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I am concerned with the push to prohibit police officers from affiliating with white supremacist groups. While it is easy to agree with the thought behind this proposal, the devil is in the details.
First and foremost is, who will decide what a white supremacist group is? While there are groups most people and political factions would probably agree on, it is disingenuous to claim such a label will be easy to apply in all cases. What about groups that claim to be religious organizations? Can we ban a person from being a police officer because of their religion? Can we ban people because they are members of a legal political party that espouses views that some, or even most, people find repugnant? Will the definitions change every time political power changes hands?
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But perhaps that was thought to be too explicit. Some on the Left have settled on rewriting the story of the Pilgrims: they were not settlers, but instead “refugees” and “illegal immigrants,” as I wrote when describing the effort to Hispanicize Thanksgiving.
Of course this is wrong, given that a country must already exist for the refugees or illegal immigrants to go to. But recasting the narrative that way enlists the Pilgrims as partners in The Great Replacement being orchestrated by today’s refugees and illegal aliens.
How, the argument goes, can we deport illegal immigrants today? The Pilgrims were illegal too! And they were refugees from religious oppression! How dare we deny Islamic refugees a place in this Melting Pot this Nation of Immigrants!
Historian twins’ Mayflower connection is formalized at close of milestone year
Family historians Ann Reed of Orange and twin brother Arnold Fallon at a family celebration in 2019. The brother and sister have recently joined the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Contributed photo
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Modified: 12/31/2020 4:13:28 PM
ORANGE Even as children, the Fallon twins were drawn to family history, and its inextricable relationship to American history, while seated at the feet of “Baba” a poetic polyglot with lively eyes and a lush Slavic accent, according to a press release by Orange writer Ann Reed. Their maternal grandmother’s storytelling repertoire included personal accounts of an American dream abundantly realized alongside their “Gido,” who, too, had immigrated here in the early 20th Century.
Looking back over the past year, I see that I pursued these genealogy and family history related activities:
1) Speaking Gave two presentations to Orange County California Genealogical Society in September via Zoom. Gave a presentation to Whittier Area Genealogical Society in October via Zoom. Gave a presentation to Larimer County (Colorado) Genealogical Society in November via Zoom. Gave a presentation to a Chula Vista PEO group in October via Zoom. I had planned on cutting back in-person presentations due to travel issues, but COVID did the job for me. I created no new presentations this year.
2) Society Work Moderated 2 SDGS RootsMagic User Group meetings at San Diego FamilySearch Library with 6 to 15 in attendance. These meetings were canceled starting in March due to COVID and the lack of RootsMagic 8 release.
The final weekend of the Hollydazzle is here, and you still have until Sunday, Jan. 2, to experience the fun.
The Hollydazzle light show is a three-quarter mile long celebration of Christmas, winter, and the holiday season, with more than a dozen lighted scenes.
These include Santa Clause, the sledding penguins, and a candy-land castle.
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So here is what you need to know if you take the magical winter wonderland walk.
The Renaissance Village can be visited between 5 and 11 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Parking is free, and it is open even if raining or snowing.