Originally Posted by Xanthe
Why is it whenever someone criticizes this country, they are told to leave it? How intolerant is that? I imagine the Puritans and the Pilgrims were told the same thing back in Old England. 
Frankly, I'm more worried about the blinkered "love it or leave it" crowd than about someone who sees this country's warts and decides to stick with it anyway.
I consider myself a hyphenated American and I'm damned proud of all of my heritages. I'm not going to hide what I am; my ancestors suffered so that I didn't have to. My great- and grandparents who were first off the boat were discriminated against and were considered only slightly better than African-Americans. I've heard the stories from the people who lived it. So I have no illusions about the ugly side of our history.
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