ATTENTION AMERICANS: Don't leave the country

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Yes, but you'll have to learn the accent and idioms. No one will believe you.

Definitely in favor of everyone staying in their own playpen and paying their own fucking bills.

The Statue of Liberty left the country

Do you even know what that means, or at you just regurgitating sound bites from whiny youtube videos?

I'm PNW. I can probably pass as being from Vancouver.

There is actually a smaller version of the Statue of Liberty just about that near to the Eiffel Tower (though it is along the river, not on the Champ de Mars). I have seen it a few times.

And I agree with the French MP (member of parliament, not military police...) who said that since the US has abandonned the ideals the statue represents, they might as well just give it back to France.

It's really a shame that "your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore" are no longer welcome in the USA.

I like to think of myself as a paleo-conservative: someone who still believes in "all men are created equal" and "governement of the people, by the people and for the people" and those wonderful words on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty are actually values worth defending. (Though I admit that in other areas, I am pretty liberal -- for things like gun control and national health care, I would line up with the furthest left part of the Democratic Party.)

It's, mine, and not a secret code. I don't want to fund proxy wars or social programs in foreign lands.

Yeah, well, I don't want to fund your bike path.
But you don't see me bitching about it.

Proxy wars I can understand; social programs though? Keep in mind a number of programs DOGE 'found' in USAID was bullshit, like condoms for Hamas.
Foreign social programs were our Soft Power, helping maintain our sphere of influence and extending our diplomatic relationships.

We're ceding that to China (not ideal, at best) and Russia (not good). And we'll see if India steps into some of the void.

They were also our way of showing that we were "the good guys", who actually care about others, instead of just grabbing a maximum of power for ourselves like so many other countries. Those programs gave us the high moral ground, at least in principle. (I know, the practice didn't always line up with the theory, when we actively enabled dictators simply because they were "opposed to communism", but even when you don't always attain your ideals, it's good that they're still there.)

We have now given that away. The American government is now actively upholding Russia and Israel's imperialistic ambitions, telling the poor countries of the world that we don't care if they starve to death or die from preventable illnesses, and threatening to annex even our closest allies (Canada, and Danish territory), by force if necessary (military or economic force). I don't understand how any American who actually understands the principles on which the country was founded can not be ashamed by what the country has become. And it isn't just Donald Trump: he wouldn't make any difference at all, if millions of people who knew exactly what he intended (because he said so many times, and they saw him in action before) hadn't voted for him.

I saw an article just today about the growing number of Americans seeking to become British citizens. There are some, at least who understand that this is not the country the Founding Fathers put in place, and don't want to be a part of what it has become.

You are gonna be a douchebag no matter what answer you get.

My French is atrocious, but I'd gladly move to France.

It's a sweet country, but Italy might be more fun.

More fun? Sure, but I think France is a little more ahead of the game when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights.

i'm covered i know the word 'pastry'

Yeah but in French that means sodomy.

s'ok as long as i get something to eat out of the deal

I hope le hot dog appeals to you.

if you're gonna give me a hot dog you better kiss me too, after all what is a good meal without a proper desert?

Smoke?

Oh, someone's drunk again!

It's the start of his spring break and he's been unbanned at the second most successful TrekBBS spinoff board. Go easy on him.

You really think he’s ever sober?

Careful now, that kind of talk can get you sued fir defamsation.

Reported.

Better watch it with those dumb reps, @Steal Your Face, or we'll file a class action defamsation suit.

Careful with the threats of litigation, the owners might ban you, even if you spell a word wrong.