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Old 09-20-2017, 03:25 PM
 
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Beyond their obvious citizenship, do you consider Puerto Ricans legitimately American? I ask because the response to hurricanes hitting Puerto Rico is markedly different from the response when they hit the lower 48.

 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:26 PM
 
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Beyond their obvious citizenship, do you consider Puerto Ricans legitimately American? I ask because the response to hurricanes hitting Puerto Rico is markedly different from the response when they hit the lower 48.
We're all stuck under the thumb of statism. Puerto Ricans are no different.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:28 PM
 
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Puerto Ricans are americans. Just because they don't reside in a state, doesn't make them any less american.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:29 PM
 
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Beyond their obvious citizenship, do you consider Puerto Ricans legitimately American? I ask because the response to hurricanes hitting Puerto Rico is markedly different from the response when they hit the lower 48.
Agreed the coverage is not nearly as intense as it was for Irma and Harvey. And for the first page of google results, two of the articles were "will it hit the mainland"?
 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:30 PM
 
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are Hawaiians Americans? are Alaskans Americans?....that should answer your question.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:35 PM
 
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are Hawaiians Americans? are Alaskans Americans?....that should answer your question.
Yes, yes and yes.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 03:42 PM
 
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Of course they are Americans.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 05:06 PM
 
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are Hawaiians Americans? are Alaskans Americans?....that should answer your question.
i would go further, are the citizens of guam, wake island, and american samoa americans? remember these are all US territories.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 05:09 PM
 
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I am disappointed in the response to Puerto Rico. Iḿ hoping since this one was a direct hit and not a grazing the response will be more. Weĺl see. It seems the media is more fascinated with the earthquake in Mexico so far.
 
Old 09-20-2017, 05:28 PM
 
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i would go further, are the citizens of guam, wake island, and american samoa americans? remember these are all US territories.
Absolutely. Shame on us if we don't take care of our own in the territory.
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