"My posts speak to immigrants, such as the one mentioned in the OP, who comes to this country and honors what this great country has to offer"

AND THAT is without a doubt the overwhelming majority of all immigrants.

Immigrants made this country great no matter where they came from or the color of their skin.

If someones ethnicity or skin color is how you determine people, you have a bad heart and life. You simply want to marginalize a group, label it and mock it to make your feel better.

It is now being used as a political tool which is truely sad.

I recall as a youth, and even in the last few years attending festivals of Irish, Polish or Slovenian ethnicity. Such great memories as people kept their own heritage alive while making a new life in our country.

It just seems to me that all we are doing recently is attacking everything that made this country great and saying it will make it great....NO, it was and is great....all this other stuff is simply going to tear it apart.

When do we even try and come together ?

This thread is a great example. The premise in this thread that Abby began was to open conversation about our lack of ability to talk to each other, and we make the point with our response...

Posters simply show nothing but disrespect for Abby as the OP by not even reading what she posted, by not even checking the actual contents of the links.

They read a headline and then attacked. That is exactly how so many view the "news"...they read a headline and stop....lazy I suppose, make assumptions and say they KNOW something. NO, you don't know anything and this thread has proven that point if nothing else.