“It was built by Americans and regardless would have continued to be built by Americans.”

The xenophobic ignorance of this sentence is breathtaking. America, of all places, is a nation built precisely by immigrants.

Settlers not immigrants. Immigrants come to a country and people that already exist. Settlers build anew.

Historically then, unless you are a Native American, you are an immigrant.

Perhaps it’s time for to GTFO? Is that the message?

Hacker News really resembles a MAGA rally at times

	▲	throwaway85825 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		When the plymouth colony was established the amerindian population was greatly reduced due to disease that swept through <5 years before. The colonists found many empty villages. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5xp7B7ISI1DymhuoGuoN_WWl...

peyton 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Refugees is maybe more accurate when it comes to country. We sprouted out of the social scene that was displaced by the English Civil War.

	▲	throwaway85825 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And the wars of religion generally. Eg, the Dutch in Pennsylvania and hugenots.