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We live in an imperfect world. There is no government among men that can be created that will ensure that all is right and fair in the world. To put it simply, government is not the answer to everything. In fact, it is, as Reagan said, not the solution; it is the problem. Communities must be free to establish their own standards and enforce them. If you don't agree with or like the standards, then move to a different community. But any government that prevents a community from protecting its own standards, values, and people is doing a great disservice to the people it is supposed to serve. If people come into your community intent on destroying it, whether through violence or through destruction of your culture, you should act to prevent them, or else simply roll over and watch your community die or be enslaved.

As for what type of country the USA is, I will say this: The USA was never designed to be the world's whore. The idea that foreign peoples and cultures should be able to come into the country at will, unchecked, act against American culture and people and be protected in this destruction by the US Constitution, or some other less-tangible concept such as "The US is a nation of immigrants!!!" is laughable at best, and deliberately subversive at worst. Just as any woman has the right to protect her dignity and decide who will and will not be allowed passage into her holy land, the USA, as a nation and a collection of communities, has the right to protect its dignity and virtue. Having groups of people publicly mocking foundational cultural elements of the USA is like being groped on the street, skirt lifted, panties yanked down. A swift and, if necessary, violent response is fully warranted in such a situation and to argue that bending over and accepting the abuse is more in-line with some intangible idea of what kind of country you want the US to be is beyond foolhardy. I want the world to be a place where nobody feels pain, everybody is nice, and fairies throw happy glitter from atop rainbows, but if I walk in the world believing that fantasy I'll end up face down in the gutter vomiting blood inside of an hour.

A fact that is overlooked and glossed over by the "that's not the kind of country we are" crowd: Americans up until less than 100 years ago had no compunction whatsoever about kicking the hell out of disruptors such as those in the article. In fact, our history is replete with some very brutal examples. It is an unfortunate side effect of living in such a fallen world, but it is often the only way to protect what good there is.