General Discussion

Being the grandchild of Irish immigrants makes me think quite differently from the rest of
Americans.

The Irish faced one thousand years of persecution, loss of rights at the hands of their oppressors.
The British.

For the Irish, it was illegal to practice their faith, to be educated, to read or write.
Forced to subsist at the barest minimum. Constant deliberate starvation
and ruthless barbaric treatment.

America is the greatest democracy in the history of the world.
Its founding fathers were true geniuses and enlightened thinkers for their time.

In my US military family, as a teenager grousing about one thing or another,
my first generation Irish Catholic Dad would tell me to get on my hands and knees
and thank God I lived in the greatest country on earth, the USA.

I rolled my eyes of course, I was just a kid and took it all for granted.

But the older I get, and especially with the loss of our democracy quite possible,
I see things quite differently now. My Dad was 100% correct.