During the Clinton years I began to become suspicious. I was 35 when he took office. TWA 800, Waco, and 9/11 at the start of GWB’s term got me asking questions. I got some answers, but not the big picture. I began reading Q a few months after the posts began. I was skeptical until the GHWB funeral. I’ve been awake ever since.
On my journey to being awake, I remember when Bush made Spanish our second language. I was so mad at him about that because I knew it was not in our best interest. And here we are. 🤨
Spanish is one of the "top" languages worldwide and one of the six United Nations official languages. What I mean by "top" is in terms of value per unit of effort in learning it.
As a counter-example here in UK one of our official languages is Welsh - it is difficult to learn and then after years of study you could only use it in Wales, a small country, or a tiny number of Welsh expat colonies. No disrespect to them but why bother?
I'm learning Spanish as I am a frequent visitor to Spain. The bonus is that I could also communicate if travelling right across the Americas. I don't get your comment about Spanish somehow not being in your best interests.
His point, I'm assuming, is that people immigrating to American should learn the language of the country they are immigrating to, not the reverse. I don't speak Spanish nor should I have to in order to live here. Now of course that isn't necessary in most places "YET". But there are some areas that Spanish is the predominate language spoken instead of English. English should be the official language so that our schools and other institutions aren't forced to be bi-lingual, which drives up costs and a wedge between Americans. This is all just part of the divide and conquer strategy, imo.
Oh right I had not picked up on that. I speak English, since I was born in England, but we (United Kingdom) do have a few other languages such as Gaelic. It's not like Canada though where their languages are legally-mandated English and French it's more of a "de jure" thing.
Just had a look and English is not the authentic "official language" of the USA so not sure why Spanish should be disallowed in some way. The Americans I have met are usually proud of their Polish, German, Italian, whatever, heritage.
Because Spanish was not implemented as a second language in America for our best interest. It was implemented to make it easier for people to illegally enter our country. That’s the only reason they did that.
Sure if you travel to Spain or you want to speak to other people in Spanish, you can do that. I’m not against it. But you shouldn’t have to do that to live in your own country. I would say 50% of Spanish-speaking citizens that immigrate to America never learn English. Never.
During the Clinton years I began to become suspicious. I was 35 when he took office. TWA 800, Waco, and 9/11 at the start of GWB’s term got me asking questions. I got some answers, but not the big picture. I began reading Q a few months after the posts began. I was skeptical until the GHWB funeral. I’ve been awake ever since.
On my journey to being awake, I remember when Bush made Spanish our second language. I was so mad at him about that because I knew it was not in our best interest. And here we are. 🤨
Spanish is one of the "top" languages worldwide and one of the six United Nations official languages. What I mean by "top" is in terms of value per unit of effort in learning it.
As a counter-example here in UK one of our official languages is Welsh - it is difficult to learn and then after years of study you could only use it in Wales, a small country, or a tiny number of Welsh expat colonies. No disrespect to them but why bother?
I'm learning Spanish as I am a frequent visitor to Spain. The bonus is that I could also communicate if travelling right across the Americas. I don't get your comment about Spanish somehow not being in your best interests.
His point, I'm assuming, is that people immigrating to American should learn the language of the country they are immigrating to, not the reverse. I don't speak Spanish nor should I have to in order to live here. Now of course that isn't necessary in most places "YET". But there are some areas that Spanish is the predominate language spoken instead of English. English should be the official language so that our schools and other institutions aren't forced to be bi-lingual, which drives up costs and a wedge between Americans. This is all just part of the divide and conquer strategy, imo.
Oh right I had not picked up on that. I speak English, since I was born in England, but we (United Kingdom) do have a few other languages such as Gaelic. It's not like Canada though where their languages are legally-mandated English and French it's more of a "de jure" thing.
Just had a look and English is not the authentic "official language" of the USA so not sure why Spanish should be disallowed in some way. The Americans I have met are usually proud of their Polish, German, Italian, whatever, heritage.
Thank you I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Because Spanish was not implemented as a second language in America for our best interest. It was implemented to make it easier for people to illegally enter our country. That’s the only reason they did that.
Sure if you travel to Spain or you want to speak to other people in Spanish, you can do that. I’m not against it. But you shouldn’t have to do that to live in your own country. I would say 50% of Spanish-speaking citizens that immigrate to America never learn English. Never.