The Land of Pretend

Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Frederick Austerlitz, Farrokh Bulsara, Yeshua Ben Josef, Nimrata Randhwana, Marion Robert Morrison, Issur Danielovitch, Norma Jeane Mortenson, Abdul Lateef Jandali, Piyush Jindal, Rafael Edward Cruz,  Leslie Lynch King Jr., William Jefferson Blythe III, James David Bowman...

You probably never heard of them. Because these were their names before they got Americanised. Because if they had gone by their birth names, they would not have gotten the same opportunities and chances as a 'nice, white, real American!'

A lot of politicians are on the ballots by a name that's not on their birth certificate. Conservatives far outnumber normal people. Weird, because it's conservatives that cry that not calling people by their birth name is 'woke'. 

Would you like to live in a country that states is 'The Land of the Free' but being 'free' means you have to change your name to avoid being spit out or at?

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Terrible having to denounce your ancestors and your past, just to feel 'safe' in 'the land of the free'. Same thing happened with Frederick Austerlitz. Who only got accepted after he changed his name to Fred Astaire. Didn't several Republicans change their names? 'Ted' Cruz?

"This is the land of the free! That means that everyone who doesn't do or think or look like me has to leave. Preferably by force 'cause I really wanna use my guns." Sorry, USA, we normal countries used to think you're cute but you're on your own now. Good luck! 

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