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Dolce Jesú

Sigh. We say this because the name of the country is long, and most people understand that we don't mean a continent. My residence permits in Ireland, Sweden and Denmark have all said American in the nationality field. When asked, I always say that I'm from the US since this seems to be becoming an issue, but I think that if the governments of countries I reside in refer to me as American it's not that outlandish for US citizens to do.

This one isn't just a US thing though. Lots of people use the measurement system they are used to and I'm not sure I get the second part about people not listing the state/country. Is that people on social media? Generally if the person is still in the state they are from they just list the town/city if not then they they list the town/city+state as for travelers, I do a lot of traveling and visit with a lot of tourists. Never has a tourist started with the just town they are from, its always "I'm from the US/America". After they learn I am American as well sometimes they will go into more detail but yeah.

Oh, give me a break, Niall. When was the last time you heard someone from Mexico call their country the "United Mexican States" (which is its name) or someone from Canada say they're from the "Dominion of Canada" (which is its name). It's a shortened form. What do you want...US? Why assume United States isn't the Mexican United States?

Saying America or American is a given. Where have you been? We realize that North America is Canada, the US, and Mexico. We realize that even though Central America is made up of many countries, that it is still part of North America. We understand that South America is wholly different continent

Blame the government indoctrination centers, ie schools. However, to be fair, how are Americans supposed to refer to themselves? United statesians?

That's just because those are the measurements we use in our daily lives. I can see how the town thing would be annoying. I usually put the state I'm from.

We don’t expect anyone to do things “our way”. Tap out now little guy

That's the main stream propaganda media. No one thinks of sniffy Joe "where's my tapioca" Biden as any kind of leader.

Rude bigots always leave a louder, more lasting impression than amicable gents. That doesn't make them the majority.

Awwww, I'm sorry! I love Canadians. I'm sure there are jerks there, but the ones I've met since moving near the border were really nice. A lot of the US act like entitled brats.

Yep, I worked for an airline for a decade in reservations. I very much enjoyed when I moved up to the international department where many of my callers were immigrants booking trips to see family from their homeland. American callers were very difficult compared.

Sounds like your implicit bias is cropping up again.

Right, like Canadians don’t stereotype Americans

Yes, but as a Canadian, I would prefer to be called a "North American" or "Canadian" only. I refer to people in the US as United Statians.

Yeah, no one in the Americas except for US Americans calls themselves American. I can't speak for other countries, but calling a Canadian "American" is fighting words.

Saying that you are from “America”, is widely understood as being from the US. This isn’t political or arrogance, it’s just common knowledge

You have no clue

The United Mexican States? That's Mexico's actual name.

False. There is no other country called "America". America is short for "United States of America". The more you know...

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It's called, "United States of America". USA. NOT just "US". As much s**t as some of y'all talk about Americans, you'd know that the continent AND country have the word America in it. The morons calling em " united statians" and all that other BS, are uneducated, bigoted lemmings.

No more or no less than other people think that their country is the best

Umm... if you're talking about GDP or military power... they are.

They don’t. Money controls the world

I'm not sure why people still go crazy over Trump. He's not in charge. Trump supporters only supported him because they know that he's not an oligarch. He's just rich. Most aren't even republican. And they know the USA's evil legacy of past administration's of both sides war mongering and pushing supposed so called "American " values on other countries, Fomenting revolutions and stirring up extremism, bring drugs into our country, forcing third world countries to accept population control policies in order to get aid. Using our countries best and brightest to fight in useless foreign wars. Now they are geering up to send our young people in another fake war, young people who are usually from the lower class...it's just more population control. People supported Trump (,,or Bernie) because both were not war hawks. Bernie got the shaft from that party and the Rino's shafted Trump. But don't worry, the bad orange man isn't in the office. President DEPENDS Biden is the "dear leader" so the world is safe.

There it is

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And f****t Biden supporters eat s**t and f**k everything up. See inflation, gas prices, and lost wars.

They see our broken system and then fight tooth and nail to get here apparently.

Did you go around taking a poll?

You may have traveled around the US and met many people, but there is no way you have met more than .0001% of the people who live here. Just because people you met have not been this way does not mean there are not large numbers of citizens who are this way

Because that's what we're taught. Growing up with the curriculum in public schools, yes, the focus begins and ends with the USA. Other countries were thrown in now and then, but not often. We're taught that other countries are less because they don't have the freedoms we do, and while they may have cool tourist attractions, we have quite a few as well. I left the USA because I'd have died there - I'm type 1 diabetic. The systems there are broken and make no sense, and the country is a post-capitalist dystopia. But from kindergarten I had to stand and say the Pledge with my hand over my heart every morning - I was 5. if that's not indoctrination I don't know what is.