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We are not trying hard enough to be "American". So, where does that leave someone like me, or my father?

The ones back home in Mexico don't accept US Latinos because they are not authentic enough; they are "no sabos". The nationalists are winning here and they don't accept us because we still speak Spanish at home, go to our own restaurants and church services, and continue many traditions.

They don't to learn about all the contributions of people from other cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, etc. It's all about some dominant, sterilized and bland archetype of American-ness that is free from any flavor. And the sad thing is many Latinos are with it, both here and abroad.

Now, I don't necessarily feel that way in today's political climate. It feels more like the people voted in overwhelming numbers to minimize and erase our history. They don't want to learn about the richness and diversity of the country's founding and waves of immigration.

We move here and become part of the fabric. Tacos from NM and NYC pizza are just as American as corn. Sure, some xenophobes and racists would never accept us, but they were a minority. That's what I used to think and defend.

So when non-US Americans on social media make jokes or insult the country my father loved and claimed "American culture and food is bad; the only good parts are imported from other countries!" I would respond that that's exactly the point of the American experience.

My brother would get a solid white collar job and start a family. Even my father's politics would be pretty patriotic and protective of the American dream.

There were ups and downs with his life, financially, health-wise, and socially, but he overcame most of them. He was very proud when he became a naturalized US citizen, and my mother soon followed. I inherited his scientific/mathematically inclined mind and would go into medicine.

He came to the USA in the 1960s from Mexico not speaking any English, but he went to night school to learn the language and a trade (plumbing/HVAC).He started his own business. Got married, raised 2 kids, bought multiple homes and lost a house, too.

would have happened if you did nothing, so you complain that you should have done nothing as the policy inconvenienced you. That is a failing of the intellect. Lack of imagination for worse outcomes. If a vaccine works well the effect almost seems invisible. If a vaccine fails, doom.

Anti-intellectualism is a blight on this country and we will be worse for it. The people are so short sighted that they cannot fathom an alternate timeline where infection rates were even higher and people did not isolate. The trouble with a successful preventative plan is that you can’t see what

The trouble is the anti-maskers and anti-vaccination people have no answer to how to control a highly contagious disease. You know- reduce spread and infection rates, while also making treatments that save lives? They want to put people without medical degrees in charge of the DOH, CDC, & FDA.

At 1 point Rogan got close to impartiality when recognizing that the pandemic has had a negative effect on the economy and perhaps it wasn’t just the administration’s failing but then he doubled down that if the admin hadn’t “shut down the economy” groceries would have not cost so much.

They claimed that people’s fears about fascism are just hyperbolic concerns founded in nothing, yet this politician has repeatedly stated that he will go after his enemies and he has wished death upon his opponents multiple times. He’s pondered imprisoning journalists for not revealing sources.

No, they didn’t stop all transmissions or prevent infection 100% but nothing in medicine works that well. Another claim was that anti-Trump people were just brainwashed by “the media”. Mind you, the internet and social media have been swamped by pro-Trump propaganda.

People were upset about vaccine and mask mandates and that was a driving factor in their anger at the current administration. I don’t disagree. However, what Joe and his fans constantly get wrong is that mandates and vaccinations saved lives. This is Epidemiology 101.

You should read more. The death rates in counties with lower compliance rates were much higher. This is also shown across the globe.