Hughes for America: Mexican flag hysteria:
"Savage wasn't alone in his opinion. Michelle Malkin, describing a protest in Los Angeles, said, 'Mexican flags and signs advocating ethnic separatism and supremacy filled the landscape.' Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, making a blanket statement about protesters, said, 'I say if you are here illegally and want to fly the Mexican flag, go to Mexico and wave the American flag.' Goode's congressional colleague, Sen. John McCain, warned protesters that we're in 'sensitive times' and said 'the Hispanic community risks a backlash if it become unruly or too many Hispanic flags - and not enough American flags - are at these protests.'
Would those same self-styled patriots feel the same way about denouncing another nation's heritage on, say, St. Patrick's Day? Or during an Italian pride festival? Or whenever American sports teams pay respect to Canadian teams during athletic contests? Is respecting other nations universal, or does it simply stop short of those nations with which the Republican Party has a problem?"
Of course, none of the Irish or Italian marchers, that I know of, are advocating seizing portions of the United States or demanding special treatment for illegal Irish or Italian immigrants.
Tolerance is a multi-branching broad avenue folks. Let's use it.
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