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@Venezia wrote:

@CalminHeart - I don't think we can correlate Alaska and Puerto Rico.

Alaska has been a state since 1959; long enough for most people to know it's one of the 50 U.S. states.  From elementary school we were taught the basics of our country.

Puerto Rican citizens have had U.S. citizenship status since 1917, but those citizens cannot vote in federal elections and (for the most part) do not pay federal income taxes.  Puerto Rico also does not have a vote in Congress.  (They have a non-voting representative.)

I think, for anyone confused by whether Alaska is a U.S. state, a quick look at a map of the U.S. would suffice.

I think the OP is using hyberbole.  At least I hope that's all it is.

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I merely pointed people's ignorance. It doesn't surprise me that some people don't think Alaska is a state. I compared it to people's ignorance about Puerto Rico.  

The difference between a territory and a state is not relevant to what I said.