Warning to all about a certain TN truckstop

OMG! The Russians are here, and they are after our sacred American Pepsi!

Rural Tennessee is not very friendly to foreigners, not even White foreigners. Poor guy was lucky he didn't get shot; speaking in that crazy foreign language.

 

Yep that's me I'm proud to be an American. And every time I see a foreigner step out of his truck wearing sandals and walking into a truckstop washing there feet in the sink. I do look and I think could he be be up to something. When I hear a different tongue I do a double take and ask my self what really is in that bag. I'm aware of my surroundings. And yes if person is poking around in my coolers not once but twice I would be suspicious. Especially in those hours. He'd remind of burglar casing the joint.

 

Not everybody gets to be an astronaut when they grow up, now do they? I find that kind of contempt usually gets returned in favor.

If you and the rest of the world dislike or mistrust America so much, why are you here? When I visit other countries with different customs or language, I don't expect to be accommodated. I learn and make the effort to fit in best I can. I've been to several European and Latin American countries. I'm not fluent, but was able to handle the basics in Germany, France, Brazil, and Mexico. During those visits, I also wasn't compelled to exhibit my USA heritage beyond struggling with the language enough to be obvious. What's the point? Why would I want to draw even more negative attention to myself that I already was? I behaved like the respectful guest I was and appreciated the help that folks were willing to offer. I guess that's too much to ask of guests visiting my home country.

Everyone has national pride. Usually for the one they live in. But that's what's great about the USA: you have the right to exhibit national pride for any nation you want to. What you haven't figured about rights yet is: You also have the right not to exercise those rights all the time.

Don't use disability to justify odd behavior. Either do it and accept the consequences or check yourself. Face it, you were acting suspicious and they reacted to that. Get over it.

 

What ticks me off is people who come to America, become naturalized U.S. citizens, just to make money here. They don't like America, it's culture, or it's people. They still speak from a foreign point of view, even though they have formally became a citizen. They fly their native flag in their front yard and display it on their car. They try to speak as little English as possible.

When you choose to be American, you are American. My family ancestry is mostly English and German. My German ancesters stopped speaking German when they came over, because they wanted to be Americans. My English ancestors sure as heck stopped giving praise to the English royal family, because they wanted freedom from that way of life in England. If they wanted to talk down America and praise their native country, I'm sure they would have returned to their native country. It would be hypocritical to not.

 

The German language was spoken by millions of immigrants until suppressed during WW1. In 1900 there were 613 German newspapers in the US. Lots of Italian flags flown in little Italy. St Patty's day is coming, bet there will be one or two Irish flags flying.

Me, I'm Italian and American Indian. Odd years we protest Columbus Day, even years we celebrate it!

 

LOL.. that last line is funny..

 

Them horrid southerners called me an Australian last time I dared stray that far . . .

 

Did you mention your resurrection...?