Dude, who even knows.

3rd October 2018

Post reblogged from Frankly Autistic with 98 notes

franklyautistic:

the-real-seebs:

lordhellebore:

the-real-seebs:

argumate:

kontextmaschine:

(He was like “but after three generations they should be just American” and I was like “how long have your ancestors been British and you’re still Scottish” and he was like, seriously affronted, but that was the point)

if evolution is real, why are there still Irish

If your argument offends you when used on you, that can be a good reason to re-evaluate your argument.

That makes no sense. Scotland is part of Great Britain, so the people who live there are surrounded by and living that culture. People whose ancestors immigrated to the US don’t live in that original country and culture anymore.

Or am I missing something?

You are: Scotland is still Scotland, and people who live there are also surrounded by and living Scottish culture, which is visibly distinct from other parts of British culture.

And people who immigrate to the US frequently live with enough exposure to their ancestor’s culture that it’s a significant component of their identity. I have been to the Oktoberfest in New Ulm, MN. There are people there who still have fairly thick German accents, because that’s just what their immediate community is like.

I assumed that @kontextmachine was talking about Native Americans?

It’s a followup to this in which the Scotsman asks me to explain the significance of “African-American”, this just wandered down a reblog chain unconnected.

  1. enki2 reblogged this from argumate
  2. franklyautistic reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Right, thanks, I knew I was missing some context. I don’t think the analogy is particularly strong because Scottish...
  3. bendini1 reblogged this from argumate
  4. squareallworthy reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Given that the Angles immigrated to Britain and were cut off from their Germanic homeland and culture many, many...
  5. kontextmaschine reblogged this from franklyautistic and added:
    It’s a followup to this in which the Scotsman asks me to explain the significance of “African-American”, this just...
  6. baconmancr reblogged this from argumate
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  8. ardwynna said: The connotations become more of ethnicity than of nationality over time, in my experience. Transplanted people love having roots.
  9. mythicalmobster reblogged this from the-real-seebs
  10. octopuscato reblogged this from the-real-seebs and added:
    I see. It’s by no means the same, but probably similar enough to make a loose comparison.
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  12. soilrockslove reblogged this from octopuscato and added:
    possibly diaspora ? like get what you are saying , and especially how it applies to scotland, but if it worked exactly...
  13. psychochromatic reblogged this from the-real-seebs
  14. the-real-seebs reblogged this from octopuscato and added:
    You are: Scotland is still Scotland, and people who live there are also surrounded by and living Scottish culture, which...