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How would you feel as a born American if persons who were not U.S citizens but were residing in the United States ( i.e holders of a work permit or green card ) went on the internet and posted negatives things or constantly complained about living in America. Does having a work permit or a green card give them this right or priveledge ?
Anyone has the privilege of saying whatever they want, whenever they want (within reason, of course).
However, someone who comes to live in America from another country and has nothing but negative things to say, and complains all day about the American way of life is saying an awful lot more about THEMSELVES than America at that point!
Everyone has a right to say what they want, but my immediate reaction would be
"If you don't like it, go home."
This does not mean that they should never complain about anything. Everything can be improved in one way or another. But general US bashing by a non-US citizen is just in bad taste, and as I said, if they don't like it here, they can go home. Until they have citizenship, they are guests in this country and should act appropriately.
And to set the record straight, I am a Canadian citizen here on a working visa. I will give my opinion if asked, and provide comparisons based on my experience, but in no way would I ever bash the US in a general way. If I don't like it, I should go back to Canada.
It depends. For a number of people it's because of culture shock I think. When I came here I hated the food, the weather, the people, the big streets, the big cars...everything, just because it wasn't home and I was homesick. I got over it and started to adjust and then I stopped complaining. Years have gone by now and there are still some things about America that I find annoying, as do my American friends and husband. But if I still hated it 10 years later I would move home...unless "home" was a war zone or something, or it would mean I wouldn't be able to see my family for years.
How would you feel as a born American if persons who were not U.S citizens but were residing in the United States ( i.e holders of a work permit or green card ) went on the internet and posted negatives things or constantly complained about living in America. Does having a work permit or a green card give them this right or priveledge ?
Even regardless of if the person were illegal or hell not even residing in the US, everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.
With that said, I may or may not agree with them. But all persons, in my opinion, are entitled to their beliefs.
How would you feel as a born American if persons who were not U.S citizens but were residing in the United States ( i.e holders of a work permit or green card ) went on the internet and posted negatives things or constantly complained about living in America. Does having a work permit or a green card give them this right or priveledge ?
So you need to be born somewhere in order to state your opinion, how more fascist you could be? Are you so insecure that after you read something negative about US, you feel the need to create account and whine on forums, gee. Just ignore it.
Maybe they are in US because their employer want it and they are sharing their opinions with other people with similar fate, so they can decide whether to move or not. Or thousands of other reasons, and honestly none of them is your business.
If you'd like to regulate what people can or cannot say, why don't YOU move to North Korea, it would fit your needs.
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Just ignore it.
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