My political views seem to be a matter for discussion at the Panda’s Thumb (go here). In line with their discussion, let me offer the following 1907 quote by Theodore Roosevelt:
Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN
“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 man’s becoming in very fact 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, and this
excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and
civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to
which we are hostile. . . . We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language. . . . We have room for but one sole loyalty and that is
a loyalty to the American people.”
Now, the question the Panda’s Thumb people need to ask themselves is whether I actually believe this or am just mining this quote for their amusement.