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English as our official language: A unifying triumph for America’s future
American Thinker ^ | 03/03/2025 | Ronald Beaty

Posted on 03/03/2025 10:00:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind

On March 1, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring English the official language of the United States—a historic act that reverberates with the timbre of our nation’s founding. This is not mere policy; it is a clarion call to reclaim the linguistic bedrock upon which America’s greatness was forged. For too long, we have drifted in a sea of Babel-like ambivalence, diluting our cohesion with well-meaning but misguided multiculturalism.

Today, conservatives stand at a crossroads: we can embrace this as a triumph of unity and identity, or squander it in the face of predictable progressive hand-wringing. The choice is clear—English must be our official tongue, not as a cudgel, but as a covenant of shared purpose.

The genius of America lies in its ability to meld diverse peoples into a singular, exceptional nation. From the ink of the Declaration of Independence to the parchment of the Constitution, English has been the unbroken thread stitching our ideals into reality.

It is no coincidence that our Founding Fathers—men of English stock, yes, but visionaries of universal liberty—penned their revolutionary creed in this language. They understood its power to transcend dialects and forge a polity where ideas, not accents, reign supreme. Trump’s order honors that legacy, recognizing that a nation without a common language is a house divided, vulnerable to fracture.

Critics will cry exclusion, conjuring images of huddled masses turned away by an English-only edict. This is a straw man, as flimsy as it is familiar. The order does not ban other languages—Spanish will still echo in Miami’s streets, Navajo will endure in the Southwest—but it elevates English as the standard for governance and civic life. Far from isolating immigrants, it beckons them into the fold, offering a clear path to assimilate into the American tapestry.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: english; language
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1 posted on 03/03/2025 10:00:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

“Type one for English....Type two for English”


2 posted on 03/03/2025 10:01:22 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

3 posted on 03/03/2025 10:04:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Federal election ballots must be English only. No interpreters allowed.


4 posted on 03/03/2025 10:17:27 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: SeekAndFind

US: I take the elevator to my apartment.

UK: I take the lift to my flat.

Which English?


5 posted on 03/03/2025 10:17:33 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: dfwgator


6 posted on 03/03/2025 10:18:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I fostered a little three year old girl who was born in the US but did not understand a word of English.

It’s obvious her parent(s) didn’t need to or care about learning English. Why? They were enabled by the “multiculturalism” in this country that clearly promoted their culture to the top.. no need to assimilate (while getting gov benefits).


7 posted on 03/03/2025 10:18:51 AM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: Jyotishi

RE: Which English?

Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans Do. So, When in America ....


8 posted on 03/03/2025 10:19:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Agreed. There are at least six cities named “Rome” in the U.S.


9 posted on 03/03/2025 10:35:26 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

RE: There are at least six cities named “Rome” in the U.S.

Sure, but do they speak different versions of English?


10 posted on 03/03/2025 10:36:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s not solid until Congress codifies it.


11 posted on 03/03/2025 10:44:56 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: SeekAndFind

You raise a good point. They speak in different accents, surely.


12 posted on 03/03/2025 10:51:54 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Sure, but do they speak different versions of English?”

It might be so:

Rome, Maine
Rome, New York

Rome, Illinois
Rome, Indiana
Rome, Iowa
Rome, Kansas

Rome, Alabama
Rome, Georgia
Rome, Kentucky
Rome, Mississippi
Rome, Missouri


13 posted on 03/03/2025 10:52:47 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: SeekAndFind

I BOLTED OUT OF SO CALIF IN 1993.

IIRC-—THE ELECTIONS REQUIRED BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED IN 63 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES & DIALECTS.


14 posted on 03/03/2025 11:37:36 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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Just as a side note: The master of every commercial ship in inland US or international waters is REQUIRED to be able to communicate in English. Often the Deck and Conn on watch at the moment isn’t English speaking but will get the master to the bridge when English communications is called for.

It’s been required for more decades than I can remember.


15 posted on 03/03/2025 11:48:08 AM PST by USCG SimTech
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To: KrisKrinkle
“Sure, but do they speak different versions of English?”

Until you've needed to communicate in the deep South on the Mississippi with another tug, boat driver, you haven't experienced "dialect".

16 posted on 03/03/2025 11:51:39 AM PST by USCG SimTech
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To: Zathras

Não acredito que “somente em inglês” siga o princípio da liberdade de expressão


17 posted on 03/03/2025 12:35:22 PM PST by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is no coincidence that our Founding Fathers—men of English stock.

Indeed it’s why we have signs at the borders OUR NOT YOURS.


18 posted on 03/03/2025 12:50:01 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: SeekAndFind; dp0622; Prov1322
Absolutely. Many people of color fail to recognize that English was not the first language of what I am guessing is the majority of white immigrants to America:
While the very first colonies in Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts were English, large colonies of Dutch people settled New York in the early 1600s.

Floods of Scots, Welsh and Irish who settled all along the Appalachians had spoken various dialects of Gaelic before crossing the ocean.

French and Hispanic settlers of the deep South and Southwest spoke French and Spanish, respectively.

North-central Europeans headed to the midwest, bringing German, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish languages, and later Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian. A German Lutheran school sent a case all the way to the SCOTUS to try to teach German in an American public school, a right only affirmed as late as 1919.

Eastern Europeans brought Polish, Hungarian and Serbian accents—among others—with them.

Our Native American population spoke a variety of languages, have given us the names of a large percentage of our rivers, towns, and streets; and the Navajo helped militarily defeat the WW2 Axis powers who couldn't decode their secret messages on behalf of the U.S.

And let's never forget the southern European immigrants who set up pizza shops and fruit stands—the Italians!—and changed our health-conscious cuisine to Mediterranean!

Everybody had to learn English!


19 posted on 03/03/2025 1:02:16 PM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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To: carumba

Freedof of expression is about ideas, not language.


20 posted on 03/03/2025 1:04:49 PM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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