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pat_k

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30. We are a Nation, not some ethnic Homeland.

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:25 PM

12 hrs ago

"''People then were reluctant to say 'heimat' or to be proud to be a native of Germany, "

The term Homeland is indeed directly tied to the notion of being a "native" of a place -- the Homeland.

So "homeland defense" in America is defense, not of the citizenry, but of the native inhabitants?

When the white men in power who advocated for "Homeland" in the name of their new agency envisioned the faces of the "natives" their "homeland defense" would protect, I can guarantee they weren't seeing Native American faces. They were seeing White people.

As far as I'm concerned, anyone who thinks "increased emphasis on homeland defense'' sounds better or more descriptive than "increased emphasis on our nation's defense" has bought into the notion/image that the United States is a White Christian nation.

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From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values. [View all] pat_k 17 hrs ago OP

I recall when it was created & there were many who opposed it. SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #1

Including moi! Mme. Defarge 17 hrs ago #2

Me too... SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #4

If I remember correctly, the wet dream was actually pnac's. We knew they niyad 15 hrs ago #20

Yes. SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #22

Way back when I saved a report on PNAC pat_k 13 hrs ago #28

Would you consider posting this as its own OP, for wider niyad 12 hrs ago #32

I was one MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #14

Me too, Beagles! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #15

Yep TimeToGo 15 hrs ago #16

I was suspicious right from the start when they used the term "Homeland". llmart 15 hrs ago #17

Same here. SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #23

My elderly father, who was raised as a farm Republican, was absolutely INCENSED by Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #35

Your dad sounds like a great patriot! SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #36

I forgot to say my 'late' father.... he died in 2020, at the age of 91... Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #38

So sorry for your loss. SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #40

I particularly miss him when working on my garden, which is something we did together Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #41

The fear of immigrants coming here goes hand-in-hand with racism FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #3

I Wholly Agree - It Was a Corrupt Idea and Violation of the American Credo from the Get-go The Roux Comes First 17 hrs ago #5

Absolutely! (does not excuse the current further corruption) pat_k 14 hrs ago #26

I always hated that name Homeland MacKasey 17 hrs ago #6

When I first heard homeland under the Bush administration, Sanity Claws 16 hrs ago #7

I think when we redeem our national soul 1WorldHope 16 hrs ago #8

Now, that's an idea! pat_k 12 hrs ago #33

Whose time has come! 🙂 1WorldHope 11 hrs ago #37

Nazis favored the word ''heimat'' dalton99a 16 hrs ago #9

We are a Nation, not some ethnic Homeland. pat_k 12 hrs ago #30

So say we all. BidenRocks 16 hrs ago #10

Yes, the entire reorganization that led to DHS (and that un-American name) needs to be undone. JHB 15 hrs ago #11

republicans are an organizational mess BaronChocula 15 hrs ago #12

Using the word "homeland" has always given me the willies. It's creepy. paleotn 15 hrs ago #13

I have no doubt that it was intended. pat_k 11 hrs ago #34

INDEED! For anybody 'white', this is NOT their 'homeland'! Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #39

Bush legacy malaise 15 hrs ago #18

It was a harmful idea from the start dlk 15 hrs ago #19

A Lot of Us Deep State Witch 14 hrs ago #21

end this travesty. quakerboy 14 hrs ago #24

I remember in the GW Bush days when the government formed DHS and they began infringing phylny 14 hrs ago #25

Referring to the country as "Homeland" should have set off klaxon horns during W's administration Tim S 14 hrs ago #27

For many it did -- but tragically not enough. pat_k 12 hrs ago #31

DURec leftstreet 12 hrs ago #29

DHS is some nazi bullshit. Always has been. Iggo 9 hrs ago #42