American: Is this a good term for a USA citizen?
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I know what you mean.  When you say you're American, other people jump in and say, but so are Mexicans and Hondurans and Guatemalans, El Salvadorans, etc. because they are all on the continent of North America.  They don't get it, I know, and they probably never will.  Yes, citizens of the USA are Americans.  Mexicans are Mexicans and Hondurans are Hondurans.  Only USA citizens are Americans.
474469
Well, if you read the text of most (most) of the protections guaranteed by the US Constitution, it says "no person"  rather than "no citizen".... which kind of begs the question how some conservative strict constructionalists can argue that "person" really only means "citizen"...\n\nBut I've heard a lot of people say that they don't think non-US citizens should have rights. What's even more frightening is that a lot of people I've talked to think that even US citizens shouldn't have any constitutional protections if they are SUSPECTED of being involved in terrorist activities. The whole "innocent until proven guilty" concept is totally out of the window. At least, according to the Bush administration's current policies (see US v. Padilla).\n\nI'm just stocking up on popcorn (and canned goods) and waiting for the fireworks to start.
383252
If you are a U.S. citizen, you should be able to.
1097355
Everyone who lives in America is an American. Citizenship and residency are two different things. If a person lives in a country and considers that place thier home, then it is. Whether you are a citizen or not, your home is your home.
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"are most americans pigs (im one and i believe so)?"\n\nYou're an American or a pig or both? \n\nWhat do you mean by pig?\n\nDo you mean fat? Yes, most Americans are fat. I suppose you could call them fat pigs.\n\nOr do you mean arrogant? No, most American are not arrogant. However, the American government (which is supposed to be "by the people and for the people") is extremely arrogant.
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Under current US law, there is no strict limitation on your English skills.I know many US citizen who barely mutter a few words in English.\nIn my country, you go thru a hard fluency exam and you must have lived there for at least 3 years. They don't just hand out citizenship to anyone, but I come from Europe and we do have an identity to keep and be proud of. We are NOT a rootless immigrant society like US...They have nothing to lose by letting foreigners in. We do.
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The words "wonderful" and "Bush" don't mix, and they don't come in one sentence.\n\nIf you wish to leave the US leave. America is not Bush's and your farm.\n\nsigniture: A none US citizen & a none holder of a green card.
675966
an American is a U.S. citizen regardless of heritage
1081792
It's a personal choice.  If you don't want to be called African-American, then tell them so.  I myself am Black and I also use the term African-American.  I may be wrong, but I don't think the politicians came up with this term.  I believe we started using this term as a way to honor our ancestors.  Check on wikipedia.com for the origin of the term African American.
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American's are not jailer's, Dude! FFS! When you marry a citizen YOU are a CITIZEN of USA. This country lives, and dies on FREEDOM! You ever read any history books on that? Freedom is practically the first word uttered by American babies! Of course you can travel around the world! SHE"S AN AMERICAN, we pretty much do what we want, LOL. Have a nice trip, just don't let her forget to come back if she loves USA!
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I am not clear what exactly you want to know. My view on citizenship of America is that it is the best place to live and it is very hard to get the citizenship of US for an outsider.
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You initial question asks about Christendom.  Christendom refers to the Christian world.  The United States today could certainly be considered part of "Christendom" in most cases.  That is not to say that there are non-Christians.\n\nAs for your question about what it means to be an American...You can interpret that one many different ways.  I don't want to do all of your homework for you!
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I'm happy to be American. But you are American too. The Caribbean is part of America. Chicago's my home, so maybe I can't say I'm a proud Californian, but I'm not in denial about where I'm from either. Happy to be american, I'll leave it at that.
198509
nope, only if you are us citizen
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United Statesian is an English translation for a term people in Latin America like to use when referring to Americans.  They made it up.  At some point, they got the bright idea that Americans shouldn't be calling themselves Americans because the continent is called America.\nThey think that we use the term America exclusively, leaving them out.  For some (stupid) reason, they think we don't know that the continent is called America.  In their minds, they are Americans, too, so they took it upon themselves to rename us.\n\nI had this explained to me over and over by Mexicans when I was travelling there and they asked me where I was from.  They also like to call us North Americans.  \n\nThey get real irritated when you point out to them that Mexico is also called United States of Mexico, and is located in North America, so they are United Statesians and North Americans, by their own wording.  Then they get this dumb look on their face when you show them a map and tell them that the continent called America and the nation called America are two different things.
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National identity?\n\nEr.  I'm American.  I don't label myself U.S. American, even though I am.
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Let me put it to you this way:\n\nThere is such a thing as America, and there is such a thing as an American citizen and their rights, you may not deny that.\n\nWE WILL NOT SUSPEND OUR CONTSTITUTION TO ACCOMODATE YOU OR BEND TO THE WILL OF ANOTHER COUNTRY.\n\nThank You.