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There are and have been pockets in immigrant communities where e.g. older members would live their entire lives in US and never speak a word of English. But con
by yubblegum 1y ago
There are and have been pockets in immigrant communities where e.g. older members would live their entire lives in US and never speak a word of English. But conversely, no one expected the rest of us to know Chinese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, ..., etc. But somehow now we are supposed to accept a sizeable subset of our nation to only speak Spanish.
> Assuming someone speaking another language is both a “recent arrival” and working illegally is… something. Apparently it’s not xenophobic, but it’s not a good look.
I do not care if it is not a "good look" by some standard. What I care about is cultural and value system continuity and national cohesion.
- stirfish 1y ago>What I care about is cultural and value system continuity and national cohesion. Good news! We share the value of "be cool about it, we're all just trying our best"