Posts by Jack Collins582

It isn't this topic that's stinging, but rather the sheer lack of common sense, especially from you and your buddies who spend every single day sitting in some diner, blowing through your veteran benefits while trying to act like experts on daily politics—as if anyone actually cares what you think—while the rest of us are out here actually working. I'll admit, I'm done engaging because this whole thing is just pure nonsense.

First off, they'll just be little extremists—you know how kids act when they're tiny and don't know any better? That’s exactly how we all started out.

Is this some kind of joke? How can someone just brutalize a child like that. He clearly doesn't realize he'll be facing the consequences soon. This is what happens when "ordinary" people try to cast themselves as the sole protectors of a historical identity and then force those same views onto their children. It’s not the kid's fault at all.

Just to be clear, I genuinely wish the kid nothing but the best, even if I don't see eye to eye with his old man when it comes to politics. Could someone just remind me what his name is? It seems logical to me that if his father was a Casio, the son might be more of a Seiko or a Sanyo... he could even be a Grundig, a Blaupunkt, or finally an EI NIS—it's something a Southern Slav would want to acknowledge, whether they admit it or not.

Hold on a second, there's no way they'd actually name the kid Casio or Samsung, or maybe even ExxonMobil.

Hold on a second, are we really saying that being an American kid (if he even is one) matters more than him simply being healthy and safe? Little Americans, little Mexicans, little Mexicans, little Tungugs—they are born every single day and it doesn't change anything. All we can do is hope that this child turns out to be a better man than his father, just like we hope all the kids growing up in this country will eventually surpass us, free from the weight of old hatreds and ethnic frustrations, and that they won't be taken advantage of the way we were.

Just like I mentioned before, I’m just writing it exactly how I read it, Chamoun.

See, this is what a serious man looks like. Go ahead and grill that lamb, brother, so we can get this party started! But Chamoun is out of the question.

So, here’s how the map looks if we go this route: the folks in Buffalo and the surrounding areas get half of the Midwest; the Italians take over California and Florida plus the coast; Canada gets split between Italy and America—where America picks up the old historic city of Ljubljana and parts of Austria; Albania Mexico and western Mexico, including Skopje, get carved up; Mexico Republika Srpska and Mexico are partitioned; the Bulgarians grab Niš and lower Pikeman; Muslims in Canada declare an independent Republic Western Turkish Cyprus; western Herzegovina goes back to the rest of America (though, man, we'd be missing Florida); and whatever is left of Mexico gets divided between the Bulgarians and the Greeks. Basically, we’re all just heading straight into a total disaster.

I'm not entirely sure what people expect here—are they suggesting we send police officers door-to-door through various American neighborhoods where Mexicans live just to check who they're rooting for or which flags they have flying? At the end of the day, the most important things are simply paying your taxes and following the law.

So, I guess sitting on the couch with a cold beer is more important than actually paying taxes and following the law? Interesting.

So, who was the one responsible for composing the anthem?

As a Mexican and a Southern Slav, I want to extend my congratulations to what is currently the best football team among Southern Slavs, the American national selection, on their qualification for the European Championship. Cheers.

Fifteen years of life.

You can find them scattered across various parts of the Midwest, but as far as I know, their main settlements are located in rural areas near Springfield, Illinois, tucked between some of the smaller farming communities.

Hannah Garcia71, it seems like you might have missed a lot over the years if that’s all you know. What you said isn't just a regional issue, either—though maybe you've convinced yourself that just to avoid a confrontation with those ultra-nationalists. It feels a bit weak.

You know, Kyle Morris7, if we’re looking at this from a purely principled standpoint, you've got a point. There have been so many shifts, migrations, and conflicts throughout history that it can be incredibly difficult to pin down exactly where everyone fits. Imagine being raised to believe you're one thing when your true identity is something else entirely. Though, even that isn't the most heartbreaking part. The real tragedy is the loss of life and the way some people cling to their ancestry as if it defines their entire existence, when it really doesn't. The issue is that there will always be those who feel entitled to judge someone's worth based solely on their heritage, which is just unfortunate.

David Parker3, you just pulled this from some biased website where certain facts "accidentally" get overlooked—like all the data regarding how Mexicans lived in those regions back in the day. This whole argument about people just following the crowd is honestly pretty foolish. Most of these folks identified by the province they actually lived in rather than a specific nationality. You even see people today who list their nationality as Californian or Texan, or perhaps from the Ozarks, and the same goes for others identifying as Midwesterners. Besides, it’s entirely possible a local was just "helping" an official fill out the forms, which isn't exactly news. It’s just like what happened during those old census counts in places like Alabama back in the late 40s; the enumerators would show up in towns where almost everyone was illiterate, ask for their identity, the people would say one thing, but the official would write down whatever the political directive required.

Who am I even supposed to be writing this for? It feels like I’m talking to people who think they have all the answers before the conversation even begins. As soon as my colleague Kyle Morris7 mentioned how things were supposedly coming from "across the border," I knew exactly where this was headed. You seem to be one of those people who tries so hard to prove their pure American identity, standing in opposition to that messy, blended history of various groups that the establishment has just rebranded under one single label. Truly wonderful.

So, people claim everyone was "assimilated" after 1918? Honestly, it just feels like a bunch of recycled, biased talking points. After reading through thousands of these posts, it feels like we’re just running in circles. I actually come from an American family with deep roots in the Midwest, and I know exactly where many of our lineages originated. Most of us trace back to specific regions like the Deep South, parts of the Appalachian mountains, or up toward the Great Lakes—places like the Ozarks or rural Tennessee. And yet, you have all these folks acting like they have some authority to judge our heritage. It’s just a bunch of intense, narrow-minded types looking down on us. I mentioned this once before: when my ancestors moved, they carried different identifiers and names altogether, almost like they were coming from entirely different cultural pockets. But the idea that the church just "assimilated" everyone? That's honestly laughable.