i went to pr twice and it may be insulting, and he may have intended to be humorous, but you're right that it's not a joke. it's a fact. i don't have anything against prs as a collective, and a good childhood friend of mine was from pr, and i loved his family. but pr is pretty fucked up in a lot of ways. you're there, you can see it. parts of america are hardly better, many are worse than what i saw in pr, in fact, and that's no less true a statement. if you're offended, your natural reaction might be to get defensive, but i would challenge you to reject that instinct. maybe you do it already, but start acting with pride and encourage others to do the same, and maybe that statement will be a thing of the past.
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