[allmendream]

Am I alone in despising the term “Homeland” to describe the territory of our great Republic?

Other nations have described themselves as having a “Fatherland” or “Motherland”, but I don't recall this term being popular among Americans.

“My native land”? Yes. “Homeland”? Not so much before 2001 and the ill advised “Homeland Security Department” that promptly repainted all the cars of the Border Patrol and such to prominently say “Department of Homeland Security” but somehow couldn't be bothered to actually patrol the border.

[Gritty]

Am I alone in despising the term “Homeland” to describe the territory of our great Republic?

No, you are not. I despise it (and suspect the reasons behind it) as well.

In previous years, it was foreign tyrannies who used such terms to get popular patriotic support behind their onerous regimes. Why we are using the same term is beyond me.

It stinks. It is unAmerican.