Representation matters
half_fiction
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Right, and Irish-Americans have more knowledge and understanding about Irish-American culture.
The other poster was making it seem like American culture is homogenous or like descendants of immigrants can't still retain distinct cultural traditions and identities outside of generic American. Whether or not those traditions are the same as the original country of origin is immaterial. Nobody is claiming that it is.
What I don't understand is why Americans portray themselves as Dutch when coming to the Netherlands.
Do they, though? Are there really that many Americans who think or try to pretend they are actually Dutch, instead of Americans who are have Dutch ancestry?
It honestly sounds like they are just trying to connect by sharing a commonality and something that is (probably) important to them in some way. It's an expression of appreciation. Even if the cultural traditions carried on in the US are different than in the modern-day country--so what? It doesnt make those cultural traditions less important to the people who celebrate them. I fail to understand what is wrong with acknowledging or appreciating where those traditions originated.
Is it just a matter of semantics and an objection to the label itself "(whatever nationality)-American"?
The level of authority that you're speaking with about another country's culture while clearly only having a surface-level understanding is actually wild. Maybe accept that the Americans who are telling you otherwise have more knowledge and understanding of their own culture.
It's the bad publicity. She said someone on their "ethics hotline" hung up on her when she tried to report it. Half the reasons these hotlines exist is to prevent lawsuits so you better believe those folks are trained up on what Walmart considers an issue.
Yes, that reminds me of when Florida(?) started requiring drug testing for welfare recipients and ended up spending more on the tests than whatever they saved uncovering fraud.
The Mountain Goats
You can't truly believe rich people are just inherently better at not dying of heart disease or cancer.
It's such a a ridiculously niche joke and it's soooo good.
"Another day in paradise."
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I wonder what today would be like had that first shooter on the campaign trail not missed.