This is an emotional topic, one which doesn't elicit the better angels of some of the participants in the debate.  Let me suggest that respect is a two-way proposition.  For any demanding respect for their views, there ought to be a willingness to respect an opposing viewpoint.  Native Hawaiians should be able to expect that the rest of us will listen and try to understand their viewpoints.  Similarly, natives ought extend that courtesy to he people who disagree with them, even those who have lived here "only" six years.

And let's try to agree on a second proposition, too:  no one in a democracy is entitled to be obeyed as a birthright.  That argument was settled in 1781.  Either the merit of your idea or proposition persuades the majority, or it doesn't.  In that latter situation, you are unlikely to prevail.

Mr Todd, thanks for sharing your thinking.  Please disregard the occasional I civility the debate excited.  You deserve better.