Semantics

I am an Absentee American. For some reason, this feels like a slightly negative identifier...

Merriam-Webster's definition of "absentee":
(1) one who is absent.

Merriam-Webster's definition of "absent":
(1) not present or attending: missing;
(2) not existing: lacking;
(3) lost in thought: not attentive;
synonym: see abstracted.