You can’t celebrate America

[brutal]

And on another note, NYC schools are getting new holidays.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1601237

New York City public school kids getting new Muslim, Lunar New Year holidays

Mayor de Blasio said Monday that he’d move forward with closing schools for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, two Muslim holy days, and for Lunar New Year. But he was hesitant regarding Hindu festival Diwali.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...#ixzz2sO78GI20

[n8tive97]

It's out of control!

[kidicarus13]

July 4th... OUT, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha... IN. Sarcasm of course.

[KevDen2005]

So you're concerned about the dismantling of our nation and our culture but don't see where the English language or our treasured national anthems are part of this culture and even want to argue with me about it? Da fuh?

I wasn't really arguing as much as making some other points, including the point that there is no national language and this was brought up by our forefathers and discussed. Although it was in English, they had some reasoning as to not make English our national language. Mind you, German was a consideration of a national language as well.

But I'm not sure why someone can't be patriotic and love this country in another language. I think we as a nation give too much appeasement to immigrants, other languages, and other cultures that come here and refuse to adapt to ours at all. But, having some common sense in this, if we forced a complete surrender of other cultures what would we have left? Certainly not my family's spaghetti sauce recipe. My grandparents came here from Italy and loved this country very much as to volunteer during a major war. Almost every capable male that was of age fought in World War Two from my Italian side.

Again, I'm just pointing out that people bring cultures together to make our country great. The greater problem is the appeasement when immigrants demand certain things to be changed purely to benefit their culture, whereas my Italian relatives adapted to the change and kept the parts that they wanted to. They even spoke Italian at home and some of the older family members couldn't speak English at all.

I think there is a lot more of a problem than allowing people to speak a different language in country that has no national language.

ETA: Also, I want to point out that at I am contacting FT. Collins HS to tell them I don't agree with them and I encourage everyone to do the same. My point all along is that we should be Americans, but that doesn't mean that you have to give up who you are.

[BREATHER]

I am an American. All the african-American, Polish-American, Italian-American is, I do not know what. I was born in America and so was half my grandparents. I am an American.

[BREATHER]

I did send a polite e-mail to ft. Collins H.S. stating that celebrating America is very politically correct. and people should love America or leave it. Got a pretty long reply back, saying there was a misunderstanding with the public and they were surprised there was such an outpour from the public....

[Geology Rocks]

I thought the kids wanted to celebrate Merica day which is slang for America in a negative way? Basically the bad things America is known for and not truly celebrating true America.

[Jer]

I wasn't really arguing as much as making some other points, including the point that there is no national language and this was brought up by our forefathers and discussed. Although it was in English, they had some reasoning as to not make English our national language. Mind you, German was a consideration of a national language as well.

But I'm not sure why someone can't be patriotic and love this country in another language. I think we as a nation give too much appeasement to immigrants, other languages, and other cultures that come here and refuse to adapt to ours at all. But, having some common sense in this, if we forced a complete surrender of other cultures what would we have left? Certainly not my family's spaghetti sauce recipe. My grandparents came here from Italy and loved this country very much as to volunteer during a major war. Almost every capable male that was of age fought in World War Two from my Italian side.

Again, I'm just pointing out that people bring cultures together to make our country great. The greater problem is the appeasement when immigrants demand certain things to be changed purely to benefit their culture, whereas my Italian relatives adapted to the change and kept the parts that they wanted to. They even spoke Italian at home and some of the older family members couldn't speak English at all.

I think there is a lot more of a problem than allowing people to speak a different language in country that has no national language.

ETA: Also, I want to point out that at I am contacting FT. Collins HS to tell them I don't agree with them and I encourage everyone to do the same. My point all along is that we should be Americans, but that doesn't mean that you have to give up who you are.

When did I say you have to give up who you are? Were you singing America the Beautiful in your native tongue in your home country? Not likely.

[Jer]

I did send a polite e-mail to ft. Collins H.S. stating that celebrating America is very politically correct. and people should love America or leave it. Got a pretty long reply back, saying there was a misunderstanding with the public and they were surprised there was such an outpour from the public....

In other words they were testing to see if they could get away with it and now are back peddling because someone is paying attention for now.

[RblDiver]

I thought the kids wanted to celebrate Merica day which is slang for America in a negative way? Basically the bad things America is known for and not truly celebrating true America.

I think 'Merica did indeed start out as a poke at rednecks, but it's sort of like Duck Dynasty which became super popular. Thus, now it's actually a positive love of country.