Stick with me on this one.
I read Vox Day's blog Vox Popoli (http://voxday.blogspot.com/) daily and occasionally comment. Been doing so for a little over a year. He's a fascinating writer and one of his most interesting ideas is that you have to be of at least 50% English ancestry to be a real American. I'm not sure if this is common to other alt.right figures or just something Vox came up with himself. Although this rules out Vox himself, my wife and children and even possibly me depending on whether or not Scottish ancestry counts as English in this context, I find it at least an interesting idea.
I can at least entertain the idea that, as Vox would put it, a Guatemalan can no more become American than he can become Japanese. On the other hand Vox would say the same of a German or Scandinavian, or even someone of German or Scandinavian decent who has been in the US for generations, which seems a bit extreme. How much genetic difference is there really between Germans, Swedes, Danes, the English, and the Scots anyway? Not much as far as I know.
Anyway, this morning it occurred to me that I doubt even Donald Trump would qualify as a real American by Vox's standards, which seems a bit off. I bring this up here because Vox is liberal with the banhammer and doesn't hesitate to wield it if he's perceives that he's being mocked. My intention is not to mock him, but since I enjoy posting over there and would like to continue to do so, I figured it would be best to discuss this here. Any opinions?
I read Vox Day's blog Vox Popoli (http://voxday.blogspot.com/) daily and occasionally comment. Been doing so for a little over a year. He's a fascinating writer and one of his most interesting ideas is that you have to be of at least 50% English ancestry to be a real American. I'm not sure if this is common to other alt.right figures or just something Vox came up with himself. Although this rules out Vox himself, my wife and children and even possibly me depending on whether or not Scottish ancestry counts as English in this context, I find it at least an interesting idea.
I can at least entertain the idea that, as Vox would put it, a Guatemalan can no more become American than he can become Japanese. On the other hand Vox would say the same of a German or Scandinavian, or even someone of German or Scandinavian decent who has been in the US for generations, which seems a bit extreme. How much genetic difference is there really between Germans, Swedes, Danes, the English, and the Scots anyway? Not much as far as I know.
Anyway, this morning it occurred to me that I doubt even Donald Trump would qualify as a real American by Vox's standards, which seems a bit off. I bring this up here because Vox is liberal with the banhammer and doesn't hesitate to wield it if he's perceives that he's being mocked. My intention is not to mock him, but since I enjoy posting over there and would like to continue to do so, I figured it would be best to discuss this here. Any opinions?
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