[rabidralph]

A proper American would have written “Go back to your own country.” It’s part of our exceptionalism that America is ours and other countries belong to the foreigners. It’s a small semantic distinction but it’s one that any American would understand. So I am skeptical that a stranger murdered this woman.

[Ezekiel]

A proper American would have written “Go back to your own country.” It’s part of our exceptionalism that America is ours and other countries belong to the foreigners. It’s a small semantic distinction but it’s one that any American would understand. So I am skeptical that a stranger murdered this woman.

Excellent point, and it merely adds to the obvious illogic of such a demand in the first place (that it was made to someone with a sudden and permanent difficulty in making travel arrangements).

[marron]

A proper American would have written “Go back to your own country.”

Or, go back where you came from. I agree the wording is a bit off.