“Illegals”

A reader writes:

This vitriol with which conservatives demonize a variety of groups reminded me of a line from the movie "The Good Shepherd," which I saw recently. Joe Pesci’s mobster character asks Matt Damon’s CIA agent: "You know, we Italians have our families and the church, the Irish have the homeland, the Jews their tradition, the niggers their music. What do you guys have?" And Damon responds "We have the United States of America. The rest of you are just visiting." I think that sums up the conservative movement’s attitude towards our society.