Sorry about that. After I sent the post and read it on-site, I realized how egocentric it sounded. By "true American", I just mean someone who strives to live by the ideals of the founding fathers as interpreted by modern society. I vote, I give back to the community, and I want to be left alone. This country is built upon the efforts of countless millions of people who came from somewhere else. After all, the first white settlers were born in Europe, not North America. So being a "true American" is not supposed to be exclusionary.
On the flip side, folks from other countries who just visit and then tell us how we need to change in order to be better annoy me almost as much as rude American tourists seem to annoy everyone else.
