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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by foldingmoney on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:52AM (#19980127)
It's different because in Europe you have people whose ancestors have lived in the same village for hundreds or thousands of years. They walk the land where their language was invented.

Maybe their ancestors aren't really as pure as they think, but it's still fundamentally different from a country where everyone is an immigrant within the last few generations.

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Re:British man banned from US because of text to American gi... by zaarn on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:57AM (#19980635)
People didn't really stay in the same village all the time, there is plenty of mixing going on in history. Languages have moved as well, the german-french border can write you a long essay about that.

Considering the current political climate in the US, the difference isn't that large...

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