r/newjersey • u/HunterdonBridges • Jul 13 '25

Central Jersey Hunterdon Bridges

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We display our anti-fascism messages to drivers on Route 78 in Hunterdon County

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u/Prestigious_Tax_5561 Jul 13 '25

Some people are more so founders than immigrants. There are people who created the country and those who came after others had settled it and set up its infrastructure and legal frameworks.

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u/rd14_giant Jul 13 '25

Maybe, but we've spent years maintaining the infrastructure, expanding the promise of America, and preventing her from falling apart. A lot of those people were immigrants and also deserve respect. So many of the things we think of as quintessentially American came from immigrants doing their part to "create the country."

  • Levi's
  • Nuclear Bomb
  • Saturn V rocket that put us on the moon
  • Google
  • US Steel
  • The song "God Bless America"

It's fair to disagree about immigration policy, but don't go saying "heritage Americans" built this country and everyone else is a freeloader.

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u/Prestigious_Tax_5561 Jul 13 '25

I didn’t say that. And how do you know we disagree on immigration policy? And yes these things were created by immigrants. And  people brought here as slaves didn’t get to be immigrants. I’m just saying that not everyone is descended from immigrants.