This is all part of the cultural shift that half of the country supports, and the other half is fighting against. There's no doubt that the more diluted the population of traditionalists becomes, the more quickly the country will swing towards the "progessive" side.
Consider these lyrics, which we all should know:
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died.
Land of the Pilgrims pride.
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I have in my collection the musket used by a forbear to shoot a redcoat at the Battle of Brandywine. Our family came over on a little boat called the Mayflower, and left Massachusetts with Roger Williams to found what is now Rhode Island, before heading south to colonize Oyster Bay Long Island and finally Cape May NJ. As a kid I just knew this, and took it for granted. "land where my fathers died" means something: We fought for it, and it's ours. My worldview is that if you immigrated after that time, you are sitting at a table laid by the blood of my forbears, and you best respect the fact. As a result we vote a certain way, and expect certain behaviours in life.
Contrast that to the worldview of new immigrants who came from a (more liberal?) place to come here. Why? Because their former place isn't working? And then demand that we change our cultural standing to meet their expectations? Over my dead body.
"For most of us gun ownership is of great value and we look hard at where politicians stand on the topic. I'd bet most immigrants are not anti-gun, it is just that for them it is not such an important consideration when voting."
Absolutely true. Where the traditional "Conservatives" have perhaps won the battle but lost the war is by not welcoming and then educating in our traditional values new immigrants to the Republic. Immigrants will come, that's a given. Why spend effort turning them into the cultural opposition rather than simply making it clear that we have a certain national worldview and that part of becoming a citizen is accepting and respecting that? I'm writing this from Miami Florida today. I had dinner on 8th last night, in little Havana. Cuban immigrants are strongy conservative, buy guns in huge volumes, and are for the most part model citizens. Their cultural assimilation is nearly complete, and they are a wonderrful part of the fabric of our society. Ask yourself why this is, and how they differ from the prototypical "immigrant" that we seem to think about when we discuss illegal immigration?
We have a cultural war in fact already being fought. Disarming the 3%-ers is the way the other side wants to ensure that it does not become the second armed civil war. Let's be frank: We've already fought one... it's not impossible to forsee a second. Making sure that it's not possible is the one of the goals of the left. Diluting the population to obtain more political power is one of the ways to accomplish that goal (among others).
A vote for the left is a vote for the enemy.
Willie
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