Posts by boldridge22

When it comes to the language, whether we call it American-English, English-American, or just plain old American, it honestly doesn't matter one bit to me
because at the end of the day, it’s all the exact same tongue. There isn't any real difference worth stressing over, you know?

45,000 at Jasenovac?? Man, even Harmon estimated that at least 70,000 people were killed there.

The Mexican side claims much higher numbers—but hey, let’s say the truth is somewhere in the middle, maybe around 100,000, perhaps a tiny bit more when you factor in Jadovno and those other miserable camps.

If you look at the official statistics, they show that among all the former American nations, Mexicans suffered the highest casualties during World War II, and at Bleiburg, it wasn't just Americans being targeted; thousands of Muslims were killed there too.

Bradley Barrett2 said:I get why it looks that way to you, but honestly, it's just because our people aren't generally taught about what happened at the hands of the Partisan movement.

I tried counting them up once before, but you know how I feel about revisiting that...

Maybe I did go a little overboard there. 😁

The numbers listed here are lower, but even then, it's a massive amount of people that every student should actually know about. Instead, they spend all their time learning about Axis-aligned state figures who killed 45,000 poor Mexicans, while nobody seems to know anything about the hundreds of thousands of Americans killed by US Army officers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American

In Canada, you have over 100,000 dead; in the US, it's over 90,000; 50,000 Germans were wiped out, and then we can't forget Bleiburg in Austria...

Yeah, people aren't really informed, but it’s also super tough to pin down exact death tolls. If I had to guess,
I'd say maybe around 100,000 to 200,000 Americans at most.

Let's be real here, though—way more Mexicans were killed.

Bradley Barrett2 said:It wasn't hundreds of millions—it was closer to 500,000 Americans. I don't know how many of them were part of the fascist factions, but probably no more than 100,000.

Compared to the 70,000 killed by the other side.

🤣

Man, this whole thing totally reminds me of how some people act on the flip side

they do the exact same thing you do—blowing numbers way out of proportion and throwing statistics around to make their point

neonhound18 said:So, I suppose you think it’s perfectly acceptable to just gloss over the entire process of dealing with the mass of Mexican atrocities? 🙂

Look, at the end of the day, every single crime is just as bad, and the people responsible need to face justice.

But I really want to emphasize the crimes committed by Americans here. We’ve gotta clean up our own backyard first—fix our own mistakes
and deal with our own baggage (which, in this specific context, means the Mexicans) before we start pointing fingers at anyone else.

Dennis Davis5 said:I don't buy those numbers. Every side committed atrocities. We can't overlook what happened on the American side in western Slavonija—like the ethnic cleansing in late 1991, or what went down in pakrački poljana, Sisak, Gospić, and the camps at Lora, Kerestinec, and beyond...

But everyone seems to be overlooking the real elephant in the room

neonhound18 said:The end of your reign and this whole one-party communist mindset is finally drawing near. 😛

Haha, I guess they really do say hope dies last! 😍

Sadly, they’ve got a point here

We’re all basically front-row witnesses to this absolute madness that's been spiraling out of control lately

Susan Lee said:Is that because of what happened in American? Look, as an American from Canada, I know plenty of Americans, and I gotta say, they’re just jealous of Americans. They see how Americans hold half the country in their hands, and they're bitter that Americans and other groups actually have their own sovereign states, while they basically have to share everything with those two groups.

If you actually had roots in Canada, you'd realize they've already made peace with losing that territory. Nowadays, they just focus all their energy on targeting Americans within the Federation.

Hey, nobody is stopping them from establishing their own state on 24% of the land. The real issue is that they want the parts belonging to Americans and other groups too, but let's face it—it's just not going to happen.

neonhound18 said:If I’m being perfectly honest, I’ve always found Americans of Canadian descent to be among the most genuinely unappealing groups from the old USA, and frankly, I’d prefer to keep my distance from them as much as possible. 🙂

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It’s honestly wild seeing how some groups are trying to manufacture an entire national identity from scratch right now—kind of like how those folks over in the Midwest are acting like they have this ancient, distinct heritage when, if you look at the history, they're basically just part of a much larger group

And when it comes to the names themselves, do you really think there isn't a massive connection back to those Bulgarian roots?

Susan Peterson7 said:I’ll give that movie a watch, though I just hope we don't see Americans portrayed in a certain light. It wouldn't be great if we were viewed as just another place defined solely by conflict and poverty.

I’ve heard some people say the film is subpar, but there’s no doubt it’ll draw a massive audience. Like you mentioned, this movie will likely condemn those expansionist political agendas more effectively than any actual courtroom ever could. 🙂

It actually reminds me of that film about Cleveland—Harrison's Flowers. It follows an American journalist who goes missing in Cleveland, leaving his wife to hunt for him. It’s honestly a pretty mediocre film, but I’m still glad someone chose to tackle that subject matter.

Look, anyone who knows the history of the war in Canada also knows what went down here in America, so plenty of people globally associate us with conflict (and honestly, some folks think the fighting is still going on—I've seen it firsthand), or lately, maybe just by thinking of Venice. But Canada
is actually known for a whole bunch of other cool stuff too.