TX to DC Illegal Immigrant Busing - Some Bus Companies Not Completing The Trip?

You do realize all Abbott would have to do is issue an order that all law enforcement officers on the bus be unarmed right? Maybe allow them to have mace and stun guns. You could actually make the argument the officers would be there for their safety as well. To prevent fights and violence from potentially happening. They would be there in a safety and compliance capacity, not in a law enforcement capacity.

 

An appropriate response and I appreciate it. My apologies to everyone if I got out of hand earlier. Some of these things are topics I've very passionate about.

To give an appropriate response to you mrhansduck I would say the general white culture in America. I understand that there are many different white cultures. Language is a big part of that culture and by not even trying to learn English that is a disrespect to the culture. I would also say things like the holidays we celebrate, how we celebrate them, the foods we eat, our value systems, our architecture, even the sports we like, that is the white culture in America.

I don't mean this completely seriously but let me ask you this. We are about to begin football season. In a majority Hispanic country does pro or college football even exist? I doubt it does. Does baseball even exist? I doubt it does. Both football and baseball would be replaced by soccer as the dominant sport in America.

In terms of language we are nice enough to not have an official language. Would a majority Hispanic America or any majority Hispanic country ever not establish their language (whether Spanish or Portuguese) as the official language? If they could I believe Hispanics in this country would establish Spanish as the official language of America, forcing English speakers to learn Spanish in what was previously their own country.

What about Southern or New England architecture? Do they even appreciate architecture that is typically built by whites, whether it's homes or buildings? Or do they only appreciate Spanish oriented architecture like what you typically see in the Southwest?

In terms of holidays will they celebrate holidays whites have celebrated or insist on celebrating their own holidays?

I'll admit I'm bitter. I worked for a hospitality company for a long time as a head manager (manager of the managers) and our hourly work force was mostly Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Venezuelans and Haitians. In my time there they wouldn't do anything they weren't required to do. We had a company portal to check for things like paychecks and benefits and they wanted us to do it all for them. I had associates who had been in the U.S. for over 10 years but couldn't speak a word of English outside of "I don't speak English, I require your assistance." If you've lived here more than 10 years and don't speak any English at all that's an insult IMO. The Puerto Ricans and Haitians in particular were very resistant to trying to learn English. They also believed their culture was better than ours. I guess when you're constantly told another culture is better than yours over the years it makes you a little bitter. They would hurt this country by having no interest in learning about it, never traveling to other parts to the country (always using vacation time to travel back home) and sending any money they could back home, taking it out of the U.S. economy. They were here for the economic advantages but many of them never even wanted to try to assimilate into the U.S. culture. I guess that really turned me off. And all of this was before Trump ever took office.

You say you enjoy hearing about other languages and cultures. I can agree with you on that. But let me ask you this (and I don't mean this in a bad way), when was the last time someone from another culture originally (Hispanic culture or not) asked you about your language? Asked you about your culture? The associates I managed, none of them ever asked me about English. None of them ever asked me about my culture, my family traditions, how I grew up. So once again why is it only our responsibility to reach out? Why is it not their responsibility as well?

Another double standard, the living situation. Many Hispanics will only live in Hispanic areas and that's okay (and I agree with that). But if whites do the same thing it's considered isolating at best if not being downright racist at worse.

 

I decided to split the post up as it was getting long. I will say you mention West Virginia and Arkansas and I get it, two states easy to pick on for being poor. Ironically I partially grew up in West Virginia and even though I only spent 8 years growing up there I could argue West Virginia still feels more like home to me than Florida ever did. Maybe I truly am only comfortable around whites and don't truly know that or accept it. But while West Virginians may be poor, we are a proud people. We are unassuming and unpretentious and the people generally work hard. They don't have much but they value what they do have unlike many other areas of the country. I will always be proud to be from West Virginia and would love to move back some day.

I agree that it's probably not fair to judge America against much older ethno-states. It just makes me feel like I don't really have a country. Like I don't have anything to hold on to. You said you wouldn't want to live in a country that place a premium on race or ethnicity. I can understand that but I think I feel differently. I believe I would like living in a country that puts a premium on race or ethnicity. Where there is a homogenous aspect that everyone shares and brings everyone a sense of pride.

As I think about it more and more, maybe I'm just not compatible with America, what it represents and where its going. Even as a kid I always loved Japan and I could definitely see myself fitting in there. I believe I put that in another post as well. Sadly being white I would never 100% be accepted in Japan so I know it's not a legitimate option. But maybe God made a mistake and maybe I truly do believe more in an old ethno-state. I don't know if I could take the weather but Hungary and Poland have my interests. Maybe you're right and maybe the problem is actually me.

I really don't hate Hispanics despite what you may think but it's very hard for me to break the thinking that they are slowly but surely going to remake America into their image. Remake America into a country that I don't even recognize. And I don't want their rise in power to coincide with a decline in the America I grew up with, the America I used to love and enjoy. Do you think I'm greatly overreacting to that? Do you think I'm wrong about most/all of this?

 

I understand many Hispanics play baseball but do they understand the culture of baseball in America?

At the end of the day baseball was created in America and by white culture. Would a majority Hispanic America or any Hispanic country have created the game of baseball?