I understand some people may not even realize it’s a word that puts yankees before all the rest of America, or that English didn’t have a better word like Spanish (Estadounidense) and other languages do, but I feel that since this is a pretty big community and one where the word will be out there a lot could be an opportunity to help spread a better word that does not minimizes a lot of oppressed people.

  • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlM
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    3 years ago

    I’m not sure how I feel about actively enforcing a rule like that, but I’d certainly support encouraging people to make the distinction.

    Admittedly, I use “Americans” for US citizens a lot too just out of habit, I probably shouldn’t.

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      3 years ago

      Maybe not a rule, but make it official. You can’t go and say “Hey, now this term is banned” you can say that the official (and because that, correct) way of saying it is this one. Bc USA is not America