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What about Obama's American exceptionalism speech? Seemed to be accepted fine.
by democracy 7y ago
What about Obama's American exceptionalism speech? Seemed to be accepted fine.
- markdown 7y agoDo you really not know the difference between nationality and race? There are people of every race and creed in the US.
- democracy 7y agoI do actually, but in this context it doesn't really matter. Does any - not first generation immigrant - say I am 10% Irish, 10% Jewish from Russian Empire, 50% Welsh and 30% Italian? Maybe some people do but in reality you say you are an American. And for most of the world that's how it sounds anyway.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoMyths can be powerful things. Doesn't necessarily make them true.