There was a news segment on TV last night, showing how Mexican immigrants had more or less taken over the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles. The first thing I saw was a flag pole in front of a home, with a huge Mexican Flag flying in the breeze. I was offended. The formerly predominately black neighborhood was experiencing prejudice against black people, and Mexican immigrants were undercutting wages and refusing to do business with the blacks. Violence was occurring. This is the USA and is not a possession of Mexico. When a territory is won in a war, the country winning the war flys their flag. I believe immigrants in California should have pride in the USA , and not pride in Mexico.
2007-01-09 05:00:44 · 18 answers · asked by cathy e 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
DAR: Is Mexico the country the immigrants love? Why not the USA, since this is the country where they chose to live?
2007-01-09 05:12:14 · update #1
Anti's Suck: If Ca is in Mexico, we need to stop giving Ca our federal tax dollars which the citizens of the United States work and pay.
2007-01-09 05:18:12 · update #2
No other flag should be flow alone, without the American Flag flown as well. I can understand if it's an ethnic occation. Or if it's at an ethnic restaurant. But not more prominant than the American Flag.
2007-01-09 05:16:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
No. I don't want to abridge freedom of speech.
However, since I am free to dislike people who offensively fly their flag here, it is probably not in their best interest to fly it.
For me, it is only offensive if it is flown OVER the American flag or otherwise is used to put OUR flag down. I don't see anything wrong with someone loving their country.
(Um, who is Benito Juarez?)
What if they are legal residents and are homesick? If you lived a few years overseas, and lived near some other Americans, mightent you be tempted to fly the American flag on the 4th of July, etc (assuming it were legal there)? I want them to treat our flag with respect, but I think the whole world could love their own countries and respect everyone else's, and it would only be a better place.
I do know that in some areas flying a flag is tantamount to flying it over the American flag in the minds of those flying it. I just think it is a very slippery slope to have laws against freedom of expression and that is NOT a freedom I am willing to lose.
2007-01-09 05:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
There's a new law in England which prohibits the England Flag been flown, or put in car windows during the world cup in some areas, as it offends the non-English people in the area...
2007-01-09 05:11:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm... do you propose in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, which all used to belong to Spain/Mexico until now Anglos got here in and took over? Is THAT the area of the U. S. you have a topic with?
2016-12-15 19:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by forgach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. This is the United States of America, not Mexico. Though I would not find the Mexican Flag flown offensive, but the U.S. Flag should always come first then the foreign flag.
2007-01-09 05:05:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
No. You see flags everywhere representing all the different cultures this nation holds. If you stop the mexican flag from being raised in homes, then you'd need to stop every other flag from every other country and how is that fair??
2007-01-09 05:09:32 · answer #6 · answered by boriqualoca17_99 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No there should be no such law. I live in a foreign country and see American flags flying all the time. I also see Italian, Russian, German and during hockey season, plenty of Canadian flags. There's also the occasional Union Jack. And the nice rainbow flags with PEACE written on them. Those are the nicest of all of them.
2007-01-09 05:06:33 · answer #7 · answered by Lyn 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
That my dear, would be denying them their human rights. Of course that wouldn't be the first time the United States has done that, but hey you might as well give someone a break and let them have their human rights at least once-it won't kill ya.
2007-01-09 05:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
As soon as the thousands of USA flags are removed from foreign countries . . . they can start removing the other flags in the US .
2007-01-09 05:09:36 · answer #9 · answered by kate 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
What about Italian-Americans who fly the Italian flag, or the Irish? Los Angeles used to be Mexico by the way, thats why the name is spanish, shoudl we change that to english too? along with Las vegas and San Jose? Please get over yourself.
2007-01-09 05:08:49 · answer #10 · answered by fred s 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