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  • #16
    I'm betting the column wouldn't have been written at all were he a Canadian-born white guy named John Smith who only migrated to the U.S. a year go to compete.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by chequita guevara View Post
      I suppose that if the thought was the guy was a ringer, i.e., he just came to America to compete. 'Cept the guy's been here long enough to be considered American by anyone intelligent.
      We should get more 12 year old ringers so we can win everything
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      • #18
        Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
        The reason for the outrage is that the writer is clearly quite racist in his post. He's saying "a racial American [=white, I guess?] still hasn't won the marathon in two decades". That is the objectionable part... he's expressing the same sentiments as the anti-Mexican crowd, basically. "Real" Americans are born and bred in the US, and don't have funny accents or speak a language other than English...
        Mexicans need to be able to communicate in English if they're here for the duration. It's a thing called consideration, and making your way easier.
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        • #19
          Your country has no official language.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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          • #20
            Actually, we should give Texas back to Mexico and then their official language will be Spanish.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Asher View Post
              No. I have an American parent and was born after the magic Feb 1983 cutoff.
              Cutoff? Please explain.
              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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              • #22
                That's when the cutoff jeans fad ended.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
                  Cutoff? Please explain.
                  There was a law that instantly gave American citizenship to anyone with at least one American parent and who was at the time a resident in the USA and under the age of 18, provided they were born after Feb 1983.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #24
                    Dammit... missed being the first to make a Texas joke
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                    • #25
                      Being proud based on a nationality is retarded.
                      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Asher View Post
                        There was a law that instantly gave American citizenship to anyone with at least one American parent and who was at the time a resident in the USA and under the age of 18, provided they were born after Feb 1983.


                        I HATE THIS BULL****.

                        People with with at least one American parent should have citizenship, PERIOD.
                        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                        • #27
                          Start a tea party.
                          “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                          "Capitalism ho!"

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                          • #28
                            I guess we should just be happy that the guy figured out how big of an idiot he was and apologized.
                            It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Boris Godunov View Post
                              I'm betting the column wouldn't have been written at all were he a Canadian-born white guy named John Smith who only migrated to the U.S. a year go to compete.
                              Uh, obviously they're not going to complain about a native-born American citizen?

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                              • #30
                                Joke fail.
                                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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