Fox in the Henhouse

Most Americans believe in America. They believe in the foundational principles of America written in our Constitution – freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. We believe in the importance of having many different points of view, different cultures and different religions represented. America is the least racist and least prejudiced country on the face of the Earth. We believe in the idea of America – e pluribus unum – out of many, one. We ascribe to the philosophy of – ‘you live your life the way you want to live it, and let me live my life the way I want to live it’. And that is what has made America great for so many years. 

The challenge arises is when our openness and our willingness to welcome people from other countries and other cultures is being used against our country. Right now, we are allowing people into America who hate America. They want to destroy America by attacking the foundational principles of America which presents a conundrum. In order to protect the principles of freedom, openness and welcoming of everybody, we have to, to a certain degree, defy those very principles. We have to compromise those principles, in order to protect those principles. And the people who are trying to destroy America understand that and are exploiting it.