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LakeArenal

(29,869 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 07:23 PM Oct 28

"America for America only".

These racists need to bone up on geography and history.

There is North America and there is South American. Inhabitants of each are Americans.

North America extends from Canada to South America.

Costa Ricans, where I live, will remind US citizens that they are indeed Americans. Many of these people have been Americans far longer than the white European immigrants of the US.

Additionally, Puerto Ricans are US VOTING Americans.

I realize racists don’t see or hear that but they are not real Americans if their ancestors are Europeans. They are all anchor babies. (This includes my ancestry)



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"America for America only". (Original Post) LakeArenal Oct 28 OP
Just to clarify, He actually said "America is for Americans only" Fiendish Thingy Oct 28 #1
I think bdamomma Oct 28 #4
Yup. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 28 #5
Yes. TwilightZone Oct 28 #8
So trump says the Indians are gonna deport us? BOSSHOG Oct 28 #2
I really bdamomma Oct 28 #3
Even the Native Americans were immigrants coming across the Bering Strait umpteen thousand years ago. keithbvadu2 Oct 28 #7
They were the first ones here. TwilightZone Oct 28 #9
The US has been referred to as America for a couple of centuries. TwilightZone Oct 28 #6
So. Just because US has purloined the term doesn't make it right or accurate. LakeArenal Oct 28 #10

bdamomma

(66,759 posts)
3. I really
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 07:40 PM
Oct 28

do not get these people. Immigrants came to America; our ancestors came from other countries to settle in America. Maybe they are too ignorant to understand that.

The originals are Native Americans.

keithbvadu2

(40,622 posts)
7. Even the Native Americans were immigrants coming across the Bering Strait umpteen thousand years ago.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:04 PM
Oct 28

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
9. They were the first ones here.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:21 PM
Oct 28

Hence, "originals"

Except for the first humans, everyone came from somewhere else, likely Africa, if you go far back enough.

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
6. The US has been referred to as America for a couple of centuries.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:00 PM
Oct 28

I get the point and agree with the sentiment, but that horse left the barn a very long time ago, died, and has been beaten ever since. It's easier to accept it as is because it's never going to change.

It has been associated with the US as long as the US has existed.

It's referred to as America around the world, probably as often as it's referred to as the US, if not more.

It's referred to as America in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials.

There are hundreds or thousands of songs, movies, books, and other media that use the reference. America the Beautiful. American Woman. American Idiot.

It's actually kind of funny. You chastise the usage of it and say those that use it are ignorant of history, while completely ignoring the history of the term itself.

LakeArenal

(29,869 posts)
10. So. Just because US has purloined the term doesn't make it right or accurate.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 08:47 PM
Oct 28

Try telling Costa Ricans they aren’t Americans because some other place claims the title.

They might beat your dead horse again.

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