CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach torture techniques

Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by refurb on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:52AM (#30698824)

That's fine if Americanos means something different in Spanish. But in the English language it's most typical use is citizens of the USA. That's fine if you want to use the word differently, but don't complain when people don't know what you're talking about.

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Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by the_af on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:37PM (#30702378)

You are deliberately avoiding the central point, which wasn't about linguistics. In any case English language Wikipedia acknowledges this controversy.

> don't complain when people don't know what you're talking about

I'm not complaining and everyone here does know what I'm talking about.

Actually it was u/ericmay who was complaining about alleged "anti-American" sentiment. Because this is about the world stage and about international rules, the interpretation that America != US is particularly relevant in this case; the interpretation about "common usage" is less relevant since this has major implications for the rest of the world (i.e. that the US is not above the rules and is not the moral light of the free world or whatever).

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