• phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Some of my ancestors came to what’s now the US over a century before the Mayflower (they were conquistadors). It’s not an achievement and says nothing about how American I am.

    Trump’s unamerican not because of his ancestry, but because of his values and behavior.

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      No, but they raise a point that if conservatives care so much about immigrants and ancestry then there is hypocrisy here. Obviously, because conservatism doesn’t function without it, but it’s still a direct response to something being screamed about.