When I grew up, our town was very friendly, and all sorts of people lived there. We had Irish Catholics, Italians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. There were Asians, Latinos, White and Blacks, Republicans and Democrats. There was no racial violence, no hate crimes, no one forced anyone to say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays." Now I live in the deep South, and I'm afraid to tell people I'm Jewish, let alone a Democrat. People here seem mean and mean spirited towards anyone they view as an "outsider." If you don't go to the same school, the same church, etc., you're looked down upon. Is this happening across the country? What happened to our "melting pot" mentality? Why have people become so mean and isolationist? I don't care about what a person's religion is, what his/her ethnicity, skin color, sexual orientation or politics. I care if he or she is a nice, decent person or not. That's the way I was raised, but I don't see today's kids being raised that way.
2007-01-30
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