# Immigrants **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897 "2016-01-12T03:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/41 "2016-01-15T02:23:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I just looked at the OP’s profile. > He’s a retired American living abroad. > > I wonder… > [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I picture him sitting at a bar in Thailand drunkenly telling everyone how everything’s better in America and all the locals thinking “Go back where you came from!”. It ain’t me! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/42 "2016-01-15T21:12:48Z")
Damn right, OP! Now pass me a hunk of that bear roast and slide your ass over to the other side of the council house with the other paleface-come-latelies until you learn to speak proper ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/43 "2016-01-15T22:55:58Z")
> [@garyg7890](#): > > The Irish as well as immigrants from many other cultures have become patriotic citizens. They, as well as those of other cultures have supported the American way and have become patriotic Americans. Those subhuman filthy Papist micks didn’t abandon Popery _en masse_ in favour of the True Protestant Religion tho’. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/44 "2016-01-16T00:45:35Z")
> [@garyg7890](#): > > I will end by saying, “Come to America to be an American not a person of another country transplanted here to gain the blessing but refusing to adopt our ways. America is a great place. Love it by adopting its ways, language and religion or go back where you came from.” I think you missed the whole point of America. It’s supposed to be a melting pot, not an “everybody turn into chicken noodle soup!” pot. Also, paragraphs. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/45 "2016-01-16T01:05:32Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I picture him sitting at a bar in Thailand drunkenly telling everyone how everything’s better in America and all the locals thinking “Go back where you came from!”. And everyone around him is agreeing about how terrible it is when foreigners come into your country and the irony sails right over his head. ---
**Author:** ![T.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@T.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.M)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/46 "2016-01-16T01:50:42Z")
> [@garyg7890](#): > > Immigrants > One of my deceased brothers – in law landed at Ellis Island in New York harbor in 1923 when.he was eight years old. He was stationed in my hometown during WWII and met my sister at a USO dance. Love took its course and they were soon married. When the war ended he returned to New Jersey where his family settled after they emigrated from Italy. Together with my sister they had four children. He refused to allow his children to speak Italian saying; ”You’re Americans. Speak English.” > Those seeking the blessings of the United States would do well to consider my brother in law’s thankfulness in being able to escape the poverty and lack of freedoms in the country of his birth. When deciding to immigrate to another country the candidate for citizenship in their new home should be willing to adopt their customs and religion. What they do in their own homes is up to them, but when they go out in > public they should dress like the rest of the population and speak the language of their new home. They should obey the laws and support the National Pride by adopting its patriotism. > Ingratitude speaks very clearly when local customs are ignored and other nations flags are made superior to ours when displayed publicly. If you love Islam so much, go back where you came from. If you cannot adjust to the local form of dress, go back to the country that you came from. Don’t come to America to be a Muslim or a Hindu or a Buddhist. If conditions were so good where you came from go back home and don’t thumb your nose at our benevolence. > My first wife, (now deceased), was Black and my present wife is Filipino, so I have no racial hand-ups. Three members of my present wife’s family have become American citizens. They have all contributed to society in very meaningful ways. Two sisters are registered nurses and the brother is a retired bank advisor. > A Fourth of July celebration at my wife’s niece’s home spoke of gratitude for being able to live in the United States of America where they can enjoy a much better standard of living and freedom from want. Patriotic banners and American flags decorated the back yard where some 50 or more people gathered to celebrate the birth of the greatest nation God ever allowed to grace the world. Citizens of every major racial group attended in American style clothing. > I will end by saying, “Come to America to be an American not a person of another country transplanted here to gain the blessing but refusing to adopt our ways. America is a great place. Love it by adopting its ways, language and religion or go back where you came from.” When I go to another country I try to remember that I am a guest and that I am the foreigner and some things that I say and do back home are not acceptable in the country that I am visiting so I do not do or say them. Some English people when they go abroad do not have a good reputation as they show no respect for local people or their customs. The problem we have in England is a group of immigrants who will not integrate, put their religious laws before the laws of England and practice customs that are not only unacceptable but illegal in England and this is what myself and many others find unacceptable. I believe that it is important for immigrants to remember their roots and also teach their children about their heritage which is as important about learning the history and customs of the country they live in. in the end it comes down to respect ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/47 "2016-01-17T22:05:16Z")
Another problem we have in England is newspapers such as the Daily Mail, supported by right-wing political groups such as the EDL and UKIP, actively manufacturing stories with the intent to drum up anti-immigrant resentment amongst the more credulous and xenophobic members of the public. But alas, it seems all countries have such problems these days. ---
**Author:** ![RVD420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RVD420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RVD420)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897/48 "2016-01-17T22:06:30Z")
Aren’t we all " immigrants" in one way or another? I think we should all get along and love each other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants/742897.md?page=2)