My mistake then :e4e:
This is where we part ways, it is not "bravado" to expect people from other cultures that wish to dwell amongst your own culture to assimilate. Assimilation does not mean shedding yourself of your cultural identity but, it sure as hell means that you leave your cultural ideologies that encroach upon rights & freedoms of the host country's citizens, constitution, & laws behind, or at a minimum keep them to yourself if they encroach on the rights & freedoms of others. For instance, there is no place for sharia in this nation, and when you come here you assimilate to laws & constitution of this land, or leave, and go back to your barbaric, throwback, violent culture in your own country. We have a country that is defined under our constitution, our laws, our customs, there is no room to accommodate the laws & customs of your home nation because it fits a particular worldview... and really, if that is what you want, go home. That in a nutshell is what the expectation of assimilation is, allegiance to this country's constitution, and if your allegiance lies elsewhere why are you even here?
No it is not just about the violent piece of it although that is a big piece. Correct me if I am wrong but, you seem to be asserting that Americans assimilate to the ideologies, customs and cultural beliefs of foreigners. People coming into this nation (or even other American citizens that have opposing ideologies) have no expectation that the citizenry as a whole recognize the laws, customs, or ideologies that are in conflict with this nations laws, customs, or national identity. Nobody has the expectation that their personal beliefs be recognized outside of the force of law & the constitution. Are you understanding what we are allegiant to yet? it isn't a government, it is an idea called America defined within that document, the constitution.
Well if the best you got is sarcasm, and a lack of, or refusal to understand what is meant by assimilation that would be on you. I believe you know exactly what the concept of assimilation, i.e. "the melting pot" is and are being deliberately obtuse about it... Maybe not, but it is appearing that way.