because growing up, I only ever heard that word from neoconfederate types, and so I'm conditioned to associate that word with "the South shall rise again" bullshit
because growing up, I only ever heard that word from neoconfederate types, and so I'm conditioned to associate that word with "the South shall rise again" bullshit
Literally all of Latin America uses it as a pejorative for any American, along with gringo. We get exploited and brutalized by Americans from the north and the south, you're all Yankees to us.