tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6167640167896961171..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: DaggersFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-74647406761875932602019-03-18T04:54:18.647-04:002019-03-18T04:54:18.647-04:00I am first born of Irish immigrants. My father co...I am first born of Irish immigrants. My father coming here in 1956, my mother two months before I was born in 1958 (they married while my father was stationed in Germany with the USArmy). <br /><br />Their words: 'we came to America so that our children would have opportunities we never could have in Ireland'. My father was industrious, ambitious and hard working and Ireland stymied him at every turn. They ended up with six AMERICAN children. Not 'Irish-Americans'. I knew where my parents came from. In Chicago, one of the biggest communities of Irish immigrants, we had corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick's Day, and my grandmothers plum pudding at Christmas time. THAT was the extent of our 'Irish-ness'. <br /><br />I have hated the hyphened-American crap forever. You are either American or you are some two-faced phoney. Roosevelt's comment has been part of my personal collection of quotes since I was a teen. As my father used to say "if where you came from was so good, why did you leave?"<br /><br />My daughter is adopted from China, she calls herself American. Period. She might be FROM China, but she is unabashedly pro-American. She does not recognize, at least for herself, "Chinese-American".<br /><br />VoxDay's comments on dual allegiance, harsh as they can be, simply echo Roosevelt and many immigrants. The Left has tried to subvert that for 100 years.<br /><br />My parents were Catholic and I was so raised but left the Faith in my youth and have never looked back. Our daughter was raised in the Episcopal Church per my partner's desire but she is all but atheist at this point while I consider myself agnostic. Both of us support religious liberty and respect those of faith heritages. I strongly support Christian communities as foundational.<br /><br />We are in a civil war now - it is not yet open warfare...but we are getting there and I will stand with you Francis when the time comes.Tracy Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396494193507308556noreply@blogger.com