Oh, remember those "good old days".
Discrimination and ethnic exclusion was the norm and a political party stood for
"red meat" self-interest. The catcalls today ring with a "PC" note, how dare
anyone even allude that restricting immigration can be part of open debate? The
memory of the American Republican
Party fades into vagueness of ignorance, knowing
history is not a requirement of the modern Know Nothings. If you are one of
these marginal historians, how can you be expected to appreciate the
anti-immigrant sentiment that existed over a century and half ago?
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