Quote:You can go back to the late 19th and early 20th century.  Irish and Italians were regularly discriminated against.

 

In the 1960's. there was an active debate about whether this country could survive electing a Catholic president. 

 

There is bigotry and hatred throughout the history of this country, yet we have somehow managed to overcome these obstacles and advance as a nation.  People should be celebrating the fact that in 239 years, this country has gone from a dream to gaining independence, overcoming a civil war, ending slavery, winning 2 world wars to beat back tyranny and oppression, put minorities of both genders on the highest court in the land, appointed multiple minorities to some of the highest political offices in the land, and elected a black president.  Rather than celebrate that, we're more divided as a nation, and much of that division is manufactured by the very people we should be celebrating.  Unfortunately, we're too distracted by rioting or flags we find objectionable because that's where they need our attention.  It's a shame.

 

Brother, very well put, especially the last paragraph.  Unfortunately, I often see and hear people (mostly the younger generation) speak bad about "American Greatness".  Many don't think that our country is "great" or that we have done anything notable.

 

These same people "tweet" on their smart phones or post to facebook, yet they don't realize that we as a country and a community created these things.

 

Talk about American Greatness for a bit.  We put man on the moon.  We invented and developed computers.  The C programming language (still in use today) was developed by Dennis Richie back in the 70's.  We developed the internet as well as the personal computer that most people own and use.  "Smart phones" were first developed and created by us.  The list goes on.

 

To try and get back on topic, this happened without anyone really caring about a flag flying above a war memorial.

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