At what point does society accept every flag, race, creed, religion, historical belief?

Good question. We have white shamed the average Caucasian guy into the if you do not agree with every new PC issue, you are a racist, homophobe, insensitive, intolerant, sadistic, etc etc. I honestly try to ignore the din and move on. As far as the rest, I am all over continuing the expansion of the melting pot. I will further let Teddy Roosevelt speak on this:

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

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Yours is a fair question, one that I can only respond to by telling a story that many of us of a certain age have shared. Once upon a time, whenever American Nazis paraded, there were cries to halt them. However, calmer heads prevailed and we were reminded of the constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. Furthermore, we assured ourselves that they represented very little threat inasmuch as their numbers were so small. Finally, many of us agreed that it was better to know who the kooks were and where they lurked, rather than driving them underground. Thus, I am tempted to dismiss your concerns with the same arguments. However, these are far different times, aren't they? Yes, the constitutional rights still protect them, but ours are diminished by political correctness that seem focused on stifling the rights of saner heads. Yes, it is still better to know who the kooks are and where they lurk, but there are so many more of them these days. Finally, instead of driving them underground, the ground swell of support for the kooks emboldens them to more aggressive attacks including physical violence (witness the activities of ANTIFA). No, I'm not even remotely tempted to call for a suppression of rights. I simply caution the sane to be aware and fight back against the propaganda that we once treated dismissively. Speak out. Let others know that they are not alone in being concerned and standing together against the barbarians who are now inside the wire (even in the halls of Congress). Take elections seriously. Only the motivated vote. It's time for us to become more motivated.

I think that are youth are being brain washed by the media and these groups that think burning the flag or that keep bringing up everything as a race issue, or creed, or religion is the problem. I believe that our media is getting so far out of hand that will have an adverse affect on our children and thier children and so on and so forth. I believe in the Flag, I support the Constitution, I'll fight for my Country, I believe that everyone should be able to practice their religion (in peace and professionally), and that is how I was brought by my parents and my parents were brought up that way as well. How are kids being brought up today with social media, being left at home because both parents have to work or left in daycare, etc... Anyway that's my thoughts - we need to do something as a society about our social media, news, and the government controlled by our Congress, not the Executive Branch, or Justice, just the Congress (it's out of control) and the people need to get it back - my two cents for what's it worth. Great question SGT Jim Ramge, MBA Passing it on to the Tiop Influencers for more coverage and feedback.

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