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róisín_dubh

(12,281 posts)
7. I do believe I shall take his words...
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 09:09 AM
Jul 2025

and include them in my petitions for Italian citizenship. The Italian government has just changed their laws to exclude third generations (literally just as I was finalising my paperwork), but fuck it, I'll submit it anyway given that our Vice-President doesn't seem to think 20th century arrivals are good enough (and incidentally, my great-grandfather's naturalisation petition was initially rejected.
Even better, I might use this as a pretext to beg the Irish government for an ancestry passport. That helps me more living in the UK anyway.
I have one ancestor who arrived prior to 1900 and he arrived in 1898. Fuck JD Vance.

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What if they boff sofas and couches manufactured in Asia? marble falls Jul 2025 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Ping Tung Jul 2025 #16
So does that include the Africans who were forced to come here and their progeny? Walleye Jul 2025 #2
He clearly thinks he is brilliant when he spews exclusionary ideas like childless shouldnt vote Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #5
A lot of words to say that only white conservative Christians should count newdeal2 Jul 2025 #3
What the hell? yardwork Jul 2025 #4
Says the guy who changes his fucking name every few years. GoCubsGo Jul 2025 #6
I do believe I shall take his words... róisín_dubh Jul 2025 #7
So how many generations are we talking, dipshit? mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #8
Can't make this stuff up kerouac2 Jul 2025 #9
Animal Farm??? Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #10
Does that include your Indian heritage wife and your half Indian heritage children? Norrrm Jul 2025 #11
Will we have to carry proof of our pure American ancestry with us at all times? DBoon Jul 2025 #12
Deport Usha and the Hillbilly and their half-breed children then. milestogo Jul 2025 #13
He's talking to rural property owners Buckeyeblue Jul 2025 #14
Do you get America points for ancestry, and lose them for attitude? Ocelot II Jul 2025 #15
. Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of Passions. Arthur Schopenhauer Ping Tung Jul 2025 #17
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