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"Didn't expect MAGA to be racist to me!" (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

MY Country

"Fuck you for mine" mentality here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The country of ... Puerto Rico??

A nation perhaps but why TF is he calling it a country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Because no one calls where they live a nation? Country is the generic people term for place you live, we don't care about the legal distinctions and specifications.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's less of a legal distinction and more of a definition thing. He is objectively using the wrong word.

It would not be incorrect to refer to the people of Puerto Ricans as a nation by the definition of the word. The word nation does not refer to a place but a group of people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

They used the right word in common speak, any other word would feel out of place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Both words refer to both concepts.

country

A nation or state.

The territory of a nation or state; land.

The people of a nation or state; populace.

nation

A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.

The territory occupied by such a group of people.

The government of a sovereign state.