Do you agree with this guy about the american revolution?

Question

The Second American Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFKGrmsBDk&feature=bz301

Answer 1

he makes sense to me. america has always been the land where  the majority rules but it ain't happening now.

Answer 2

He raises some very intriguing points. His message of unifying America and rallying against the injustices inflicted on our own people is a powerful one. We shouldn't be spending millions on foreign aid when citizens in our own country live in squalor and poverty, pushed aside by their own government in favor of high profile, showy campaigns of foreign aid. I firmly believe we should take care of our own first.

But in his tirade he forgets that this country WAS founded on diversity. The people who first came to this country were seeking religious freedom. Nowadays it seems that anyone who does not fit the religious and cultural "majority" are being persecuted. Being a pagan in America? Forget about it. If the "majority" had their way pagans, atheists, and agnostics would be swept under the rug, a dirty little secret. But isn't this the foundation of our country? Our country's icon, the first thing immigrants saw as they came into Ellis Island is a woman holding a torch aloft. She welcomes all with open arms. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door." We are a nation built on other ethnicities. To now turn around and demand those ethnicities "conform" is ludicrious.

His tirade also seemed to me to carry some racist overtones, especially regarding language in America. I agree with him that English should be the official language of America. But should we not also make accomodations for those who don't speak English? I'm not talking about requiring children to learn Spanish in school, or letting immigrants get away with never learning a word of English and yet expecting to be employed in customer-relations jobs. I'm talking about people who come to America (legally, I'm leaving the illegals out of this one) for a better life. They don't always come here speaking English fluently. Many immigrants who come here immediately seek out English as a second language courses and strive to learn our language to better assimilate to our culture. But we have to remember that the language a person learns growing up will most always be the language a person is most comfortable with. It takes time to learn a language. Should we punish people of other languages for not speaking out language fluently the moment they arrive? Also, many times someone who learns to speak English may never be fully fluent, and knows enough to get by and be an active American citizen. Why shouldn't we provide telephone messages/literature in their native language that are easier to understand? In my opinion there is no reason to speak out against having a Spanish menu on a telephone service or object to a bill being sent in English and Spanish. Does it really inconvenience you to listen to one sentence of Spanish as you navigate an automated phone system? Is it such a burden to you to have a block of text at the bottom of a page that you don't have to read? I'm all for immigrants learning English, I think it's critical to assimilating into American culture. But we're American. We pride ourselves on being a progressive nation.

So in summation, he brings up some great points and I may not agree with what he says but I will defend to my death his right to say it (bonus points if you recognize that), but I just don't agree with some of his views.