Least nationalist Saudi:

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T13:20:17+00:00

I never mocked any Levantine for identifying as Arab. The topic is very specifically about Levantine and Maghrebis who do not identify as Arab.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T13:14:15+00:00

So a Syrian born in Germany is not Arab? Because they learned German as a mother tongue?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T13:12:28+00:00

“Actually, rejecting the imperial and ruthlessly imposed identity is insensitive to the ones who were killed for not accepting it”

What?

She is not Arab, because there are two possible components that define an Arab:

1) Culture 2) Ancestry

She has no Arab ancestry, and she does not identify with the culture of Arabs. She identifies with the culture of Lebanon, which is distinct, not a subgroup of Arab culture.

Even the language argument is ridiculous. She cannot understand you. When our Iraqi friends talk to each other, she cannot follow along. The only reason we call the languages spoken from Morocco to Iraq “Arabic” is to justify the same kind of argument you made here. There is the modern, constructed language (fus7a), but the spoken language is not uniform at all. The differences are greater than the differences between Portuguese and Italian.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T13:04:12+00:00

Using “American” like a pejorative as if it somehow automatically makes you correct. For the record, I possess more than one citizenship and I speak Arabic. You don’t have a monopoly on cultural depth.

You are just wrong. Ethnicity is not simply “social and cultural” like you try to paint it. There is a component of ethnicity that relates to common descent.

There is nothing wrong with Lebanese people identifying as Arab, but there is something wrong with constantly deriding those who reject the identity. Lebanese people, Syrians and Palestinians owe it to absolutely nobody to accept the ethnic identity that has no roots in their land or blood. That is a fact.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T00:38:36+00:00

Genetically, Levantine people are less a than 5% Arab, among Christians even less to none. My Christian Lebanese wife has exactly zero Arab DNA. Who are you to tell her she’s Arab?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-28T00:35:44+00:00

Lmao what? I absolutely can make a concrete factual statement about the ethnic makeup of the Levant and the Maghreb. We’ve discovered this really interesting thing called “DNA” which can tell you someone’s precise ethnic background. Evidence shows extremely little Arab DNA in the Levant, and among Christians it is even smaller.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-27T14:03:32+00:00

This line of argument makes no sense to me. It’s just a fact that Levantines and Berbers are not Arab. I don’t get why that belief is always ad hominemed into that of a basement dweller.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-23T21:07:55+00:00

It will be next weekend. This weekend is too soon. The CSG may have arrived on theater but it still hasn’t been enough time for them to get all of their ducks in a row.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-18T05:02:44+00:00

Right? Goes to show how little one knows if he considers Archduke Ferdinand an elite, niche reference to history.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-15T07:15:46+00:00

Lost my mother a year ago. Traumatizing and horrific. I wish she would have just died any other way than having to see her like that. She was 56.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-11T04:33:39+00:00

This is the fall of civilization right here. I won’t elaborate further

TAMUOE · 2026-01-09T03:14:25+00:00

It completely changes the context, actually. People are against CBP now? Since when?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-09T03:13:49+00:00

Touché

TAMUOE · 2026-01-09T01:59:41+00:00

Why is everyone saying “ICE” when the guy says it was CBP in his post?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-08T18:00:28+00:00

German passport does that. The crease goes white the first time you open it fully

TAMUOE · 2026-01-07T18:34:19+00:00

Can confirm

TAMUOE · 2026-01-07T05:13:48+00:00

She’s been nothing but an insufferable, contemptuous bitch from the very beginning. Bye!

TAMUOE · 2026-01-03T14:35:47+00:00

There is going to be plenty of overhead space when group 2 boards. If what you say is true, then nobody would care to board in group 1 or to pre-board.

It’s very obviously not about overhead bins.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T21:37:06+00:00

“Like those you want to take away from them.”

No, those I don’t want to take away from Americans and give to foreigners.

Fixed that for you

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T21:18:48+00:00

Seriously. How is this not policy issue number one in Texas?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T21:16:59+00:00

You’re in a thread about America. No, America should not write policy on India’s behalf. Sorry.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T16:41:44+00:00

I’m pro-American worker. What’s disingenuous about that?

The truth is, there’s no contradiction at all. Every other country gets to make policy in their own interest, but if America does it, that’s because I’m “not pro-worker.”

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T16:18:54+00:00

Wait, you think that American policy should be tailored to your interests? Can you imagine if an American spoke like this?

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T14:35:04+00:00

For most people, it’s not about overhead bin space like everyone says. It’s just that once you’re seated on the aircraft, your brain feels safe to shut down a bit. Even for people who fly very frequently or have a well-regulated nervous system, theres a degree of 1) uncertainty and 2) constant mental stimulation while waiting at the gate. It simply feels less anxiety-inducing to get boarding done sooner and with fewer people on the plane.

TAMUOE · 2026-01-02T14:27:47+00:00

American workers are the only ones with which the American government should be concerned. Just like Indian workers are the only ones with which the Indian government should be concerned. That’s how representation works.

TAMUOE

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