So don't tell people they HAVE to speak a specific language.
They don't.
Not even because you think they should.
And saying they should makes you look like an a-hole.
If it turns out most people speak Swahili, well then learn Swahili. If you walk into a business owned by a French person who speaks French, he or she is under no legal obligation to speak anything other than French, just as you the English speaker are under no obligation to speak anything other than English. Almost as many people speak Spanish in the country as people who speak English, so be prepared, especially if you continue this xenophobic instistence that everyone caught between Mexico and Canada must speak English because the majority (read: you) speak English, for the tables to be turned when English is not the majorityish's language. You'll probably be whistling a different tune then. In Spanish.
The inability to communicate because of language differences is frustrating. What saddens but does not suprise me is that as Americans our immediate--and only--answer to the problem is: Conform to our way. I know this may be a revolutionary concept, so I apologize for being so far out in left field, but maybe we could compromise? As non-English speakers learn English, maybe it wouldn't kill us to learn a little Spanish/French/Japanese/Arabic/etc.? Maybe.
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It is not a matter of Do it our way. It is a matter of tradition. Maybe we feel like our ancestors were forced to do this the legal way. We put in the time and energy to become Americans. We promoted the ability to come here the way we did, to contribute to society, the way we did. We spent our money here, and didn't send it back to our homeland. We created a community where we are all one. We Molded our cultures into one community, one culture. Not a separatist community where we all live our own cultures. YOUR way we will never become one. Who the hell do you think YOU are to interfere with 200+ years of tradition? You call yourself an American? We will never be a Spanish speaking country. There will be WAR before that happens. Sure you may get California back, but you can have that leftist liberal commie state. There are too many armed traditionalist militias filled with REAL Americans who love our forefathers and will not let this happen to their country. Lest we forget True Americans have been arming themselves since 1776. Study history my young scholar.
Thanks for enlightening me you brave, anonymous poster. And thanks for letting me know my bachelor's degree in history was all for naught. I guess I should have joined a militia instead of going to college.
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