Something recently reminded me of my American History class from high school. My favorite memory from that class comes from our teacher doing his impression of the know nothing party of the mid 1800s. He would stick his fingers in his ears and start yelling, "I know nothiiiiiing!!"
Anyway, this memory led me to read again about the know nothing party. Wow. Talk about history repeating itself. Apparently the Protestants in the 1850s were afraid of the Catholics. So much so that they tried to limit Catholic immigration. A nativist party (Keep the Mexicans out!) afraid of different religious beliefs (Muslims!?! Ahhh!!! Gays?!? Noooooo!!)? I feel like I've seen this.
Know nothings. How apposite.
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