So after reading this thread it is my understanding that if you are from the USA you shouldn't refer to yourself as an American ... you should call yourself an United Stater? lol?
And just a note on the whole Iran, Iraq, Turkey history stuff ...
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as Christians under a strict Muslim social system, Armenians faced pervasive discrimination. When they began pushing for more rights within the Ottoman Empire, Sultan ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II, in response, organised state-sponsored massacres against the Armenians between 1894 and 1896, resulting in an estimated death toll of 80,000 to 300,000 people.
Plus it is apparently a federal offense that you can be executed for in Iran, Iraq, or Turkey to even mention anything about the Ottoman Empire and Armenia.
I guess no country is perfect?
The US may not be perfect but the government is at least more tolerant of criticism.