"Immigrants are going to replace our culture!"
What culture is that, exactly?
Is it the Iowa State Fair? Seeing the Hawkeyes play the Cyclones on Saturday night? Eating pork chops on a stick? Church choirs volunteering to help rebuild homes after a tornado?
Is it barbacoa on Sunday morning before mass and your little girl's quinceañera? Or accordion-driven Tejano music playing from a pickup truck?
Is it moms dropping their kids off for Calabasas ballet in Range Rovers and Teslas? Lululemon and Vuori? Angry meetings about fence heights at the HOA?
Is it salsa coming through open windows on hot days? Folding chairs gathered around a domino game? Puerto Rican and American flags everywhere to honor Marines coming home?
Is it Southern comfort food at Mary Mac's Tea Room? Morehouse and Spelman grads meeting to network? Southern rap blasting at Magic City?
People afraid of being "replaced" have too narrow a view of what America is about. And yes, America can include a statue of the Hindu god Hanuman in Houston. (Because, c'mon, what is more over-the-top Texan than a 90-foot golden statue of a dude wielding a huge bad-ass club?)
My American culture doesn't discriminate based on ethnic background. My American culture is one that can deal with immigrants because it embraces their myriad varieties. My American culture holds dear democracy, freedom, and independence.
My America believes in self-governance, from jury rooms, where 12 strangers gather to decide a fellow citizen's fate, to town halls, to local elections, to national campaigns. It's watching locals grill an annoyed city council about a new park or too much crime downtown.
My America believes in free speech so much that we put it at the top of the Bill of Rights. I get to call my leaders idiots and feel no fear of prison or punishment. I believe in allowing marches and protests, from the good ones (Selma and Stonewall) to the ones I dislike (Proud Boys or Antifa).
My America is proud to see rows of new citizens lined up at city hall, with many different skin tones but the same expression of hope and anticipation. Because my America is Ronald Reagan's America, "still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home."
So it's ok if some people march in a St Patrick's Day parade while others celebrate the Vietnamese (Tet) New Year, as long as they are all committed to freedom, democracy, the Constitution, and this amazing thing called "America."
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I know an ortho trauma surgeon who sleeps in his car when he takes call.
This happens more often that people realize. Executives get the nice offices and parking spots. The frontline physicians have no parking, no surgeon lounge, minimal office space…
(1/x) A cardiac arrest patient is the most unstable patient in your hospital - they just died (temporarily)!
They are at very high risk of dying (again) until you know what exactly is going on.
Here are my 10 top tips to preventing your temporarily deceased patient from becoming permanently deceased.
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@Dudeamoto@Rakyta_btc@satsbtc Agree . I thought the Royals art was good and also Tika bit is interesting. The others are kind of lame. It’s just the beginning so hopefully the DMT system will evolve.
@Dudeamoto@satsbtc That was with the few initial mints like natcats and natfrogs. All the recent mints have been with priv auth. Very good distribution.
The standard for Ordinals is the standard you accept. Don't cry when you're handing BTC over to low effort cash grabs chasing weekend coffee money and forgo the opportunity to BUILD a portfolio that will become ICONIC art collectibles.
So many Nat Wizards on our timeline!
This is like a dream come true for us.
They told us, "You cannot do that." We did it. "You cannot put animated traits on SVGs." We did it. "You cannot write this code." We did it‼️
This is only the beginning you are #nat ready‼️