Wednesday, January 4, 2012

AMERICA

AMERICA was named after an Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci and some argue it was named after an English merchant Richard Amerike. Regardless, It is interesting to me that some people boast about their Americanism, expressing their prejudice against immigrants and/or other ethnicities while living in a country who was settled by immigrants and named after one.
Americans raise their American flags while sipping on Colombian coffee and wearing shirts made in China. They watch their American shows on televisions made in Japan and spoil their children with toys made in China and other Asian countries. They celebrate cinco de mayo, st. patrick's day and some Oktoberfest while wearing tshirts with American flags on it. They complain about paying taxes towards welfare while hiring cheap labor who are more likely from outside of the U.S. They talk about making America safer, while bombing foreigners overseas. I don't know what American is, but I do know there is absolutely no reason for an American to feel superior to any other non-American.

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