, your Culture requires no defending. Trust me.
I'm a FRiend of America, and I get to say this as an outsider looking in. And I'd not voluntarily live in a world without an America.
You *do* have a problem with homeland invaders to your South. These people are not Immigrants: they are homeland invaders.
There is nothing bigoted about defending your home.
As you can tell we as American citizens are willing to die for that, we are a passionate group, we anger strong, we are patriotic for our beliefs and if they want our country they will have to kill us