Tue Sep 2 20:54:11 2025
(*4e3d9761*):: https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/schmitt-what-is-an-american/
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(*4297a328*):: +public! The forbidden question!
(*4297a328*):: what’s your impression? Havent had a chance to read it yet
(*4e3d9761*):: I like it. Surprisingly, I think he nailed it.
(*4e3d9761*):: He clearly called out the Americans as a specific people, he underlined whom consider’s themselves the true Americans and kept the identity wide enough to be workable, yet still distinct.
(*4e3d9761*):: It’s kind of a love letter to Americans.
(*4e3d9761*):: I’d read it if I were you. I bet you have never read anything like that from a politician in your life.
(*4e3d9761*):: He explicitly says America is America as a direct result of Americans and no other peoples on earth is capable of reproducing America.
(*4e3d9761*):: A full repudiation of the post war consensus.
(*4e3d9761*):: He also explicitly says ‘America belongs to Americans.
(*4297a328*):: Yeah i’m 25% through i think
(*4297a328*):: Based
(*4297a328*):: Make that guy president
(*4e3d9761*):: Keep in mind, he says his ancestors are from Germany whom immigrated from the 1840s and he still points to the Scotch-Irish as the most American. Yet when he defines American, he goes with a wider definition, that includes ‘Christian Europeans’. Very workable stuff. He isn’t trying to edge out the Americans with his minority identity, but meld into one.
(*4e3d9761*):: Core: Intact. Identity: Big. Ethnic minorities: Not included.
(*4e3d9761*):: I like it.
(*4e3d9761*):: Americans: Celebrated. Pioneers: Named. Destiny: Manifested.
(*4e3d9761*):: He even called on H1Bs
(*4297a328*):: Yep
(*4297a328*):: Worth sending to boomers i think