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11/14/2014 4:01:31 PM
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Is this offensive to you?
I would like to know of it is offensive to Americans when someone in a fireteam party says "Merica!" or refers to one as a "Murican". And not also when playing Destiny but also in this forum. I am not from the U.S. so I would like to know.
Last night doing the raid one party member blew himself up by firing a rocket launcher directly inside a Titan's shield, and when he laughed someone else said "...that's not funny...it may be to you because you hail from Murica!"... and I thought that was funny but did not laugh because silence ensued. Everyone kept quiet about it.
So is it an offense? The internet tells me Americans like to joke about it too, but I dont know if its the same as being called a bitch or an idiot.
Any thoughts?
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As an American I'm not offended by the term Merica. I know too many people that use the joke too much to the point it's sort of overdone to the point it's not that funny anymore. I would be sort of annoyed if it was a Non-American that said that though. Sounds like a dumb move so I wouldn't like it being implied it's an American thing to do. People from all sorts of nationalities do stupid things like shoot rockets into a bubble shield, not just Americans, just like there are plenty of non-idiots of all sorts of nationalities. I think if anyone would be offended it'd be about that, not the fact the term Mercian was used.
