RE: vote Donald trump!?
March 30, 2016 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2016 at 3:23 pm by Minimalist.)
It's important to understand that every ethnic group which immigrated to the US, beginning with the Germans in the 1840's has been shit upon.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp
Sound familiar? Today's know-nothings - the Drumpfsters - should be called the know-fuckalls.
History repeats because too many morons can't learn it the first time.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp
Quote:With the vast numbers of German and Irish coming to America, hostility to them erupted. Part of the reason for the opposition was religious. All of the Irish and many of the Germans were Roman Catholic. Part of the opposition was political. Most immigrants living in cities became Democrats because the party focused on the needs of commoners. Part of the opposition occurred because Americans in low-paying jobs were threatened and sometimes replaced by groups willing to work for almost nothing in order to survive. Signs that read NINA — "No Irish Need Apply" — sprang up throughout the country.
The Know Nothing Party's platform included the repeal of all naturalization laws and a prohibition on immigrants from holding public office.
Ethnic and anti-Catholic rioting occurred in many northern cites, the largest occurring in Philadelphia in 1844 during a period of economic depression. Protestants, Catholics and local militia fought in the streets. 16 were killed, dozens were injured and over 40 buildings were demolished. "Nativist" political parties sprang up almost overnight. The most influential of these parties, the Know Nothings, was anti-Catholic and wanted to extend the amount of time it took immigrants to become citizens and voters.
Sound familiar? Today's know-nothings - the Drumpfsters - should be called the know-fuckalls.
History repeats because too many morons can't learn it the first time.