Reply #177: They're not waving the flag in honor of their government

[RagingInMiami]

They don't give a shit about their government. They know their government is corrupt.

They're waving the flag because it represents their culture, their family, their heritage, their language, their music, their cuisine, their climate.

The mountain range they grew up seeing in the horizon. The corner pub they drank at when they had a few extra centavos. The dirt street they played soccer on when they were kids.

To them, the Mexican flag represents home.

And even though they might be living here now, trying to assimilate, hoping to create a better life for themselves and their family, there will always be one home. And that will always be Mexico.

And I don't why that is so hard to understand. Just cause you live in a new country doesn't mean you have to forget the country you left behind. It doesn't mean you're disrespecting the new country. It just means you will always carry a piece of the old country in your heart until the day you die.