pleeeeease don’t do this. i was born here, i’ve lived here my whole life: i’m an American, or a USian, or any other label you want to use that marks me as a US subject/citizen. i really don’t want to be burdened in keeping up with which identifiers people use for me are supposed to be offensive v.s. neutral, especially when it doesn’t impact the meaning of the post. online communication is hard enough as is — don’t make it even more complicated.

And then you have people who suddenly must say Ukraine instead of The Ukraine, or must say Turkiye instead of Turkey and definitely don't even try to use any of the blue demonyms for any other country, but for Americans, yeah call "them" whatever... such hypocrites.

idk maybe i was called both “retard” and “nerd” in the same sentence as a child too many times that slurs just confuse me more than they offend me.

USian has a self-evident meaning: a person of the US. it’s certainly more clear than “American”: a phrase which i struggled with for years as a child because i learned about continents and geography before i learned about countries and genealogy, and hence had to un-learn some of the associations i made with the word early on (despite having been born/raised in the US!)

USian lacks a strong connotation for the vast majority of speakers at present. i’d like a chance to explore it as an alternative label at least for describing myself. as demonstrated by neighbor comment about “yankee” or “ham radio”, it’s the recipient who grants power to a slur — not the speaker. so if you’re a USian like me then get over yourself: don’t deny yourself (or me) the opportunity for a better label.

> or must say Turkiye instead of Turkey

That's not going to make anyone happy. It's Türkiye.

Because the country is called Ukraine not The Ukraine. You wouldn’t say The Germany, would you?

USAmerican is what I use to make it clear I don’t mean Canada or Mexico or Latin America. Some people don’t like it, because they think it’s unnecessary as most people assume you mean the USA, others don’t like it because they think the US is the center of everything so how dare you attempt to be inclusive of other non US American countries.

The last time people tried to use a derogatory term for Americans - Yankees - the Americans adopted it as their own.

Some people you just can't insult.

That's our... superpower.

Yup. Oddly enough, it's anyone's superpower should they choose to wield it. The next time someone calls you a bad name, give it a try.

It's impossible to insult someone who refuses to be insulted.

The American spirit burns awful bright.