Guy in Colorado

The diversity of this country is a strength. It is not a weakness or the start to Americas downfall. Seek to learn and understand not condemn and label. I for one am glad to see the remarkable diversity of those winning offices yesterday. Women, men, Latinos and Hispanics, Native Americans, Blacks and Muslim Americans. Many of them breaking new ground and being the first one of their background elected to that office. Like I said, diversity makes us stronger.

Hey Stoke - This thread has certainly blown up:) Fascinating to see how many different opinions and angles people are taking on this. Just to back up a bit, your original post was you agreeing with a post that attempted to tie the 9/11 attackers to the 8 newly (mostly) elected Congressmen and Congresswomen. And I pushed back on that. Staining 2 billion followers of a faith because of the actions of a few is unjust and poor thinking. NFL players have committed murder and rape right? Does that make you or I a murderer or rapist? It clearly doesn’t. Your NFL ties don’t stain you with their crimes. In my reply I was hoping to make the point that part of the strength of American comes from our different backgrounds and cultures. Everyone who is here outside of Native Americans came in as originally as an immigrant or a slave. And look at what WE created. A place where freedom rings so loud that people from all over the world want to come in and participate in this amazing experiment. So while your post below is saying you don’t care about race or religion, your first post is agreeing with the opposite. So it seems you DO care about those things. And of course the standard is to do a good job at any work place. Diversity in the workplace or Congress should never lessen the importance of doing a good job. Most folks in this country work hard, that doesn’t make you unique. The sense of fear and lack of fairness rings loudly in your posts. I can guarantee you that none of those newly elected folks are looking to take your gig at The Fan. They aren’t looking give people $5,000 checks for their votes like our current president. As I said before, I think seeking to understand beats condemning every time.