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Re:How Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim ... by vezzy-fnord on Saturday December 12, 2015 @01:41PM (#10723649)
The real tragedy today is that there are many Americans who want a monopoly on American identity

American identity is much more heterogeneous today than ever before, in no small part thanks to ecumenism.

Re:How Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim ... by rm_-rf_slash on Saturday December 12, 2015 @01:47PM (#10723670)
Broadly, yes. But let's not mince words: the white and largely male-dominated subset of Americans see themselves as the vanguards of the true - and dying - standard of what it means to be American. Therefore, they would rather fight scorched-earth against alternative lifestyles and skin colors over the meaning of what makes up an American rather than work together to ensure national prosperity in a turbulent world order.