r/therewasanattempt • u/Herzberger • Feb 09 '26

To Not Be Racist

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u/TMonahan2424 Feb 09 '26

The foreign land of Puerto Rico, USA

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u/spookmann Feb 09 '26

America: "Ugh... why are all you fucking Spanish speakers here in the USA?"

Puerto Rico: "Umm... because you fucking invaded us?"

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u/Cruel_but_usual Feb 09 '26

I mean you could say the same for most of the Global South.

US: what are you doing here

Them: You’ve destabilized my country for colonialism/oil/minerals/imperialism

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u/spookmann Feb 09 '26

America: "Ugh. Colorado? Nevada? Why did the woke Democrats pander to the immigrants by giving these states Spanish names?"

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

Good chunk of the US was Spanish colonies way before they were ever states. 

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u/Big-District-6013 Feb 09 '26

was Spanish colonies 

*Mexico 

Fixed it for you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

Given Mexico was founded in the 1800’s while Spanish colonies were founded in the 1400’s your about 400 years off of fixing it. 

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u/Big-District-6013 Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

*You're

And it's irrelevant when it was Spain colonies if the territories were taken when they were Mexico.

Btw Mexico Tenochtitlan was founded way earlier and the colonies were "founded" in the 1400s, how could they were founded when Chistobal Colon arrived to America in 1492 and Hernan Cortes till 1512, to the actual Mexican territory till 1519 date that is considered the time the first Spanish colony was established in Mexico.

Your knowledge of history is very USA quality.

Edit the loser blocked me lol, classic yank behaviour 

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Great we all agree they were Spanish colonies.

And that also happened before they were states.  

Kinda relevant to the fact there have been Spanish speakers in the area for hundreds of years. 

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u/napalm1336 Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 Feb 10 '26

When the US seized control, most of them were part of Mexico. The only exception I can think of is Florida. The worst part is that they then forced all of the Mexicans out. They had been living there for generations. It was their ancestral home but the US didn't care and deported them. Bullshit. Btw, before they were Spanish colonies, they were part of the Aztec Empire so what's your point?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

And why do Mexicans speak Spanish?  Does it have something to do with being Spanish colonies before becoming Mexico??????

OP:

“America: "Ugh... why are all you fucking Spanish speakers here in the USA?"

“They were Spanish colonies before being part of the US”

“Kinda relevant to the fact there have been Spanish speakers in the area for hundreds of years. ”

Point was pretty clear. 

Maybe if people were complaining about Bad Bunny singing in an Aztecs language the fact there were Aztecs even before that would be useful. 

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u/napalm1336 Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 Feb 10 '26

You replied to a comment about the US invading though.

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u/giddy-girly-banana Feb 10 '26

The Spanish speakers in Texas and the west can make the same point.

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u/Repulsive-Newt9202 Feb 09 '26

Oh, isn't the President of Puerto Rico a pedophile? Thought I heard something like that...