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I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
How many generations does it take to no longer be considered an immigrant? Even those people we consider indiginious to this country immigrated here at some point in time but they are not considered immigrants.
Personally for me after 3rd or so generations you are no longer an immigrant your become a native at that point.
Well you and the OP seem to feel it was a dumb or stupid comment and we are debating it here so yeah apparently it does matter.Both...
For you it's 3 gen's, for very conservatives it's 1 gen, for liberals 5 to 8? I guess people who still feel a connection to their family history welcome more immigrants and refuges. Who's to say which it is officially or does it matter?
Agian it all depends on how far back you want to goBtw, I believe that our native Americans are considered indigenous because they were the first to settled here, they didn't need to be accepted by xenophobes of whatever degree. Immigration started after the creation of countries and their governments...
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For you it's 3 gen's, for very conservatives it's 1 gen, for liberals 5 to 8? I guess people who still feel a connection to their family history welcome more immigrants and refuges. Who's to say which it is officially or does it matter?
Btw, I believe that our native Americans are considered indigenous because they were the first to settled here, they didn't need to be accepted by xenophobes of whatever degree. Immigration started after the creation of countries and their governments...
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
The problem with the "I am from settlers" and not from Immigrants sort of comment is that it is a bold faced effort to stick oneself higher on the totem based on some sort of oddball logic about who got here when as if there is some big dif in the quality of immigrant one was based on when they got here. NO!!!!! All of them were running from something....running from religious persecutions, accused heretics, thieves, vagabonds, fortune hunters, outright criminals of all sorts, adventurers, those running from famine....if anything the later "immigrants" were just people looking to break the bondage of the European caste system that had a GD King at the top of the totem. So NO Ann, you're nothing special dearie. Jesus there are times when being white is an embarrassment.
Well you and the OP seem to feel it was a dumb or stupid comment and we are debating it here so yeah apparently it does matter.
Agian it all depends on how far back you want to go
Actually what we consider Native American's were not the first to settle here. They actually pushed out the original people that immigrated here down towards South America.
As for what it takes to no longer be considered an immigrant? By law it is those that are born here. So even what is considered as "anchor babies" are not considered immigrants by law. That's the definition I use.
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
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Did Ann say that being from settelers is somehow better than being from immigrants? There was no linked article to what Ann supposedly said or context for it
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
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Did Ann say that being from settelers is somehow better than being from immigrants? There was no linked article to what Ann supposedly said or context for it
Settlers? Is that what we call bowel movements now? Well she was born in a toilet wasn't she?
Settlers were white and had guns to murder native americans. Immigrants are black, brown and have germs. But Anne will be the first person to say 'But I am NOT a racist..."
Coulter is a provocateur, plain and simple. She makes a very good living deliberately antagonizing the left and she’s good at it. Best response to her is none.I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
Well you and the OP seem to feel it was a dumb or stupid comment and we are debating it here so yeah apparently it does matter.
Agian it all depends on how far back you want to go
The only thing dumb is the reaction of people who are upset at what she said.It does not matter how far back, she did not say her parents or grandparents were settlers, she said she "comes" from settlers. At some time, unless she is native American, her ancestors, from where she came, were immigrants. Yo can try as you might, it is a dumb statement among many she makes.
...And even the native Americans at some point immigrated here from other lands. Do you call them immigrants if not why?
At least she doesn't have her mouth in a gutter.
The only thing dumb is the reaction of people who are upset at what she said.
And even the native Americans at some point immigrated here from other lands. Do you call them immigrants if not why?
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
I just saw a caption of Ann Coulter the right wing talking head. Apparently she made the comment that she wasn't from immigrants, she came from settlers. I wonder how she thinks her "settlers" got to this country? Maybe she thinks that they took a covered wagon across the Atlantic Ocean so that makes her come from settlers instead of immigrants. I don't know if she is dumb, stupid or both.
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