I May Not Know the Meaning of Life but I Know BS when I Step in It

Xenophobia is defined, in layman's terms, as an irrational fear of foreigners.

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) no longer includes this phobia in their textbooks.

Why? Because it doesn't exist. There has never been one confirmed case of xenophobia. To be a true xenophobic you would not only have to hate people like Osama Bin Laden but also Paul McCartney or Julie Andrews.

The reasons why it is so hard to prove this kind of condition are common sense.

How can you tell if someone is a foreigner?

The way they look? Pamela Anderson is a foreigner, Canadian, now is that apparent from her appearance? Geraldo Rivera looks like he could be a foreigner right? Nope guess again. He was born in New York City.

How about the way they talk. Yes that could be a good indication but you can simulate an accent. You see it all the time in movies and television. Just look at Mel Gibson and that Aussie accent. Who could hate that foreigner? Wait, he was born in New York City.

Now do you see the problems with calling someone a xenophobic?

People can have prejudices against a race or a person because of the color of their skin or their gender.

Calling someone a xenophobic because they don't support illegal immigrants sounds so cultured and educated. In reality it is no different then believing in the Great Pumpkin. Neither one exist.

I wonder which illegal immigrant criminal decided this would be a good term to use regarding citizens and legal immigrants but to their credit at least they made the attempt to learn enough English to be able to say words other than, no speaka English and Medicaid.

Only in America would you find criminals bold enough to protest and burn that countries flag. Other countries put them in jail, convict them, and deport them. Why should it be so different here?

Each time they burn a flag or stage a protest march it is like a slap in the face to American citizens.

I am tired of hearing about guest worker programs and amnesty. Let's start talking deportation and enforcing the laws that we have in place already.

I personally don't care that there are children involved. There should be a harsher sentence for parents that put their children into this position. They break the law and when caught start whining about how it is affecting their children. I don't care. You do the crime be prepared to do the time, and that goes for their children. How many murderers and other citizens in our prison system today have kids? Plenty. Should we let them out because of it?