Come, let's talk cultures
This is in response to the Michael W. letter attacking the good citizens of Lindsborg: And where does your family come from, Mr. Michael W.? Unless you are an American Indian you are no different from those you claim anger you.
I, being an American Indian -- a Cherokee -- may make the same claim, and an even stronger one, than yours. Everyone except American Indians -- indigenous peoples -- is an immigrant or illegal alien, so you should all be sent "home."
As for the foreign "gibberish," what exactly do you think the English language is comprised of -- foreign gibberish? The English language has one mother, German, and many, many fathers -- Latin, Greek, Balto/Slavic and too many others to list.
How, exactly, does one act American? By lambasting others? By illegally invading a country and stealing traditional homelands? By decimating hundreds of indigenous cultures and subjugating them to "reservations" ( a very clever euphemism for prisoner-of-war camps)? By then taking those decimated peoples and iconizing them on the sides of football helmets and the fronts of baseball jerseys? If, sir, that is the case, then you must be a true red-necked, blooded American.
And it's lutfisk.
Fly your flags, Kansasan. Speak your "gibberish." Eat your lutfisk. Bring some over to my house sometime; we can share cultures and you can try some of my Indian tacos. This same offer is also extended to my German neighbors.
-- LESLIE D. H.
