The TRUE America

How many people have seen comments along the lines of "This is America, get out!!"  And how many of those people have seen those comments directed towards Mexicans (or Latinos for that matter).  Yes.  Those are comments directed usually towards illegal immigrants.  And I understand the issue of illegal immigration (and I am sure I will be expressing my views on that in a later blog post).  But this one is for those who believe that this is America...  You are wrong.

Let us define America.  America is actually the name of what is referred to as a "supercontinent."  That is right.  A supercontinent is a group of continents that are connected by land.  In this case, I am referring to North AMERICA and South AMERICA.  That's right.  the Americas are two continents.  In fact, the United States constitutes a mere 23.27% of America.  Blows your mind, doesn't it.

So when did the United States claim stake to America?  Let us look at the name of the country.  We are the United States OF America.  That means the United States belongs to or are part of America.  It is NOT the other way around.  We are not America of the United States.

So, to tell people that "This is America, we speak English here" is completely ludicrous.  There are A LOT of countries within America that do not speak English.  The United States does not compose the entirety of America.

And if people want to make the claim that United States is big, then one must consider this.  Canada is bigger.  Canada makes up approximately 23.66% of the total area of the Americas.  So, size has nothing to do with it either.

But what makes us claim stake to "America?"  Is it that America appears in the name of our country?  Or is it that we as a country feel that we have the right to take what isn't ours to be taking?  After all, the United States has a tendency to police the globe and get involved in wars that we have no business participating in.  We have a tendency to push English as a global language instead of respecting the rights of other countries to speak how they choose to speak.  We for a long time there would push Democracy through out the world when in some countries they prefer Communism.  Who are we to dictate the views of the world?  We are just 23.27% of America, and we are only 6.59% of total land area in the world.  We are a very small part of the world, and we should accept our roles as a part of the world.

Seriously.  What's next?  The United States of America of Earth?  I am just waiting to read a comment that says: "This is Earth... get out!!"  Please.