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Harald Gormsson's avatar

Integrating or assimilating new groups into any country is a challenge, particularly if the newcomers do not want to. We used to do a better job of it, but I think public schools, which used to do a lot of the work, turned on the US and western civilization and are not any help. We are not as bad off as Sweden, Germany, France or the UK (and Canada?), but things are not good.

Clearly this gets really important when elected officials (Omar, Jaypal, etc.) seem more aligned with the places they left than the US (and openly state it), but smaller scale interactions, such as yours, aren’t any good either.

If these folks don’t want to integrate and abide by our laws, customs and cultural norms, then they should leave.

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Connecting The Dots's avatar

Well done on several fronts, but the most important being voicing your opinion of the problem, as a woman, because in all honesty you and children have clearly been identified as the soft targets of choice.

Importing 3rd world immigrants, especially from muslim countries, where women are chattel and disputes are settled with machetes is the acme of stupidity. They live daily lives in a cortisol fueled dystopia, where everything looks like predator or prey, no in between.

Their 24/7 daily reality doesn't assimilate or play well with the soft, spoiled and fatally obtuse American culture, where disputes are settled with hashtags and memes. The third world and especially islamic countries, see only weakness in our equity, for the greater good, and blue haired tolerance. Oil and water do not mix, no matter how much you shake the bottle.

Question

So when Mohammed delivered the Vagisil and other items, what was his demeanor? Was there an air of "here you go dirty Western girl" or "this toothpaste was in the wrong aisle I think"??

Non-verbals (if any) would provide a deeper hint to the cultural dissonance question, but it's more curiosity on my part than anything.

Other observation - if you ladies have guys so feeble of mind and masculinity, that they can't carry a six pack of beer, box of tampons, and tube of Vagisil without their testicles retreating up into their abdomen, then shop around.

I could see it when they're 15, but grow the hell up and be an adult.

I've graduated to buying huge bundles of adult diapers, for the ladies in my mom's assisted living community and could give a crap what anyone thinks.

No doubt there are muslims who've assimilated, which encompasses outward cultural American norms - no hijabs/burquas, women allowed to inhabit spaces with men, driving privileges and schools - but may not include some/many of their religion's other beliefs.

One solution to the assimilation problem (which may not cover the feminine creams) is the legal immigration policy currently on the books. If immigrants are putting the time and money into gaining citizenship, it's more likely they'll appreciate the country they're coming to. There are many examples of this, where legal immigrants are more vehement about protecting the freedoms and liberties of this country than almost anyone on the left.

The assimilation problem was a known problem to the orchestrators of open borders. Ever since the obama era, they've used this as a destabilizing and disruptive tool.

As you well know, the lack of immigration law requirements leads to an entitled expectation and demand, that the new country cater to the illegal. We saw this in NYC where immigrants were complaining about the free accommodations, amounts of money, food type and quality, and schools for their children - demanding teachers who spoke their native languages.

We've been kumbaya'd (by the left) and virtue signaled into a mess. Funny that's only ever implemented in the macro of the smelly wal-mart people and never the micro of the liberal elitists (looking at you Martha's Vineyard).

For me the answer is 100% secured borders and a militantly enforced immigration system, accompanied by mass deportations. You must have the second part, because saturation is a real problem and concern, which Europe and the UK are starting to understand, much too late.

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