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tblue37

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13. One thing I have recently noticed, since I am sensitive to Italian names, is that an amazingly high

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:09 PM

Nov 2019

percentage of people on Trump's side have Italian names. Now, my Sicilian family are Republicans, and I believe a lot of Northeastern Italians are Republican, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised, but I've been seeing an awful lot of obviously Italian surnames in the news since Trump took office.

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Italian Thanksgiving, or how one group resisted Americanization [View all] Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 OP

We often spend the holidays with Italian friends. luvs2sing Nov 2019 #1

I have to ask about "wedding soup." CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #9

It is from Campania in southern Italy. luvs2sing Nov 2019 #10

I am half Italian. My grandparents were off the boat. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #2

I grew up in an isolated town that was mostly italian. Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #3

You just named three dishes that this 100% Italian never heard of Polybius Nov 2019 #8

I grew up in upstate NY in a very Italian city. Everyone in my family had grapevines smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #11

I grew up out west Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #15

The butchers? smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #16

Yes, the butchers Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #17

I get it. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #18

My grandparents came here from Sicily near the turn of the century. Here is Grandpa at 13, in tblue37 Nov 2019 #6

I was surprised to find that there were so many Italians in Pennsylvania. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #12

One thing I have recently noticed, since I am sensitive to Italian names, is that an amazingly high tblue37 Nov 2019 #13

They unfortunately do tend to be conservative, unless they are highly educated. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #14

We are doing Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #4

Sounds like my Sicilian-American family's holiday meals, except our soup is a chicken tblue37 Nov 2019 #5

Italian American here Polybius Nov 2019 #7

My Italian American family's Thanksgiving traditions: wishstar Nov 2019 #19

We do the stuffed artichokes the night before Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #20