They railled against the Irish and the Italians.
Called them micks and wops.
Was it because these people were Irish or Italians?. No, it was because these people were
Catholic. Now they rail against Muslims.
Is it because these people are Arab, Syrian,
Persian, Indonesian, American or
whosoever? No, once again it’s because of
their religion, Who are they anyway?
I know who they are and so do you,
We have met them and they are us.
Makes you wonder about Americans
don’t you think? Here’s one fellows take
on the subject. He was an acute
observer of nature and I daresay human
nature as well. “The American has dwindled
into an Odd Fellow, one who may be known
by the development of his organ of
gregariousness, and a manifest lack of
intellect and cheerful self reliance;
whose first and chief concern, on coming
into the world, is to see that the almshouses
are in good repair; and, before yet he has
lawfully donned the virile garb, to collect a
fund for the support of the widows and
orphans that may be; who, in short, ventures
to live only by the aid of the Mutual Insurance Company, which has promised
to bury him decently”. Henry David Thoreau. Islander.