Posted on 07/09/2002 10:43:24 AM PDT by Tancredo Fan
Why? Are they going to be billiards experts? Of course, English should be taught in the schools; english can be picked up at the local pool hall.
They also have their Spanish language media, where I can bet this singer is being called every name under the sun.
That's right. I'd like to find out how these whiners became citizens without knowing English. Chances are the majority of these folks are illegal alien criminals, in which case they should be deported to wherever they snuck in from.
Well all I can say is that if these 'Hispanics' were offended by what he said then that means that they shouldn't have been offended. *** unless he said it in Spanish, they were hearing English.
It would seem that these people agree by learning English that is
So have I. Yesterday I asked my sister, "Why do people come to America and want to turn it into the 3rd world cesspool they ran from?". She said, "I didn't know, but they're about to turn me racist."
If minorities don't want to be hated, why do they try so hard? I don't want to hate anyone. I just want to live without having my life made harder by others.
I refuse to accommodate, anymore, those who insult me, and the people who fought for this country, by not having enough respect to learn our ways. I have had it, they can through my a$$ in jail, because the next person, wanting my service, who asks me if I speak Spanish, is going to get a lesson in gratitude.
No one's trying to control what they speak at home. It's when they want to speak to those of us who don't feel we should have to learn Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Lebanese, Turkish, Urdu, Yucatec, Nahuatl, Serbo-Croation, Icelandic, French, Russian, Lithuanian, Greek, Ebo, Swahili, Portuguese, and Tagalog to accommodate the quivering, delicate sensibilities of all the immigrants who come to America. Just you wait till the day that some Spanish-speaking Mexican gets screwed over at the welfare office because the Chinese-speaking social worker doesn't speak Spanish, and said Mexican issues forth in a hissy fit, "Necessitas aprendre espanol!" (or whatever) and gets called a racist for it. I will be laughing somewhere, you can bet your sweet patooty.
Ooh. Good point.
People like Brock have been irritating for years. The Conservative attempt to run off Hispanics (and other minorities) seems to be quite successful.
The Liberal attempt to pander hasn't been so successful though. It's easier to insult than to pander.
40 posted on 7/9/02 11:11 AM Pacific by Doctor Stochastic
I don't know about other people, but I get sick and tired of reading or hearing this slop. It's about as dishonest as it gets when addressing the problems of immigrants.
First of all, who's trying to drive off anyone who comes here legally, supports themselves, tries to learn the language and keeps their surroundings in a clean and pleasant condition?
As a United States citizen I should have some say in what happens to my nation. If immigrants cannot support themselves, what happens to my community as they move in, in vast numbers? If one family cannot support themselves, what's the end result? The answer is that more than one family will wind up occupying a single family dwelling. The property will degrade. Soon you have a depressed area. This is the "seeding" of regions of poverty into our nation. What is the benefit of that?
These folks obtain government services. They cannot and do not buy automobile insurance. They do not pay for their children's schooling. Not only are the vast majority of them here illegaly, but they refuse to learn the language, refuse to learn or adopt our customs, refuse to respect or even display our flag. Why do you not see this as a problem that needs to be addressed?
Now despite this, people such as yourself come here to state that conservatives attempt to run off hispanics and other minorities. What do you base that on? Who of us have tried to drive away any lawful citizens? Please give examples.
The fact is you are too shallow to address real world problems. So instead of learning about the issues and addressing the problems that do exist, you slander those who are trying to raise awareness about them. Not only are you content to remain an ignorant fool, you demand that those who are well versed with the problems shut up, so everyone else can remain one as well on this topic.
Nice work, if you can find it...
You're right; the language people speak in their homes is their business. However, if immigrants want jobs and want to do business in America, I don't think it's too much to ask that they learn to speak English. It's a small price to pay for reaping the fruits of this country.
Cordova isn't really a 'professor'. He's a Chicano Studies 'professor'. Many of these 'professors' are staunch supporters of anti-American gangs like MEChA.
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