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re: Can Someone Please Fill Me in on the Coca Cola / America da Beautiful Situation?

Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:11 am to
Posted by Grievous Angel
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Dec 2008
9733 posts
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:11 am to
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A lot of people seemed to have forgotten about the whole "melting pot" thing.


And some people don't seem to have understood the whole "melting pot" thing . . the one where we assimilate, have core and shared values, and a shared language.
Posted by JustGetItRight
Member since Jan 2012
15715 posts
Posted on 2/11/14 at 9:50 am to
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And some people don't seem to have understood the whole "melting pot" thing . . the one where we assimilate, have core and shared values, and a shared language.


The commercial didn't bother me because it was just a damned cola commercial, but the crux of the outrage is in this statement - and it is an accurate one.

We are much not a melting pot these days. We're very far into turning into a plate with dividers where none of the foods ever mix - and that is a very bad thing.

Posted by AUCatfish
How are yah now?
Member since Oct 2007
13995 posts
Posted on 2/11/14 at 10:19 am to
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have core and shared values


I must have missed that in my last reading of the Constitution.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
30472 posts
Posted on 2/11/14 at 2:51 pm to
And some people don't seem to have understood the whole "melting pot" thing . . the one where we assimilate, have core and shared values, and a shared language.

Now, now, GA; pointing that out just brands you as non-progressive and reactionary.
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