Racist or nationalist

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Blind Guardian the 2nd

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Le Petit Roi

You're RACIST. Join the Klan NOW. I heard they offer scholarships. America HAS NO heritage, that's why you see White people jacking dreadlocks and getting Chinese tattoos.

Only problem is, she lives in England, not America.

England has an imaginary heritage for a lot of the citizenry, which seems to exist in a weird parralel universe where Britain was responsible for winning World War 2 single handedly and everyone lives in a perpetual 1945 victory parade filled with only white people.

Well, I was just bringing up the point that the OP lives in England, since every American on Gaia seems to think that every other person on Gaia is American by default. stare

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The Final Plantagenet

Jera Arrows

America is a melting pot of cultures, Ideas ,languages and traditions why stop others from adding their bit to the pot?

Exactly the point! America is supposed to be this "melting pot", so why do so many (usually immigrants) refuse to melt a little bit?

Sometimes the line between "melting pot" and "cultural annihilation" becomes blurred in the hands of the privileged. neutral

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EmotionallyInconsistent

The Final Plantagenet

Jera Arrows

America is a melting pot of cultures, Ideas ,languages and traditions why stop others from adding their bit to the pot?

Exactly the point! America is supposed to be this "melting pot", so why do so many (usually immigrants) refuse to melt a little bit?

Sometimes the line between "melting pot" and "cultural annihilation" becomes blurred in the hands of the privileged. neutral

I don't think of America as a melting pot. I think of it more as combustive elements mixed together. Ka-boom.

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Blind Guardian the 2nd

pashight

Le Petit Roi

You're RACIST. Join the Klan NOW. I heard they offer scholarships. America HAS NO heritage, that's why you see White people jacking dreadlocks and getting Chinese tattoos.

Only problem is, she lives in England, not America.

England has an imaginary heritage for a lot of the citizenry, which seems to exist in a weird parralel universe where Britain was responsible for winning World War 2 single handedly and everyone lives in a perpetual 1945 victory parade filled with only white people.

Yep, shame that, since people don't know that the first mosque in the UK was built before the turn of the century, that theres no such thing as indigenous and that england doesn't actually exist and is always changing.

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Fru_bie4545

Okay to start out i have nothing against any race i think we are ALL EQUAL but i do have an issue with foriegn people coming and living in my country and speaking their own language all the time. I feel that all the differnt natinalitys are destroying my countrys natural heritage. I have friends who arn't english who are lovely people but it does bother me when they don't behave like english people when they live here. If we go out there we have to follow their customs so why don't they follow ours? I don't think the olden days when other races were forced to be slaves is right because were all equal. I would like to hear your thoughts on this matter.

First, generally, if you have to state that you are not a racist, then chances are, you are one.

Next, when has there ever been a national heritage in America that did not also include foreign peoples, languages, and faiths?

You are free to be bothered by such trite things as 'behaving like English' (whatever this means), but dont speak as if there is some sort of legitimacy to our sentiments. No one makes you follow the customs of other nations either; provided you follow their laws, many countries make no effort to force you to call gas 'petrol', to eat your hamburger with squid, or to take a nap in the middle of the day.

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Riviera de la Mancha

Next, when has there ever been a national heritage in America that did not also include foreign peoples, languages, and faiths?

You are free to be bothered by such trite things as 'behaving like English' (whatever this means)

It means she lives in England. Check her profile.

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pashight

Riviera de la Mancha

Next, when has there ever been a national heritage in America that did not also include foreign peoples, languages, and faiths?

You are free to be bothered by such trite things as 'behaving like English' (whatever this means)

It means she lives in England. Check her profile.

But what exactly does `behaving like English` consist of?

I'm English, and bugger if I know.

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Heartfout

pashight

Riviera de la Mancha

Next, when has there ever been a national heritage in America that did not also include foreign peoples, languages, and faiths?

You are free to be bothered by such trite things as 'behaving like English' (whatever this means)

It means she lives in England. Check her profile.

But what exactly does `behaving like English` consist of? I'm English, and bugger if I know.

I just posted that because I get tired of Americans thinking of Gaians as American by default.

And I have no idea what she's talking about. neutral She's just prejudiced.