This “indigenous” fetishization is nothing but left-wing aryanism (these people are more deserving because of their race and ancestry).
My ancestors landed here well before the United States existed. They fought in the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Texas Revolution (including one that fell at the Alamo).
I am as native as a white man can be, and am Texan from a time before Texas existed.
I am no more American than a close friend of mine who was born in Bolivia, immigrated illegally with his mother when he was very young, and worked to obtain his U.S. Citizenship after Reagan’s amnesty.
If he and I are equally American, as we are, I refuse to acknowledge that a certain race of people is more deserving, or more “native”.
SnakeDoc
Well said, sir! One either is, or is not, American.
Agree.
[This “indigenous” fetishization is nothing but left-wing aryanism (these people are more deserving because of their race and ancestry).]
I never said Southerners are “more deserving”. But the endless mockery of Southerners in our popular culture is excessive. Is it wrong for Southerners to “pull rank” against those who are constantly mocking them?
As I made it clear in my post, I have high regard for Yankees who respect the South. I respect those who respect us.
Pretty much agree with you........
And most of my folk...were here when the country was “discovered”.
Some of my folk...crossed the Cumberland Gap with Crockett.
Some of my folk were of French, German, and who knows what blood.
The way I look at is...property rights. I mean we paid...Indians, the French, the Russians, and others for land. And now it’s American land.
FRegards,
Bravo.