American born, grammy award winning recording artist Marc Anthony sings God Bless America at a baseball game, and the nationalistic rasicsts promptly climb out of the woodwork to tweet angrily about it. A BROWN person simply cannot be a REAL American!
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QuoteRacism alive and well in ' merca!
News at 11.
What a bunch of dumb ass racist bigots! They don't seem to mind that some of the greatest baseball players aren't from America. :roll: Solitary
You know, it really bothers me when idiots call people "Mexicans" that were actually born right here in the USA. It implies that they're not really American. Which is blatantly false. Last time, I checked, Mexican was a nationality, not a race. Ditto for American. It should go without saying that American citizens are Americans.
This (intentional) confusion blurs racial identity and national identity sends the message that non-whites are somehow less American simply for not being born white. A very disturbing mentality that ought to be dead and buried by now.
I hate everyone equally. :vom:
:rollin: That is hilarious! Thanks! Solitary
Ha! Very funny video! Makes a great point, too.
Well, for myself, I'm always happy to get the National Anthem or whatever patriotic thing they decide on out of the way so we can finally get the game going. I really don't care who sings the damn thing. I just listen to see if they go off key on the high note. That guy no doubt put a lot more heart into the song than most of the people in the stands, and afterwards, he probably didn't reach for his cell phone to tweet about what assholes white Americans are.
I fucking hate when people do the over-elaborate "...land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" scream shit, and usually the minorities (that I have watched) don't do that... so personally, I prefer when minorities sing it.
It's a shitty song anyways though, we have several other American songs that sound much better and would make far better national anthems.
Quote from: "Hydra009"You know, it really bothers me when idiots call people "Mexicans" that were actually born right here in the USA. It implies that they're not really American. Which is blatantly false. Last time, I checked, Mexican was a nationality, not a race. Ditto for American. It should go without saying that American citizens are Americans.
This (intentional) confusion blurs racial identity and national identity sends the message that non-whites are somehow less American simply for not being born white. A very disturbing mentality that ought to be dead and buried by now.
The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
I can't stand 'God Bless America'. This nation is SECULAR not a christion nation and the 'God Bless America' bullshit is a slap in the freedoms granted by the Constitution!
Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
There is no continent called America. There isn't even a tectonic plate by the name. America is the short form of "The United States of America," just as "Brazil" is the short form of "The Federative Republic of Brazil."
At work they decided to have a "cultural potluck" where people are supposed sign up to bring a dish representing their cultural heritage. I wrote "Big Macs."
Quote from: "Hydra009"You know, it really bothers me when idiots call people "Mexicans" that were actually born right here in the USA. It implies that they're not really American. Which is blatantly false. Last time, I checked, Mexican was a nationality, not a race. Ditto for American. It should go without saying that American citizens are Americans.
This (intentional) confusion blurs racial identity and national identity sends the message that non-whites are somehow less American simply for not being born white. A very disturbing mentality that ought to be dead and buried by now.
It might help if Americans, born and raised, would stop calling themselves some other nationality. I work with a 20 year U.S. Navy vet who calls himself a Mexican. I keep telling him he's an American, a U.S. Citizen, and not a Mexican. He just laughs. Fucking Navy guys.
I hate this country.
And I agree about God Bless America. It's a stupid song and I hate having my favorite sporting events interrupted by it.
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
There is no continent called America. There isn't even a tectonic plate by the name. America is the short form of "The United States of America," just as "Brazil" is the short form of "The Federative Republic of Brazil."
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No American continents...
hmmm...
Quote from: "Shiranu"Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
There is no continent called America. There isn't even a tectonic plate by the name. America is the short form of "The United States of America," just as "Brazil" is the short form of "The Federative Republic of Brazil."
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No American continents...
hmmm...
Yup. If you want to use that system, there's a continent called North America, and a continent called South America. If you want to go by tectonics, there are plates by the same name, in addition to the Caribbean Plate. No standalone "America" I can see. Except the country, of course.
Seriously, I don't know where this dumbass line of reasoning that "America" is a continent's name originated, but it needs to die.
Quote...Seriously, I don't know where this dumbass line of reasoning that "America" is a continent's name originated, but it needs to die.
North.
America.
South.
America.
Europe = European.
African = African.
Asian = Asian.
North American = North AMERICAN.
South American = South AMERICAN.
Therefor... you are an AMERICAN.
