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There is no limit on the number of citizenships an American can hold. There is that, though. You are free to live in any other nation for years on end and still return to America later and remain a citizen.

Maybe being really American has everything to do with recognizing JD Vance’s prejudice is a malignant cancer in a multicultural democracy.

Heck, if he has his way, his own kids would be deported!

And Trump is only half American. And Baron, Ivanka, Jr. and the other boy are only 1/4 American.

"Perhaps the problem is that Vance's family simply hasn't been here long enough to understand that." A strong way to close...

Mel Brooks has been around for 40% of American history

Less time has passed between American independence and today than between Columbus coming to America in 1492 and American independence.

Counterpoint: the vast majority of sovereign states today (all but a couple dozen) are younger than America. We’re not really all that young.

People have no sense of how short a time we have lived on this planet. My maternal grandfather was born the year that Mendeleyev published the Periodic Theory, and by the time he was 75, the last 30 of the natural elements had been added to the Periodic Table.

i am surprised "voting in elections" ranks so highly on "what makes someone an american", considering how low voter turnout regularly is.

America is only 3 Joe Bidens old

When Ronald Regan was born, Harriet Tubman was still alive. When Harriet Tubman was born, Thomas Jefferson was still alive.

Switch FDR for Hoover, and the fourth president can be ANY of the living presidents. If Obama lives into his 80s or 90s, the lifespan of the fifth US president could go into the mid-22nd century.

I always like this fun fact: John Tyler was born one year after the Constitution went into effect and was the 10th President (1841-45). His grandson was still alive at the start of 2025.

But don't worry, we've totally beat racism and made up for everything we did to natives. It's all ancient history.

Mel Brooks has been alive for 40% of America’s life.

The grandson of our 10th president only just died last year.

Doesn't he also tell the Pope how to be catholic?

Yeah, well, I'm not that sure that JD knows anything very much about history. Remember, because he is hanging on tight to his masters undies, he will say anything that might endear him to the circus audience.

Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies. Thomas Paine was born in England. About 15% of those who signed the Declaration of Independence were immigrants.

"My family has been here since 1621" My "family" has also been "here" since the 17th century. It has also been here since (off the top of my head) 1860, 1892, 1974, 2013,...

1619 Jamestown ✋🏻 and the eye-liner couch humper can 🖕

You know whose families have been here a really, really long time? Black people. My people didn't arrive till they ran out of potatoes in the mid 1800's.

Since when did open racism become OK? I am SO not ok with it and can't understand how millions of Americans soldier on in there hate.

That's bananas

The white-coded birthright citizenship as a means of "restoring" a mythical European culture in the US is absurdly ahistorical. Indigenous, African, Spanish, French, and Latin influences well predate our founding. The only culture that has ever existed in the US is synthesis-driven change.

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Thanks for the perspective. Also, one of my great-grand aunts married a Stephen Bump (1761-1825) who appears to be a member of your clan. 🇺🇸Happy 250th to all!🇺🇸

I once got into a convo with someone pontificating that “America can’t possibly add another state!”, to which I replied “Well, when I was born there were only 48 -- and I’m not *that* fecking old."

They definitely have better documentation stating they're American citizens. Most Americans only have a birth certificate establishing citizenship.

Our ancestors may have been acquainted back in Plymouth. I share your view that my white ancestors arriving earlier than someone else’s ancestors should not confer additional rights.

There’s a monument to one of my ancestors at Plymouth, and I’m no more American than anyone else who lives here, no matter where they are originally from

Or, "Would it help me to cash in?"

How is JD Vance always so wrong? How does he come up with so many stupid ideas? “I will convince people that Jesus was wrong about everything!”