comments_image Comments   A small-town mayor is attracting
attention after demanding that the Somali immigrants who live in
his town “leave your culture at the door.”    The comments
sparked outrage among the Somali community, but when Macdonald
was asked to explain them, he went even further, telling them to
go back to Somalia and accusing them of “shirking [their]
duties” to their country:  When anybody comes here from any
country, they have to embrace our culture. Now, do they have to
give up their own culture at home? No. If they want to carry on
you know, the Irish St. Patrick’s Day, the French, the Italians,
everybody, they all keep their culture, but we all practice a
unique culture, and that is an American culture that over 200
years has been developed…Why aren’t you over there fighting for
it? If you believe in it so much, why aren’t you over there
shedding your blood to get it? Why are you over here shirking
your duties? These people are yelling that I’m insensitive to
their culture. Well if it’s so