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Do you have no ancestors that came from what was considered at the time to be an undesireable shithole country?

RL — 1/29/2018 12:05:45 AM (archived)

Or did they all decide to come here because things were so great where they were living?

It would be quite unusual if that were to be the case....

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Shithole Country Index - RobVG - 1/28/2018 8:00:25 PM
- LOL, notice the change in color scheme - mcfly - 1/30/2018 6:04:49 AM
  - If not for the shitholes... - RL - 1/30/2018 3:37:12 PM
- You'll note all the blue states, the most sustainable, are Socialist Democracies. - hank - 1/28/2018 9:51:34 PM
  - He won't permit himself to see it - mcfly - 1/30/2018 6:28:08 AM
  - The only important takeaway he got from that was some sort of satisfaction that he can claim superiority over 'Those people' - RL - 1/28/2018 10:21:31 PM
    - It has nothing to do with "Those people". It has everthing to do with the indicators. - RobVG - 1/28/2018 11:27:05 PM
      - Ireland was a 'shithole country'... - RL - 1/28/2018 11:41:10 PM
        
        Do you have no ancestors that came from what was considered at the time to be an undesireable shithole country? - RL - 1/29/2018 12:05:45 AM
    - Yeah, but America used to be a solid dark blue. - hank - 1/28/2018 10:28:23 PM
      - And we are rapidly reddening... - RL - 1/28/2018 10:34:35 PM

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