They railled against the Irish and the Italians.<\/p>\n
Called them micks and wops.<\/p>\n
Was it because these people were Irish or Italians?. No, it was because these people were<\/p>\n
Catholic. Now they rail against Muslims.<\/p>\n
Is\u00a0 it because these people are Arab, Syrian,<\/p>\n
Persian, Indonesian, American or<\/p>\n
whosoever? No, once again it’s because of<\/p>\n
their religion, Who are they<\/span> anyway?<\/p>\n I know who they<\/span> are and so do you,<\/p>\n We have met them and they<\/span> are us.<\/p>\n Makes you wonder about Americans<\/p>\n don’t you think? Here’s one fellows take<\/p>\n on the\u00a0 subject. He was an acute<\/p>\n observer of nature and I daresay human<\/p>\n nature as well. “The American has dwindled<\/p>\n into an Odd Fellow, one who may be known<\/p>\n by the development of his organ of<\/p>\n gregariousness, and a manifest lack of<\/p>\n intellect and cheerful self reliance;<\/p>\n whose first and chief concern, on coming<\/p>\n into the world, is to see that the almshouses<\/p>\n are in good repair; and, before yet he has<\/p>\n lawfully donned the virile garb, to collect a<\/p>\n fund for the support of the widows and<\/p>\n orphans that may be; who, in short, ventures<\/p>\n to live only by the aid of the Mutual Insurance Company, which has promised<\/p>\n to bury him decently”.\u00a0\u00a0 Henry David Thoreau.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Islander.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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\u00a0 it because these people are Arab, Syrian, Persian, Indonesian, American or whosoever? No, once again it’s because of their … Continue reading “They”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}