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minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 days agoThis halftime has been great for the amount of self reporting of people who don’t know Puerto Ricans are Americans. 🙃
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI heard they pay taxes and still can’t vote. I wonder if they truly have taxation with no representation, while rednecks still complain about the show.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-22 days agoMy pilates instructor argued with me for a good ten minutes. She was convinced PR was a different country. Me: It’s just like the US Virgin Islands Her: Well that makes sense, they are the US Virgin Islands Me: So if Puerto Rico renamed to “US Puerto Rico”, only then would they be part of the US?!? Wow. Just…wow. EDIT: I was wrong. USVI residents are US citizens but USVI Nationals (whatever that means). Puerto Ricans are US citizens AND US Nationals.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI just wish they all gained statehood already.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoI’d like to start with people from Guam getting citizenship.
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoInsane that’s not true already. 😒
This halftime has been great for the amount of self reporting of people who don’t know Puerto Ricans are Americans. 🙃
I heard they pay taxes and still can’t vote. I wonder if they truly have taxation with no representation, while rednecks still complain about the show.
My pilates instructor argued with me for a good ten minutes. She was convinced PR was a different country.
Me: It’s just like the US Virgin Islands
Her: Well that makes sense, they are the US Virgin Islands
Me: So if Puerto Rico renamed to “US Puerto Rico”, only then would they be part of the US?!?
Wow. Just…wow.
EDIT: I was wrong. USVI residents are US citizens but USVI Nationals (whatever that means). Puerto Ricans are US citizens AND US Nationals.
I just wish they all gained statehood already.
I’d like to start with people from Guam getting citizenship.
Insane that’s not true already. 😒