I am not deplorable.  Here’s why.

I am not a racist – but I do resent anyone who uses the color of his skin as an excuse to bully me in any way.  I judge people on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.  A racist, no matter what color his skin is, is someone who does judge someone by the color of his skin.  It is not a one-way street.

I am not sexist – I judge people based on the content of their character, not what’s between their legs. 

I am not homophobic.  I don’t care – it is what it is.  But I do ask that if you want me to respect you, you have to respect me, too. 

I am not xenophobic – a country is not a country without borders.  It is not a civil society without laws.  If you don’t like the laws, change them – don’t break them.

I am not Islamophobic.  Islam is not a religion; it is a complete way of life (political, judicial, every part of life).  I’ve read their book.  It condones horrible treatment of women.  It condones killing those who disagree with them.  Many take that teaching literally and have harmed Americans.  Many don’t want to assimilate into an American way of life.  They want to have us assimilate into theirs.  Who are they, and how do we discern who is who?  That is not a phobia – it is reality that should concern every freedom-loving American.

The elite may be able to live above the world they are trying to design for us so they can call us names and try to shame us into shutting up.  But this is my country and my world that they are destroying.  When they flood our streets with people who are not interested in assimilating, who take our jobs, flood our schools and hospitals, use taxpayer dollars in assistance, only to want to have us submit to their way of life – I will not be silenced.

I am not deplorable.  I am an American who loves our country.

How dare a presidential candidate, who claims to be compassionate, take our concerns and turn them into an ugly label?  We are Americans who are deeply concerned about our schools, our jobs, our children’s safety, and our culture.  What happened to our representative government?  Why are our elected leaders more interested in what is best for non-citizens and labeling citizens with ugly labels when we see clearly what the influx of immigrants, who have no desire to assimilate, is doing to our lives?

America has always been a melting pot where out of many we become one nation.  What is happening to us now is a balkanization, where we are being divided and where our leaders create labels and finger-pointing, making everyone an enemy of someone else.  That is not what leaders do. 

Stop the name-calling, Hillary. 

I am not deplorable.  I am an American.