Is Socialism Anti-American?

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BraLoD said:

sc94597 said:

BraLoD said:
If you start calling USA as America, you can't expect me to give you an answer.
Because I'm American too, as I live in Brazil, and I don't think our continent is only your country, as it really isn't.
Cuba is part of America too and until some time ago was a socialistic country, and you can't call an American country anti-American.
But even if you are only talking about USA, no, people are free do have their own ideals, and USA is supposed to be a free country, so anti-USA would be judge people for what they believe and try to impose what they have to be.

I've been through this many times. The Americans, call the United States of America, America because at one time it was a collection of colonies found on the continent of North America, and all persons within these colonies and in Britain called these people Americans and the collection of these colonies America. It has nothing to do with American egocentrism. Don't like it? Don't speak English. 

Now there are the continents of North America and South America, and in the English language, we refer to their inhabitants as North Americans and South Americans. 

Another interesting fact is that the collection of American English colonies were also called Columbia, by many. Hence, Washington: District of Columbia. 

Why should I stop speaking English if I don't like how people say it? it's not an exclusive language to USA, USA just borrowed it from England, what sense does it make? How speaking english is directly related to USA? Or like USA call themself America you also think USA is the only to speak English? So if I live in England and don't like it I should stop speaking english because of that? (not the case, just to give an example).  And if it's wrong I can point it and say what I want, as I'm also American and I have the right to claim it. And I'm done, be happy.

The English refer to the United States as America as well, as do Australians, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, South Africans, New Zealanders, Canadians and pretty much any native English-speaker. You are the one telling us we're wrong for using a convention found in the language throughout the whole freaking world. If it bothers you so much, then you can easily opt out by not speaking the language. It really isn't polite etiquette to go around critizing one's linguistic conventions and labeling them as "wrong" when they're in fact arbitary, especially one so widespread as American in reference to persons born in the geographic boundaries of the United States of America, and extention of rooted in what English speakers referred to English colonies in North America.  Also, to modify your statement, English was brought with native speakers from England to the United States. It wasn't "borrowed" it was a part of their identity which they brought with them.  It wasn't as if early Americans spoke a different language and decided to just "borrow" English from England. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)

In modern English, Americans generally refers to residents of the United States; among native English speakers this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification.^[However, this default use has been the source of controversy, particularly among Latin Americans, who feel that using the term solely for the United States misappropriates it