Immigration and normal countries

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In many countries, citizens can have a candid dialogue about preserving national identity. Try that in this country, and you’re labeled an exclusionary bigot.

Exhibit A: The immigration reform debate.

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Jonah Goldberg

Historians may well look back on last week's defeat of the immigration bill as a watershed moment. It was, for good or ill, a milestone in America's transformation into a "normal" country. Normal countries have arguments about their national identity and immigration's effect on it. In normal countries, it's not illegitimate to suggest that too many immigrants, or too many immigrants of a specific origin, may upset the social peace or do damage to the national culture. In America, however, to raise such concerns is to open yourself to charges of racism, bigotry, nativism and all-around hate.

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