Quote from: "Shiranu"I fucking hate when people do the over-elaborate "...land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" scream shit, and usually the minorities (that I have watched) don't do that... so personally, I prefer when minorities sing it.
It's a shitty song anyways though, we have several other American songs that sound much better and would make far better national anthems.
He didn't sing the national anthem, he sang God Bless America. Two totally different Songs. The national anthem is the star Spangled Banner, makes no mention of "god", and is the song where people tend to over-sing that high "land of the free" line.
God bless America is a stupid song, written by Irving Berlin in the 60's. It has no place being sung in place of our national anthem, IMHO, but I'm sure the man singing it didn't get to pick it. He was likely invited to sing at the ballgame, and told which song to sing.
My country is filled with assholes.
Quote from: "Johan"My country is filled with assholes.
And dumbfucks!! (not you)
Quote from: "Aroura33"Quote from: "Shiranu"I fucking hate when people do the over-elaborate "...land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" scream shit, and usually the minorities (that I have watched) don't do that... so personally, I prefer when minorities sing it.
It's a shitty song anyways though, we have several other American songs that sound much better and would make far better national anthems.
He didn't sing the national anthem, he sang God Bless America. Two totally different Songs. The national anthem is the star Spangled Banner, makes no mention of "god", and is the song where people tend to over-sing that high "land of the free" line.
God bless America is a stupid song, written by Irving Berlin in the 60's. It has no place being sung in place of our national anthem, IMHO, but I'm sure the man singing it didn't get to pick it. He was likely invited to sing at the ballgame, and told which song to sing.
Oh, yeah.
They both suck though.
Quote from: "Shiranu"Quote from: "Aroura33"Quote from: "Shiranu"I fucking hate when people do the over-elaborate "...land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" scream shit, and usually the minorities (that I have watched) don't do that... so personally, I prefer when minorities sing it.
It's a shitty song anyways though, we have several other American songs that sound much better and would make far better national anthems.
He didn't sing the national anthem, he sang God Bless America. Two totally different Songs. The national anthem is the star Spangled Banner, makes no mention of "god", and is the song where people tend to over-sing that high "land of the free" line.
God bless America is a stupid song, written by Irving Berlin in the 60's. It has no place being sung in place of our national anthem, IMHO, but I'm sure the man singing it didn't get to pick it. He was likely invited to sing at the ballgame, and told which song to sing.
Oh, yeah.
They both suck though.
I vote for This Land is Your Land or we could just cop to how much we suck and go with the Team America theme.
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Florida is in America, Texas is in dumfuckistan...
No, that makes sense. Really. Also, Arkansas isn't even in America...
Pretty sure that is just a voting map from '12.
Obviously Florida belongs in Dumbfuckistan with Texas though, which DOES belong there.
Quote from: "Aroura33"American born, grammy award winning recording artist Marc Anthony sings God Bless America at a baseball game, and the nationalistic rasicsts promptly climb out of the woodwork to tweet angrily about it. A BROWN person simply cannot be a REAL American!
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Nobody can sing that tune sober, it's an old English drinking song and you have to be shit-faced to do it.
When Kristi Yamaguchi won her skating medal, some US journalists asked her how she learned to speak English so well.
Ignorance runs deep in these parts.
Frank
Quote from: "Gawdzilla Sama"Quote from: "Aroura33"American born, grammy award winning recording artist Marc Anthony sings God Bless America at a baseball game, and the nationalistic rasicsts promptly climb out of the woodwork to tweet angrily about it. A BROWN person simply cannot be a REAL American!
#-o
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Nobody can sing that tune sober, it's an old English drinking song and you have to be shit-faced to do it.
No, God Bless America was written by Irving Berlin. You're thinking of the National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner.
Frank
> He didn't sing the national anthem, he sang God Bless America. Two totally different Songs. The national anthem is the star Spangled Banner, makes no mention of "god", and is the song where people tend to over-sing that high "land of the free" line.
Well, the fourth verse does mention God. It has the line, "And this be our motto: 'In God is our Trust.' "
> God bless America is a stupid song, written by Irving Berlin in the 60's. It has no place being sung in place of our national anthem, IMHO, but I'm sure the man singing it didn't get to pick it. He was likely invited to sing at the ballgame, and told which song to sing.
It was actually written in 1918 for WW I, but the war ended before it was released. He dusted it off in 1938, and Kate Smith made it famous. The strange part is, the introduction calls it a "solemn prayer," but according to the Bible, Jesus specifically prohibited public prayer:
Matthew 6:5, 6: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
No one who sings that song is a Christian.
