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They live in the fantasy since 1920s, sure, sure. They have distinct culture and language. They carry the whole spain on their backs, which pays their healthcar

by arpa 7y ago

They live in the fantasy since 1920s, sure, sure. They have distinct culture and language. They carry the whole spain on their backs, which pays their healthcare i guess. They are discriminated by spanish officials. The spanish try to erase their language by abolishing catalonian schools. Their lawful actions are met with violence. Spoiled? Go home Franco, you're drunk. P.S. your comment very nicely applies to the US.

pvaldes 7y ago
... And the myth of the unique, special, superior, holier than thou culture. The truth is that youngsters in Catalonia eat the same hamburgers, drink the same german beer, wear the same Nike shirts and pasta glasses, play the same world of warcraft, drive the same brands of cars and bikes, enjoy the same pop, rock, rap and flamenco (inherited from the Andalusian inmigrants), read the same Harry Potter books, watch the same spiderman's hollywood films, use the same smartphones and operative systems, celebrate Halloween (probably dressed as Franco, or maybe Lady Gaga), study the same english, science and maths, culture the same peruvian potatoes and tomatoes, farm the same cows, sheep and chicken, and share the same religion, mythology and culture, the same... as any other occidental people. Their grandpas are from Andalucia, Murcia, Castilla and Asturias more often that they would prefer to admit. They eat onions entire and make castles in the air with people that climb over other people. Two nice apportations to the planet diversity, nobody denies that. They dream that everybody, except they, are Franco (forty years after Franco death) and they behead the dragon with a flamiger sword in from of a bunch of grateful ladies. hurrah And they have TWO languages, not one. Spanish, with 600 millions of native speakers that everybody understands and uses (even if they choose to hide this fact and feel ashamed for it), and a different language that uses the same latin alphabet (A,B,C... we are not talking of the invention of Lord of the Ring's runes here) borrows a lot from french, spanish and maybe italian; and is used as political weapon all the time. They aren't the only european with two languages (or the only spaniards that suffered with Franco) and they do exactly the same things as any other european in the 99% of their journey. If we talk about their culture, maybe they should be nationalised US citizens directly, as millions of other people in the planet.
- pvaldes 7y ago
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by arpa 7y ago

pvaldes 7y ago

... And the myth of the unique, special, superior, holier than thou culture. The truth is that youngsters in Catalonia eat the same hamburgers, drink the same german beer, wear the same Nike shirts and pasta glasses, play the same world of warcraft, drive the same brands of cars and bikes, enjoy the same pop, rock, rap and flamenco (inherited from the Andalusian inmigrants), read the same Harry Potter books, watch the same spiderman's hollywood films, use the same smartphones and operative systems, celebrate Halloween (probably dressed as Franco, or maybe Lady Gaga), study the same english, science and maths, culture the same peruvian potatoes and tomatoes, farm the same cows, sheep and chicken, and share the same religion, mythology and culture, the same... as any other occidental people. Their grandpas are from Andalucia, Murcia, Castilla and Asturias more often that they would prefer to admit. They eat onions entire and make castles in the air with people that climb over other people. Two nice apportations to the planet diversity, nobody denies that. They dream that everybody, except they, are Franco (forty years after Franco death) and they behead the dragon with a flamiger sword in from of a bunch of grateful ladies. hurrah And they have TWO languages, not one. Spanish, with 600 millions of native speakers that everybody understands and uses (even if they choose to hide this fact and feel ashamed for it), and a different language that uses the same latin alphabet (A,B,C... we are not talking of the invention of Lord of the Ring's runes here) borrows a lot from french, spanish and maybe italian; and is used as political weapon all the time. They aren't the only european with two languages (or the only spaniards that suffered with Franco) and they do exactly the same things as any other european in the 99% of their journey. If we talk about their culture, maybe they should be nationalised US citizens directly, as millions of other people in the planet.

pvaldes 7y ago
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