PopeBeanie:
Another thought I just had after something that happened at work recently:
If those protesters really want to help immigrants, they would learn the immigrants language and culture, then offer them a friendly chair and teach them ours.
What the U.S. is doing regarding immigration helps no one from here or from abroad.
Example from my work: A French/Creole-speaking Carribean man comes to my register wearing a T-shirt that says in English: “Black Queen.”
I say to him in my best French: “M’sieur, savez-vous quelle cet dis? Rein n’est pas maaaal, comprenez-vous…Mais, est tres bon et secur a savoir la langue, M’sieur!”
Roughly translated: “Sir, do you know what that says? Not that there’s anything wrooooong with that, understand…But it’s best and most safe to know the language, Sir!”
He bade me “Bon Soir” and I reciprocated hoping he didn’t go anywhere a “Black Queen” is unwelcome. (Including among fellow Carribeans. Carribeans, especially Jamaicans, Haitians, and Cubans, can be violently homophobic. Bob Marley actually thought masturbation was Gay.)
Paul Harvey always said with emphasis and perspective: “It…Is…Not…One…World !”