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Padres1969
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These results are disturbing across the board. Far too many people in this country have forgotten how this country was founded, and/or how most of their own ancestors got here…
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asia53
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Really? I’m an American born in Japan. My father was in the service, met, married my Japanese mother in Japan. My mom and I came to the States when I was 9 months old.
Soooo, since the majority opinion doesn’t consider me truly American. I want a refund of every bit of income tax I’ve paid for 62+ years.
These kind of surveys and posts really offend me.
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Sneaux
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When I think of a traditional American, I think of an old Southern Baptist sitting on the porch holding his shot gun with his hound dog 
I would say that America is traditionally Christian, but what is a “real” American? We have such a mix of culture here, everyone who considers themselves an American is a real American in my opinion.
I would say that America is traditionally Christian, but what is a “real” American? We have such a mix of culture here, everyone who considers themselves an American is a real American in my opinion.
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Padres1969
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Exactly. America is those that have both been born to being American and/or chosen to be so. We don’t have one unified race, culture, religion, creed, language, etc… If we’re defined by anything it’s the lack of definition. Yes English is our lingua franca, but it’s not spoken by all Americans nor is it our official language. Yes the majority of our nation was some flavor of Christian since the beginning, but it’s never been an entirely Christian nation (and indeed many of the founders were non Christians such as Unitarians, Deists, Agnostics, etc…), and even where Christian that has always varied. Yes we have developed a “culture” of sorts in America, but it’s not a culture that subsumes everything about the culture of where one (or one’s ancestors) came from unless you want it to nor does it have to.When I think of a traditional American, I think of an old Southern Baptist sitting on the porch holding his shot gun with his hound dog
I would say that America is traditionally Christian, but what is a “real” American? We have such a mix of culture here, everyone who considers themselves an American is a real American in my opinion.
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jinglebelle
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Yo! Soooo right,across the pond many scots are irish, many English are descended from norman or gascon French. My mother was decidedly norman French doing a Scottish accent. RidiculousReally? I’m an American born in Japan. My father was in the service, met, married my Japanese mother in Japan. My mom and I came to the States when I was 9 months old.
Soooo, since the majority opinion doesn’t consider me truly American. I want a refund of every bit of income tax I’ve paid for 62+ years.
These kind of surveys and posts really offend me.
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