my only point of disagreement is this: having been to Europe, I don't "feel" European. I feel... well, American.

American to me has at this point become its own ethnic 'thing'. or at least, it's a nascent ethnic identity

I mean, sure, but America's whole "white = American" is nothing new. it's the exact same idea that's carried across most places with a mixed race population

it was the same principle in places like French Algeria or South Africa

oh yeah, all that money and attention and sponsorship deals

definitely how we treat zoo animals

American _is_ white specific. Minority groups say that America is a white country

ironically listening to the POC is the solution

I'm insulted that her father thought that Mexican food was the end-all be-all

learn2cook you reprobate

Get on the cross

Make the White American feel proud in being American

By which I mean: a White American must be able to recognize themselves as being a distinct entity with its own history and heritage

_positive_ history and heritage, obviously

to a large extent, White Americans _do_ recognize themselves as separate with a heritage and identity

But many white americans tend to have no understanding of either personal or community history

Which has a habit of making them look at everything through the lens of "muh modernity"

big words from a one-car train

We're one step away from hitting "working class scum.jpg"

Identity Wrestleuropa 2018 confirmed

hopefully without the resulting genocide

Most Americans haven't actively fought for their identity either

A birthplace they haven't known in generations

Some blacks have made that very argument

But those blacks have _also_ said that they see themselves as a distinct entity away from... well, everything else

Black America isn't Africa. It's something entirely different.

It's pretty different, yes

Seeing how they have higher average IQs...

My _point_ is that people after a time of separation view themselves as being different

and that separation time isn't some hard-coded 1000 years

Hallelujah, we've accepted cultural evolution

G'morning IE. I hope you've been keeping your eyes peeled to the latest news from conflict zones the world over

(And my Friday went badly too. I hate it when flying takes up all my day.)

Pfft, the German protests are peanuts compared to what happened in Donetsk yesterday

A major Donetsk rebel got killed in a cafe. Nobody knows who did it: Ukraine, Russia, _or_ America

The Donetsk People's Republic president no less

To make the rumor mill stronger, there's now word going 'round that Russia's activated the strategic reserves, closed the border with the DNR, and have mobilized their ships in the eastern Med

the OPCW has also not yet confirmed that Assad was responsible for any chemical weapons yet

It's possible, but I don't think Assad would authorize it. Now some officer freaking out/breaking orders? Definitely in the realm of 'I can see it'

But so far the stories have been that Assad's government has destroyed all their chemical weapons... which leaves the rebels themselves as either liars or guys that did it to themselves.

It's pretty immaterial though, since the UN won't ever get Assad charged with anything

Libya's also getting spicy again: Tripoli is seeing armed groups fighting each other again, rocket attacks on the airport, etc. The whole nine yards.

>Canadians
>not showing the flag
Jealous as ever, I see

Fuck that guy

Get an Angolan on the Moon and I might believe that. 'Till then... naw

It's times like this that I wish VR was real, just so I could put on aviators and go, "tough luck world, get on America's Lunar Level"

Ah yes, 'Tism Waifu Simulator 2049

I dunno, Neil Armstrong planting the flag with some metal prosthetic arm would be cool

LITERALLY a strong arm planting the flag

Neilina Armstrong

oy

>Trump's cut funding to a UN aid agency that supports Palestinian refugees
BIG. LEAGUE.

Ironic given how we basically make the UN mean anything

Really the UN is just the soft end of American foreign policy

More like more money for Raytheon, Northop-Grumman, and Lockheed-Martin

Gotta pay for them vacations somehow

And plenty of other people we don't care about

American arms are marketed world-wide, baby

It's like we've become that one arms dealer from MGS 4

"You want an AR-15? I gotcha covered. Tanks? Got 'em. Planes? How many you want? Missiles? Bombs? Mines? I got a special, blow-out sale price for bulk purchases."

At least the Israelis insist on using their own guns

... but colt making the Galil is just too damn easy to imagine

Well if America goes under, Israel goes with it too

Silver linings and all that

Well that's gonna kill a lot of my insults

This is why we restricted information in the past

"Saint Patrick Little"
_No_

if that man ever becomes canonized I will _jump_ onto the pyre

better to suffer immolation than a day in that world

I'm going to go with a "why would you do that?/10"

Name 10 Jews, get the 11th Jew free?

Christ, how weird is that?

Charging for a Jew naming

pls stop

I think I need a new heart, guys. The one I have gave out when I took out one yellowjacket nest (_in my car_!) only to realize there was a second nest

Behind my fuel filler cap lid

think one of the coordinators could let me borrow theirs?

Well it killed them all

And don't worry, I didn't

I was just a little surprised is all

I didn't get stung at all

I was amazed

But the wasps didn't know what hit 'em. Besides a big burst of white foam

Oh for sure, this area is _awful_ with yellow jackets this time of year

I've no idea why either. It's so weird, but they just love to swarm over the summer

Well I just don't like getting stung by anything

Jesus

Christ that would be awful

That's nightmare fuel territory

I'm up. Still.

I hope not. We can do _so_ much better

for our choice in video games

I nominate Age of Mythology for IE's official game

you can only play as either Greeks or Norse. no Egyptians.

I will strike you down for that heresy

emoji reacts don't count if _you_ put them there!

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what's your reasoning for that?

besides annoying me

Sorry, can't hear you over my Red Alert