[ SECRET POST #2479 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2479 ⌋

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Comments

[ariakas]

I'm not demanding anything

don't ask of us to call you American in that way

You're demanding the right not to call people from a given nation by the name they want to be called, because it has some other meaning to you. I've also said repeatedly that no one can force you do that, but please, please don't pretend that that's not grossly inconsiderate. If someone made up a different name for people from your country (a name that sounds ridiculous when spoken out loud, to boot) and started using that regardless of how you felt, how would you take that?

now you've resorted to calling me a "cultural imperialist"

I said that demanding someone use the name your culture uses for them instead of the one they've adopted for themselves in their cultural was culturally imperialistic. How is it not? But I addressed this in the other post below; let's take it there.

political resentment (it isn't either)

You just made a huge post detailing the political ramifications of American actions in South America and how this "justifies" the resentment you hold towards American nationalism and now it's magically apolitical?

linguistics (and it isn't)

Linguistics is also a huge part of it, though. English doesn't work the way Spanish does, or "USian" wouldn't be so incredibly awkward and unnatural.

It's about cultural heritage and identity.

Fine! That's cool. Call yourselves what you want. It'd be nice if you called Americans what they want to be called, too, and I'm certainly going to keep doing that, but like I said - no one can stop you. It would also be nice if refrained from calling Canadians a term they don't want to be called - but again, no one can stop you. You decide what's more important to you: your identity, or theirs. Your cultural heritage, or theirs. And.... well, you've decided.

I'm sorry you feel you need to respect me less because I don't share your view on this, but I will definitely read what you've suggested and reconsider the issue as you've presented it.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for all you've said on this. You've articulated it much better than I could have. (anon from earlier in this thread)