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Department of Very Bad Immigration Ideas: 'Every child in the United States should learn Spanish'
netwmd.com ^ | 11/8/2011 | Stanley Renshon

Posted on 01/08/2011 6:40:44 PM PST by forty_years

Some ideas are so astoundingly bad that it is not only hard to take them seriously, but also to understand how they could be seriously made. Which brings us to Nicholas Kristof's recent column entitled "Primero Hay Que Aprender Espanol, Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen," which translates to "First, one must learn Spanish. Then Learn Chinese." ...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: assimilation; correctness; immigration; language
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1 posted on 01/08/2011 6:40:46 PM PST by forty_years
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To: forty_years
Linguistic serfdom.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

2 posted on 01/08/2011 6:56:58 PM PST by The Comedian (Puzzling puzzle pieces precisely proliferating panoramically.)
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To: forty_years

Mexican ILLEGAL and other Mexicans that refuse to accept English need tocommunicate with someone. Right? Plus when we finally hit bottom as a third world country, we’ll have the language in common.

BTW, is there some reason why the ILLEGALS and Mexicans can’t speak ENGLISH?


3 posted on 01/08/2011 7:03:34 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: forty_years

Mexican ILLEGAL and other Mexicans that refuse to accept English need to communicate with someone. Right? Plus when we finally hit bottom as a third world country, we’ll have the language in common.

BTW, is there some reason why the ILLEGALS and Mexicans can’t speak ENGLISH?


4 posted on 01/08/2011 7:03:57 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: forty_years

How about every child in America learning to speak and write English properly first


5 posted on 01/08/2011 7:05:34 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: RnMomof7
Congress gives school districts extra $$$ for teaching the basic subjects in languages other than English.

Remember Oakland's "Ebonics" play? That was an attempt to get some of that money.

The problem is Congress.

But you knew that already...

6 posted on 01/08/2011 7:19:45 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: forty_years

I’m still trying ta learn cracker ass english an’ I’ve already invested
62 years. peep this sh!t


7 posted on 01/08/2011 7:24:05 PM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: forty_years
How about SIGN LANGUAGE???


8 posted on 01/08/2011 7:27:56 PM PST by RasterMaster (The only way to open a LIEberal mind is with a brick!)
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To: forty_years

Vete a la mierda, Obama!


9 posted on 01/08/2011 7:45:18 PM PST by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: forty_years

Nearly every kid already knows the basic insults in Span/Mex!

Whore, Bastard, “Gay”, etc. are among the first words they learn, thanks to the Mex. using them as casual greetings in addition to their use as insults.

Kids on the east coast probably know the same words in Italian and maybe even Yiddish.

Orientals don’t really use western style swear words, their insults tend to require reference to unsavory behavior by parents.

Due to having had a Samoan guy in our dorm at school, I can probably start a riot in any Hawaiian or Samoan bar.

Let me sincerely wish ALL these insults, in every possible language, on the author of this tripe!


10 posted on 01/08/2011 7:46:01 PM PST by Loyal Sedition (Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
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To: forty_years

In Liberal Language, “should” is always a casual euphemism for “must.”

Compulsion is the mother’s milk of the liberal.


11 posted on 01/08/2011 7:51:09 PM PST by denydenydeny (Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak-Adams)
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To: forty_years
It should be mandatory for students in the U.S. to learn a second language. Proficiency in at least one language other than a student's native tongue should be a condition of high school graduation.

That is the standard in many other countries. The U.S. standard on this subject has been lacking for far too long. There are many reasons why our competitive position in the world is sinking but the inability of our graduates to compete on the world stage is surely one of them.

English may be the universal language of business in the world but anyone that has dealt with foreign trading partners or worked overseas knows how valuable it is to be able to speak a second or third language.

12 posted on 01/08/2011 8:33:37 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience.)
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To: Loyal Sedition

Friend of mine was on a hunting trip with an Indian guide.
Someone cussed and the Indian mentioned that there were no
cuss words in his native language. He asked what the guide
did when he hit his thumb with a hammer. “Speak English” was
the reply.


13 posted on 01/08/2011 9:48:58 PM PST by CrazyIvan (What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
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To: forty_years

No, I think every child in the US should learn Chinese, including all Hispanics, legal or not. Effing Leftist idiots.


14 posted on 01/08/2011 10:04:23 PM PST by Post Toasties (Leftists give insanity a bad name.)
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To: The Comedian
Linguistic serfdom.

No one will be able to talk when things are shoved down their throats:

California democrats seek approval from voters to grant amnesty

15 posted on 01/08/2011 10:06:36 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: nmh
BTW, is there some reason why the ILLEGALS and Mexicans can’t speak ENGLISH?

Heck, there's hundreds of thousands of them here that can't even speak Spanish. After 400 years they still speak only a Mixtec Indian language.

16 posted on 01/08/2011 11:45:28 PM PST by triumphant values (Never criticize that to your right.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Only if you speak it very well, doing it poorly tends to be insulting.


17 posted on 01/09/2011 2:47:49 AM PST by Loyal Sedition (Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
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To: forty_years

Wait, we all should learn Spanish but its wrong to demand that immigrants learn English.....what am I missing here? =.=


18 posted on 01/09/2011 3:04:42 AM PST by cranked
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To: forty_years
If it's required and then no way to get around it then teach them Castilian Spanish.
19 posted on 01/09/2011 3:09:07 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: forty_years

Reason that...anyone not in favor of 100% deportation of all illegals....is a pro-Amnesty racist

No American should ever have to learn a foreign language because immigrants/illegals from another country are too stupid to learn English


20 posted on 01/09/2011 4:38:11 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Whenever something is "Global"...it means its bad for America)
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