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    Jim Rossignol‏Verified account @jimrossignol 28 Dec 2018

    I'm always fascinated by the line "we don't want to become minorities in our own country". Why not? Are they treated badly or something?

    3:03 pm - 28 Dec 2018
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      2. Johnny Torpedo‏ @tomster785 28 Dec 2018
        Replying to @jimrossignol

        Nice strawman. It's the desire to preserve culture essentially. It's easy to argue with the worst possible reasoning isn't it? At least TRY to understand opposing views. Argue with the strongest argument, not the weakest. It's impossible to grow otherwise.

        147 replies . 12 retweets 373 likes
      3. Paul Wermer‏ @PaulWermer 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @tomster785 @jimrossignol

        Sorry, I'm confused. Preserve which culture? The French-American of inland Maine, the west Texas rancher, the Wyoming range, Boston southie, Chesapeake Bay crabbers, the Scandinavian heritage of Minnesota? This country has been melange of cultures since before the Revolution.

        3 replies . 7 retweets 158 likes
      4. Paul Wermer‏ @PaulWermer 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @PaulWermer @tomster785 @jimrossignol

        Arguments based on "preserving culture" seem to ignore the American heritage: over 300 years of melding different aspects of various cultures to create distinct regional cultures and communities.

        1 reply . 7 retweets 107 likes
      5. Tarryn Lea‏ @Tarryn_Lea 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @PaulWermer @tomster785 @jimrossignol

        "Preserving culture" is really just a soundbite. Because it sounds a lot more palatable than "maintaining social and economic dominance".

        1 reply . 7 retweets 85 likes
      6. Jennie Close‏ @Jennie_L_Close 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @Tarryn_Lea @PaulWermer and

        Right? Want to preserve your culture? Do your folk dances, speak your language, make your food - but you can’t force others to love it/do it to. But most people who use this culture argument don’t have a culture anyone would miss anyhow.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 32 likes
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      2. lisa‏ @prospektiba 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @jimrossignol @NyadolNyuon

        It’s doublespeak for ‘we don’t want to lose the advantage we get from a racist society, to forgo our privileged status,’. The fear of being on the same level as the people they have despised and put down.

        6 replies . 53 retweets 861 likes
      3. Avi‏ @Avi11215 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @prospektiba @jimrossignol @NyadolNyuon

        And an inability to see how racism hurts THEM (albeit much less), or to conceive of a word where we live peaceably without a boot on the neck of the weak.

        2 replies . 3 retweets 92 likes
      4. lisa‏ @prospektiba 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @Avi11215 @jimrossignol @NyadolNyuon

        I absolutely agree. And I would add that racism hurts the society we live in. When talented people are prevented from offering their best to a society because of discrimination, we all lose.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 72 likes
      5. Sukh‏ @sukhpr33t 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @prospektiba @Avi11215 and

        Is it possible that not wanting the culture to change drastically and quickly isn’t racist? Especially if the cultures that are coming over are much more regressive.

        8 replies . 1 retweet 17 likes
      6. Angelica‏ @8happyperson 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @sukhpr33t @prospektiba and

        😂 the fact that you call other cultures “regressive “ is a clear sign of racism even if you don’t want to admit it to yourself. No different from Trump’s comments on Haiti and African countries.

        5 replies . 5 retweets 104 likes
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      2. yves guez‏ @YvesGuez 28 Dec 2018
        Replying to @jimrossignol @power2she

        The problem is not with ‘minority.’ It's with ‘our own country.’ In that construct lurks the suggestion that by being theirs, it's no one else's.

        11 replies . 37 retweets 859 likes
      3. Pauly D's ex girlfriend‏ @FergadelicFTW 28 Dec 2018
        Replying to @YvesGuez @jimrossignol @power2she

        I think the problem is with both honestly

        1 reply . 4 retweets 622 likes
      4. yves guez‏ @YvesGuez 28 Dec 2018
        Replying to @FergadelicFTW @jimrossignol @power2she

        I'd stipulate to that.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 70 likes
      5. steph‏ @seleonard310 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @YvesGuez @FergadelicFTW and

        “Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty.”https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ …

        2 replies . 2 retweets 24 likes
      6. steph‏ @seleonard310 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @seleonard310 @YvesGuez and

        “It is that cruelty, and the delight it brings them, that binds his most ardent supporters to him, in shared scorn for those they hate and fear: immigrants, black voters, feminists, and treasonous white men who empathize with any of those who would steal their birthright.”

        1 reply . 1 retweet 17 likes
      7. yves guez‏ @YvesGuez 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @seleonard310 @FergadelicFTW and

        1— Trump has tightly coalesced with those you cite, but I submit he's in it first and foremost for the pageantry, power and embezzlement opportunities. Burnett, birtherism, Bannon, Sessions, Miller, Russian compromises [inter alia] aligned to form this particular messaging.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 12 likes
      8. steph‏ @seleonard310 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @YvesGuez @FergadelicFTW and

        I agree completely, I just think all of them have an idea of who this country “belongs to” and hate those they consider to be “others” who would try to claim a seat at the table

        1 reply . 0 retweets 9 likes
      9. yves guez‏ @YvesGuez 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @seleonard310 @FergadelicFTW and

        ‘Alterity.’ No wonder racists espoused the malignant narcissist. The deplorables despise the non-whites. Trump despise anyone who's not him. When he ad-libs at a Hitlerian rally and they applaud, he and they think they agree. But they're talking about different things.

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      2. Cyndablitz  🔞‏ @cyndablitz 28 Dec 2018
        Replying to @jimrossignol

        i also really like the excuse of 'preserving their culture' as if you cant preserve your culture as a minority or your culture includes being the majority. lol. excuses excuses

        9 replies . 21 retweets 894 likes
      3. skipmontanaro‏ @skipmontanaro 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @cyndablitz @jimrossignol

        Wait... There's culture worth preserving?

        6 replies . 3 retweets 171 likes
      4. Bexryan‏ @taytodog 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @skipmontanaro @cyndablitz @jimrossignol

        What exactly is the American culture we are preserving? I’m a 4th generation American and the only culture I have is from my ancestors and their cultures.

        12 replies . 3 retweets 233 likes
      5. Faded af for 2019  🌹‏ @DBCooper9788 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @taytodog @skipmontanaro and

        The Cheesecake Factory and strip malls!

        3 replies . 1 retweet 286 likes
      6. Sandra Duffy‏ @SandraDuffy123 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @DBCooper9788 @taytodog and

        And titty bars. And do you still have the semi naked restaurants too? Hooters or something? Yeeuwww!

        1 reply . 0 retweets 9 likes
      7. Faded af for 2019  🌹‏ @DBCooper9788 29 Dec 2018
        Replying to @SandraDuffy123 @taytodog and

        Lol I think Hooter's is floundering at the moment.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 1 like
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