There is some karma, isn't there? You can criticize John Kerry for a lot of things, but I always thought that was moronic - and I was 15 or 16 at the time.
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Sarah Palin: Immigrants in U.S. should 'speak American'
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There is some karma, isn't there? You can criticize John Kerry for a lot of things, but I always thought that was moronic - and I was 15 or 16 at the time.
God dumped a lot of stupid into that sentence.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Cheaper than Walker's Wall.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Option1. Fail strict language test and not be able to move to the country you want to.
Option2. Be able to live in the country you want to.
Option1 is clearly a better life.
Gordon Shumway
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Stop trying to make sense of it. It's the only way!!
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Sarah Palin's support, the gig is up for Trump.
It seems similar, but it is a huge difference. The sentiment had been distinctly anti-French at that point, even with the renaming of French Fries to Freedom Fries. It is quite different from slamming someone for speaking the language of a huge part of his country. He is speaking to about 12-13% of his population.
I haven't been keeping up with US politics for a while and I didn't know Jeb Bush spoke Spanish. I'm a native Spanish speaker and I just listened to him speaking it, very impressive for a non-native speaker. He could use some improvement but at times you can't even notice an accent. As a person who is trying to learn different languages, I think one should take pride in being able to speak as many as possible, I don't see why you should be criticized for that.
iamaustrian
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I hope that immigrants coming here also speak austrian and not bloody german!1
isn't he married to a mexican woman?
I hope that immigrants coming here also speak austrian and not bloody german!1
isn't he married to a mexican woman?
Speak American? Isn't that a joke/meme like "looks like x country needs some freedom"? I guess those jokes are all based on someone's reality.
Trump is just jelly. He tried to learn but can't pronounce Spanish words because of his duck mouth.
Remember that sentiment came from France's outlandish theory that Sadaam Hussein didn't plan 911 or have a secret stash of nukes. If France is going to come up with crazy lies like that then they should be exposed to the dignified and adult protest lodged in our congressional dining establishment.
OG_Original Gamer
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I speak English, so what does that make me?
ThatCrazyGuy
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The energy part of the statement is weird to me. Wat.
What is this gibberish! Speak Murican!
Of course, it was an idiotic backlash. But it made sense to the people - which doesn't make sense to a lot of us - with the coward France farce. Here they are attacking someone for talking the language of the voters.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
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I often wonder what it would have been like if she ever was our president lol.
AnathemicOne
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But Palin, can you see Russia from your house?
Nobody should, really.
Crimson-Death
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Lazy dumbass cannot even finish her full term as Queen of Alaska and now she wants to work for President Trump.
I shudder, shudder I say!
I shudder, shudder I say!
Mermandala
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PdotMichael
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English? It was written in American first.
Bigotry and xenophobia doesn't operate on logic.
holy shit, lmao
ClosingADoor
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Stupid big government telling people what to speak and all. What about my rights! Oh, wait... ehm... yeah, ok.
You can't think of a handful of characteristics that strongly correlate with an American not speaking English?
All I can work out is something about a baby and using god's dump.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Sarah Palin has more than proven herself to be a fucking idiot. Why do we still give her the time of day.
Kill Your Masters
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Murrican motherfucker, do you speak it?
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American is the language of GOD you heathens
TheGreatMightyPoo
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That tongue is a waterslide.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Apparently her being friends with Trump has made her relevant again.
So what is wrong about her statement? When people want to integrate into a new country they should adhere their laws and speak the native language. If the person in question is unwilling to do so, the person in question should be sent back to where you came from. No excuses.
Be part of the community or get out. Don't understand why people disagree with this. Crazy.
Be part of the community or get out. Don't understand why people disagree with this. Crazy.
Bam Bam Baklava
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American is not a language. Not sure how much more wrong you're looking for.
You mean like all the pilgrims who spoke Croatoan or the ones the indigenous inhabitants sent back to England?
Gordon Shumway
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To be fair, she is an idiot..
I live in Holland. If people integrate here without willing to learn Dutch they are in trouble. Not only political but social as well.
Seriously, if I decide to integrate into another country the first thing I would do is learn the language.
And American isn't a language. English is. If you don't speak English in an English speaking country (where schools teach English, were busineses speak English) you don't deserve to live there. Outsiders have to adjust to insiders. Not the other way around.
Seriously, if I decide to integrate into another country the first thing I would do is learn the language.
And American isn't a language. English is. If you don't speak English in an English speaking country (where schools teach English, were busineses speak English) you don't deserve to live there. Outsiders have to adjust to insiders. Not the other way around.
America doesn't have an official language.
Schools teach in English in America. Businesses operate in English in America. Also, Schools teach in Spanish in America. And French. And Mandarin. And businesses operate in those languages as well. And a whole variety of others. Because America doesn't have an official language.
Just down the street from where I live, there is a school that exclusively teaches in Hindi. I live in Texas. In downtown Houston, there are entire areas where all the street signs are in Vietnamese. There are areas of Houston with more spanish bilboards than english ones.
this is Belaire, Texas:
America is a melting pot. Nobody should be forcing anybody to speak anything. How the hell would you possibly enforce such a thing anyways?
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