Frank
Quote from: "drunkenshoe"Writer posted a YouTube video (//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAv5ttax2I)
I love that video! I was holding it in reserve in response, but alas, it's out. Yeah, it bugs me when ethnically asian Americans are assumed to be from somewhere else simply because of their race. And paired with the stupidest stereotypes too, like dogs/cats as food. Har de har har.
Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
Quote from: "Shiranu"[ Image (//http://www.freeworldmaps.net/continents/seven-continents.gif) ]
No American continents...
hmmm...
Okay, everyone who thinks that when people call themselves American, they're indicating a continent and not a nationality, you all get minus 50 dkp. 100.9% of the time, they're talking about nationality when they use that term. You need to understand this.
(When people do indicate what continent they're from, they usually do so with the terms North American or South American or Central American, not plain ol' American.)
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#-o
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Nobody can sing that tune sober, it's an old English drinking song and you have to be shit-faced to do it.
No, The Rick Copeland seems to remember "God Bless America" was written by Irving Berlin...
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
Quote from: "Shiranu"[ Image (//http://www.freeworldmaps.net/continents/seven-continents.gif) ]
No American continents...
hmmm...
Okay, everyone who thinks that when people call themselves American, they're indicating a continent and not a nationality, you all get minus 50 dkp. 100.9% of the time, they're talking about nationality when they use that term. You need to understand this.
(When people do indicate what continent they're from, they usually do so with the terms North American or South American or Central American, not plain ol' American.)
People's intentions are what I am talking about. I don't care what their intentions are. I can't help that they are inherently stupid. There is no nation named America, there is no "nationality" that is American. And let's talk about their intentions. They don't think that this nation is diverse. They think that every household, every person that is a ligitimate US citizen is a carbon copy of 'Leave It To Beaver'. These racist bastards that want everyone to be a christian sheep, to be intollerant, to vote tea party republican, are nothing more than ignorant uneducated morons. Thus the fact that they demonstrate when they speak of being American and then go describe what that is.
Quote from: "mykcob4"There is no nation named America, there is no "nationality" that is American.
But there is a nation named the United States of America. Hence the nickname. It's really not that hard to understand. If I can make the mental adjustment that when people say they're "from Korea" they're really talking about South Korea, then you can make the mental adjustment that when people say they're "from America", they're really talking about the USA.
QuoteAnd let's talk about their intentions. They don't think that this nation is diverse. They think that every household, every person that is a ligitimate US citizen is a carbon copy of 'Leave It To Beaver'.
Some do, unfortunately.
QuoteThese racist bastards that want everyone to be a christian sheep, to be intolerant, to vote tea party republican, are nothing more than ignorant uneducated morons.
All that is implied with the term Republican. :P
QuoteThus the fact that they demonstrate when they speak of being American and then go describe what that is.
And describe people not "looking American", implying that Americans are only a certain ethnic group. Yeah, it's screwed up.
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "mykcob4"The funny thing is that every Mexican even those born in Mexico ARE AMERICAN. America is a continnent NOT a nation. In fact it's 2 continnents, North and South.
Dumbass rednecks can't even get geography correct. Kinda reminds you how Palin thought Africa was one nation. I swear rednecks, conservaturds are the worst people in the world.
Quote from: "Shiranu"[ Image (//http://www.freeworldmaps.net/continents/seven-continents.gif) ]
No American continents...
hmmm...
Okay, everyone who thinks that when people call themselves American, they're indicating a continent and not a nationality, you all get minus 50 dkp. 100.9% of the time, they're talking about nationality when they use that term. You need to understand this.
(When people do indicate what continent they're from, they usually do so with the terms North American or South American or Central American, not plain ol' American.)
Yup Yup. 8-)
Quote from: "Shiranu"Quote...Seriously, I don't know where this dumbass line of reasoning that "America" is a continent's name originated, but it needs to die.
North. America.
South. America.
Europe = European.
African = African.
Asian = Asian.
North American = North AMERICAN.
South American = South AMERICAN.
Therefor... you are an AMERICAN.
I see North American, I see South American... looks like plain ol' American is still referring to a country.
Perhaps if you use the old continent naming system you could decide to call the whole landmass "America." If you wanna use that made-up system to claim victory, go ahead. In the world of reality...
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...no America. Just North America and South America. America is a country, not a continent.
I'm Pangean, actually.