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Below is a link to a forum. On this link, there are pictures from a protest and counterprotest in Maywood California.

http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14807&st=280

As I've stated in a previous post.. I have no problem with Mexicans. One of my best friends is Mexican. But there is a difference between CITIZENS that were born here or those that immigrated LEGALLY, and the illegals that flood into our country daily.

Aside from the immigration issue, a couple of these pictures really got me heated. Especially the ones with the Mexicans lowering the US Flag, and raising the Mexican flag. This was at the local post office. A post office is federal property.. meaning it doesn't belong to the county, the city, or the state.. but our government. Raising a foreign flag on a country's soil is something an enemy would do in a time of war, to signify they have conquered the land.

Another thing that gets my boxer briefs in a twist is ignorance. Especially public displays of ignorance. One sign reads: "We are indigenous. The ONLY owners of this Continent." Lets break this down for a minute...

A couple definitions for the word, indegenous...

Indigenous:
1. Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment.
2. having originated in and being produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment.

Now.. the indigenous people of this continent are the many various Native American tribes such as the Cherokee, Apache, Cheyenne, and other various tribes. Also, were the ones located in what Mexico is today, such as the Aztecs, Mayans, and other various tribes in that region. Those are the only TRUE indigenous people of this continent. Mexicans are a breed of Europeans (Spanish) and the original Indigenous people. Europeans arriving, and interbreeding with the indigenous people is not natural. They were not naturally living in that particular region or environgment. Do Mexicans speak their "indigenous" language? No.. they speak Spanish.. from Spain.. located in Europe.. far away from here.

So to the Mexicans that think they are indigenous to this continent... I'm sorry to be the one to burst your bubble, but no... you are not. Yes, you may have ancestors that were indigenous to this continent, but so do many Americans.