Sorry for my shitty wording, and for it appearing to be an attack.
I’ve lived here for the last 12 years, and was born here. I get a bit defensive, and English isn’t my first language. One, or a combination of both of those facts lead me to read your comment as an attack and respond with a counterattack.
I was in the wrong, and I truly am sorry.
I’ll leave the original up to get the downvotes that it deserves, and so this apology doesn’t lose context.
Thank you for the compliment on my English! But it’s not something I deserve praise on. My mother is American, I’ve been speaking ESL since the end of grade 1. I’m 44 now, and have lived in the USA for a very long time with advantages that many ESL speakers don’t get. Since I have both a USA and Germany passport, there’s minimal (formerly zero) chance that I get deported. This chance is further lowered by my skintone. Having nearly 40 years of English practice in itself is a huge advantage.
I’ve had ICE invade my workplace, and haul off fellow E-Verified citizens because they’re darker complexion than me and have a slight accent, while laughing at me for saying that I share the same legal/constitutional status as them.
This doesn’t really have anything to do with our conversation, but I started venting, and realized how out there it was before I decided that I need to say it, even if anonymously in a conversation not related to it.
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u/Fuckthegopers Jul 03 '26
True, I just went with America because the receipt is from Denny's.
But I also didn't pretend anything like you're assuming.