Americans, why do you say you and your family is Irish/English/German/Swedish etc

<p>@hellojan: awesome! When I get really insulted in these threads just by reading the ridiculous opinions of people that can see beyond themselves (we all know those posters), I think of it this way:
OKAY, IT’S AN ONLINE FORUM! These people are too afraid to vent their obviously cruel bigotries in real life anyhow, so I close it. And hope that someday, these people see how better-than-thou really makes you worse than everybody else.</p>