Is there an historical context in America for Homeland? Is there something that is on the tip of my brain that just freaks me out that I can't figure out.
2006-09-14 05:03:11 · 8 answers · asked by escapefromspringfield 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is the connotation of the word that is going to "freak" you out. The fact that there is no historical context in America leads us to make a connection between this word and others like Fatherland and Motherland. Both of these are alien to the American experience and hence the disquieting nature of the phrase.
On the plus side? You can pick up on this when many Americans don't and hence they are not going to "freak" out but will blindly accept such linquistic BS.
2006-09-14 05:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Edward K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, "homeland" does sort of remind me of Kansas or some other type of prairie state for some reason. Maybe, I'm mixing it up with "homestead" but I think of it as a yokel kind of thing. (No, I don't think of Nazi Germany. Yeah, I no you were shaking your head thinking I was some kind of idiot or something. If you're going there, what would you replace the word "homeland" with?)
2006-09-14 12:07:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
exactly as 43 said, It is very simular to Fatherland, or Vaterland, Deutschland.
Germany
Hitler
WWII
Facism.
Ive noticed that before, even though im a libertarian (and closer to republican than Democrat)
that is one of the few things that does actualy scare me. That one word.
2006-09-14 12:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by zack32460 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It is, like so much of what Bush does, very reminiscent of Hitler's Fatherland.
2006-09-14 12:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Paladin 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think you need to take your medicine. This land is our home. Hence the term "homeland."
2006-09-14 12:08:50 · answer #5 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It rhymes with Fatherland
Go big Red Go
2006-09-14 12:06:42 · answer #6 · answered by 43 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
maybe its his accent? or the idea that he might not really care...like all politicans.
2006-09-14 12:08:35 · answer #7 · answered by DEP 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you could call it homeyland,
2006-09-14 12:08:27 · answer #8 · answered by mason x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