Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-122.106.191.125-20120424085500/@comment-4888161-20120427095310

It's because referring to the US as America or from the US as American implies that it is all of America when it is not. It paints the rest of the two American continents as unimportant because by default the United States is being called America. It adds to the egotistical stereotype the United States already has about propping itself up. Now many people do this, and I've referred to the US America myself. But it does give the implication of the US being bigger/more important/better than everything else, which is kind of what you were accusing that other guy of doing in the first place.

As for why I care, I'm just responding to your responses. I've mostly just been trying to explain myself to you over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...