What does “nativist” mean?
It’s a leftist word to derisively describe someone that sees value in his own culture and seeks to preserve it.
>>What does “nativist” mean?
It’s one of those code words that only a Progressive would ever use. It means “a person who thinks his country is better than others”. In other words, a nationalist, a patriot, a true American without hyphens.
And why is that such a bad thing at this juncture, when immigration standards have been turned upside down? We used to bring in people who wanted to love this country, assimilate and make it their home through hard work and initiative. We also brought in people with top-tier skills. And we limited immigration to those from countries whose culture harmonized with ours. In recent decades, since Teddy Kennedy pushed through his third-world immigration bill, we have multiplied exponentially the number of legal immigrants, we have favored people from third-world cultures, we now tell them at their citizenship ceremony that they don't have to adopt our culture (I heard it with my own ears) but can keep their own (so then why did they leave?), and we no longer ask them to vow to serve the U.S. in the military if there is a draft. No, that burden would be borne by the "natives." And that's just the legal immigration; illegal immigration is completely out of control, with welfare systems, schools, roads and hospitals staggered by the costs.
These cries of "nativist" are just a re-branding of the familiar cries of "racist" and "bigot". And just as unbecoming of the people flinging that particular poo.
Just like "racist" it means somebody winning an argument with a liberal.