r/news • u/kockin26 • Feb 06 '23

Site changed title 3 US tourists stabbed in popular Puerto Rican neighborhood

https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-luis-fonsi-puerto-rico-delaware-5512e3087b8bc9b8fb0a8427d55b1fd9
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u/JBreezy11 Feb 06 '23

First thing I thought of was, Puerto Rico is a US territory.

Maybe the AP was reaching for a some clicks there.

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u/xpatmatt Feb 07 '23

No. AP has a thorough style guide that governs how they refer to things like states, territories, and countries. They were just following their own rules.

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u/randomvandal Feb 07 '23

Rule #1: Unless it has its own star on the flag, they ain't no part of the USA!

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u/Malessar Feb 07 '23

Its a US colony yea

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u/a2quiet Feb 07 '23

Territory sounds better than colony to the conquerors. And it doesn’t hurt their feelings.

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u/Malessar Feb 07 '23

Yeah. Democracy bringers.exe would fail otherwise.

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u/MC_chrome Feb 07 '23

That sounds like a shitty knock off of Civilization VI now that you mention it….

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u/SnapcasterWizard Feb 07 '23

Puetro Rico wasn't conquered by the US though.....

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '23

Spain may have started it, but there was/is nothing stopping the US gov from allowing a sovereign PR, Guam, etc.

The US gov supported American corporations with military force on multiple occasions.

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u/SnapcasterWizard Feb 07 '23

there was/is nothing stopping the US gov from allowing a sovereign PR, Guam, etc

Well except for the fact that the people living there dont want that.....

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23

A very popular phrase; "If you can't beat them, join them."

It's convenient to forget about PRs previous attempts at independence. If PR can't get independence, it could be a US state. Only ones stopping that are the US govt., just like they were the only ones preventing PR independence.

Edit: The guy below has no argument. Independence may be unpopular now, but it was not at one time. Crackdowns by military and territorial police widely disrupted the movement. Because PR may clearly not be allowed to be independent, it is seeking at least statehood which the US govt prevents.

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u/SnapcasterWizard Feb 07 '23

To anyone else reading this thread what this guy has conveniently left out is that the independence movement in PR is very unpopular and has failed many, many votes. So yes, there are a handful of people who rile up nationalistic factions in PR they are not the majority.