Discussion History Film / IronMan

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics, and your native culture\\\'s perception of continents.

There is \\\'\\\'no\\\'\\\' one single American continent to English-speaking people. There is only \\\'\\\'North\\\'\\\' America and \\\'\\\'South\\\'\\\' America. \\\"North American\\\" in English does not mean the same thing as \\\"Norteamericano\\\" in Spanish. To English-speaking people, it means \\\"Person from North America.\\\" It does \\\'\\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'\\\' mean \\\"Person from the United States\\\" in English.

You have no understanding of the \\\"false friends\\\" concept, words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how \\\"offensive\\\" it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' knowingly and deliberately took the word (in \\\'\\\'English\\\'\\\') for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word \\\"American\\\" has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics, and your native culture\\\'s perception of continents.

There is \\\'\\\'no\\\'\\\' one single American continent to English-speaking people. There is only \\\'\\\'North\\\'\\\' America and \\\'\\\'South\\\'\\\' America. \\\"North American\\\" in English does not mean the same thing as \\\"Norteamericano\\\" in Spanish. To English-speaking people, it means \\\"Person from North America.\\\" It does \\\'\\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'\\\' mean \\\"Person from the United States\\\" in English.

You have no understanding of the \\\"false friends\\\" concept, words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how \\\"offensive\\\" it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' knowingly and deliberately took the word (in \\\'\\\'English\\\'\\\') for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word \\\"American\\\" has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics, and your native culture\\\'s perception of continents.

There \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' no one single American continent to English-speaking people. There is only \\\'\\\'North\\\'\\\' America and \\\'\\\'South\\\'\\\' America. \\\"North American\\\" in English does not mean the same thing as \\\"Norteamericano\\\" in Spanish. To English-speaking people, it means \\\"Person from North America.\\\" It does \\\'\\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'\\\' mean \\\"Person from the United States\\\" in English.

You have no understanding of the \\\"false friends\\\" concept, words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how \\\"offensive\\\" it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' knowingly and deliberately took the word (in \\\'\\\'English\\\'\\\') for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word \\\"American\\\" has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics, and your native culture\\\'s perception of continents.

There \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' no one single American continent to English-speaking people. There is only \\\'\\\'North\\\'\\\' America and \\\'\\\'South\\\'\\\' America. \\\"North American\\\" in English does not mean the same thing as \\\"Norteamericano\\\" in Spanish and Portuguese. To English-speaking people, it means \\\"Person from North America.\\\" It does \\\'\\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'\\\' mean \\\"Person from the United States\\\" in English.

You have no understanding of the \\\"false friends\\\" concept, words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how \\\"offensive\\\" it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' knowingly and deliberately took the word (in \\\'\\\'English\\\'\\\') for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word \\\"American\\\" has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics.

You have no understanding of the \\\"false friends\\\" concept, words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how \\\"offensive\\\" it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' knowingly and deliberately took the word (in \\\'\\\'English\\\'\\\') for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word \\\"American\\\" has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics.

You apparently have no idea about the concept of \\\"false friends,\\\" words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how offensive it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' deliberately took the word for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word American has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

Even more insidiously, what you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics.

You apparently have no idea about the concept of \\\"false friends,\\\" words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how offensive it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' deliberately took the word for themselves.

The history behind the English language\\\'s usage of the word American has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. It \\\'\\\'predates\\\'\\\' the United States by generations. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

What you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people. You are acting out the \\\'\\\'very thing you hate\\\'\\\', if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication, and you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

Accept that other cultures and languages do things differently from your own.

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics.

You apparently have no idea about the concept of \\\"false friends,\\\" words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how offensive it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' deliberately took the word for themselves.

The history beind the English language\\\'s usage of the word American has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

What you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' You are acting out the very thing you hate, if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication. And you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?

You\\\'re from Costa Rica. Your native language is Spanish. In Spanish you use the word \\\"Americano\\\" to mean \\\"Person from the American continents.\\\"

You\\\'re basing your perception of other languages on your native language\\\'s gentilics.

You apparently have no idea about the concept of \\\"false friends,\\\" words that sound similar to other words in another language but mean very different things.

Or rather, you \\\'\\\'refuse\\\'\\\' to understand, because you keep screaming about how offensive it is that you can\\\'t use a similar-sounding word from another language the way you use it in your native language.

Then you try to vandalize articles and demand others submit to changing \\\'\\\'their\\\'\\\' language\\\'s word definitions to match \\\'\\\'yours\\\'\\\'.

And \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' you try to justify it by bringing up a political sob story about how those evil imperialist Yanqui devils have bullied and tormented South and Central American nations, like you\\\'re fixated on the idea that the \\\'\\\'Americans\\\'\\\' deliberately took the word for themselves.

The history beind the English language\\\'s usage of the word American has \\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\' to do with politics of the United States. All you\\\'re doing is providing long paragraphs of angry and offensive [[StrawmanFallacy Red Herring Fallacies]].

What you are doing is \\\'\\\'cultural imperialism.\\\'\\\' You are acting out the very thing you hate, if your constant screaming about oppression is any indication. And you\\\'re doing it for all the wrong reasons.

So just drop it. Alright?