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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
I'm not troubled by it at all, the world is what it is, regardless of my opinions about it or myself. I too am acclimated, as well as accepted (to an extent). If someone says I'm a foreigner, they are not labeling me, they are stating a rather obvious fact.
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Facts are objective, what constitutes "foriegnness" is very much subjective. It is an opinion. Sometimes I think New Yorkers or Californians are from a different
planet, doesn't mean they really are. And I'm not sure I understand how Anne Coulter doesn't drive herself insane. These are examples of "foriegnness" that I feel hold a lot more weight than citizenship/nationality. Politically and culturally, I would say most Japanese make perfect sense to me, and I to them, whereas I can start naming entire groups of Americans I find to be completely nonsensical.
We, as humanity as a whole, need to move beyond this idea that pieces of paper like passports, social security numbers, or alien registration cards can define who we are and how we should relate to a community. It's silly, and while I will go through the legal motions, I won't internalise it the way you have and choose to believe the convenient fiction we print as opposed to the reality of how we feel about ourselves and our place in our communities.