Atheists & Agnostics
In reply to the discussion: In 1941 Dr. Seuss sent a message that, sadly, hasn’t lost its meaning. [View all]haikugal
(6,476 posts)This is where the danger is, not refugees who happen to be Muslim.
I was surprised to see a Muslim woman and child in one of our local grocery stores. I smiled and said hello. I love seeing more diversity in my little burg.
Great post BMUS, I too have a parent who came here after the war as a bride. I learned to live with the epithets of "foreigner" and questions about what race my Mom was. This is a nasty, ignorant part of American culture but it is better now than it was in the past.
Those brown shirts following TRump are the same 30% that supported the chimp and his cronies. They're loud but they don't speak for the majority of us.
I want to embrace the refugee's and live up to the promise on Lady Liberty...that statue, and the people who gifted us with it are worthy humans and they have my support.