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Question

1. why should people who live in america have to speak english. yes, i know this is america and we all speak english, but as long as people act civilized and don't demand special "spanish rights", why should they learn english?

2. are you offended by others speaking soanish around you?

3. Isn't it a right of freedom for people to fly a mexican flag to celebrate their culture? what's so wrong with this. it IS a right. just because people don't like it doesn't make it less of a right, right?

#2 should say "spanish"

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to krazie beaner:

shut up bernie! lol. you're my cosusin, bernie!

Answer 1

1) You shouldnt. You have the freedom to speak whatever language you choose.
2) Not at all, but even though I dont look it, I can understand you, so to all the hispanic people out there, watch out for the blue-eyed blonde-haired white girl smiling to herself while you are talking!
3) It is, and dont let people get you down.

There are alot of Americans that are paranoid, they get upset when people speak a foreign language around them because they think they are talking about them! Pretty big egos huh?! As for the flag, most people are very proud of their flag. Fly it if you want, but dont get mad when I fly mine in Mexico.

Answer 2

If you read a speech from Teddy Roosevelt, you'll see. We're not saying you HAVE to speak English all the time, but is should be a requirement to know basic English. You can speak any language you want at home, but if everyone in America can speak English, it would benefit everyone. Some people are offended by others speaking Spanish because they may think that they are saying something behind their back, or they may think that they do not know English, and in a way it makes them mad. When you live in the US so you can be a citizen, the US is now your country, so it is offensive to fly another flag. It is ok to fly your flag on certain holidays, like Cinco de Mayo.

Answer 3

I am with you!! lol

Here's my beliefs on language....

Everyone needs to know English and Spanish. Why? So we can understand each other. It will make us smarter, AND if there is a sign in spanish, oh well, because we know it, or same in English. Signs won't have to have English in a huge font and Spanish in a smaller font. That gets annoying sometimes. Instead, they could be in one, because we know both languages.. A shampoo bottle could be in Sanish or English, and we'd understand it.

There are a ton of coutnries, especially in Europe, where people learn 2 or 3, or sometimes even 4 languages to talk with everyone. We don't want our nation to become a Canada.. where like the majority of the French ppl moved to Quebec, and the english ppl moved out of Quebec. Noo... You should live where you want.

I think in schools, everyone should learn Spanish at 6th grade until 8th.. So 3 grades.. they can learn the basics. Then, if they want to continue they can in HS, or they can stop and take another language or continue with Spanish.

Now everyone needs to know English, and there are lots of reasons why. I would say the biggest reason is because the Spanish speaking ppl don't recieve the same great education. There are plenty of smart, Spanish speaking ppl in my school, but they can't take AP classes because the AP classes don't have a spanish class. Recently, in April they were doing some stupid report on Dragons, because there are few spanish teachers, and the ones we have are dumb. If they knew english tho, they could take those AP classes, and they could get a 5 star education.

1. I am not offended. sometimes it's annoying, but i could care less. i am learning spanish this year anyways.

3. yes, it is a freedom. i don't have a problem with ppl celebrating their culture. however, america is also part of their culture too, and i think mexican americans should realize that. most do tho.

Answer 4

1. everything in the U.S. is done in English. why should everyone else have to go out of their way to accommodate people who don't speak English?

2. i personally dont care if others are speaking another language around me.

3. if you want to fly a mexican flag in america go ahead, but if you are protesting so you can become an american legally, maybe you should show respect to the American Flag.

Answer 5

I personally like Spanish. And since nobody in Mexico ever tells the enormous number of gringos living here to learn Spanish, and lets them chug along in English, I think it's only fair that Mexicans in the states can speak anything they want.

I have nothing against the Mexican flag, or the confederate flag, or any other flag at all, including (sadly) the swastica, though I certainly wouldn't go and make friends with the swastica-flyers.

Americans have trouble recognizing that "freedom" means freedom for everyone, including the people you don't like or ones you fear. Basically, the only reason you get a hard time in the U.S. is hypocrisy.

Answer 6

Speak Spanish all you like, but don't expect everybody to understand you ... get rid of the nonsense of pressing 2 for Spanish as well, if you want to live here, learn the language ... in fact, I think the United States must be the only country I've ever heard of who bends over backwards to illegal immigrants and people who just plumb don't want to learn the language .... speak what you like, fly what flag you want, provided it's not over the U.S. flag ...

Answer 7

yes i think all people who want to be a American should have to learn the language. i live in Florida and there is alot of Spanish speaking people and it does offend me . you can fly your flag just dont march in the streets with it . but if you do march have an American flag right be side it

Answer 8

first i don't care if you speak another language. just have enough respect to learn our language. in my job people think they can get away with breaking the law if they just say they don't speak English. second i don't care if they speak Spanish around me, its just messed up when you know they are talking crap about you. and third fly your Mexican flag. just don't fly the American one upside down or underneath Mexican flag. its desecrating our American flag....and its disrespectful to a country that takes immigrants so freely. just come into the country legally...i hate illegal aliens that break our laws and don't pay taxes when i have to.

Answer 9

i agree that they should be able to celebrate their culture and speak their own language.. but i think that if they want to come to America and get jobs here and build a life they could atleast learn some English.. for example.. what really pisses me off is when I go somewhere like McDonalds and go to the drive through and the person that is talking tot me on the other end. can barely speak or understand English.. but its not just at Mcdonalds.. its just about everywhere these days.. sure feel free come to the US but atleast learn some english

Answer 10

Glad to know you are proud of your heritage/culture (I also enjoy going to Mexico and many things about Mexican culture). The United States sure is a "Melting Pot" of nationalities, ethnicities, and, "races" from peoples across the globe isn't it? I can count five different nationalities that I'm aware of that make up my "heritage" however I identify myself first as an American. Despite all coming from countries that didn't speak English, all my ancestors learned English because they saw it as a critical to being able to succeed economically, for educational purposes(my dad, in fact was sent home his first day of school because he only spoke German and was not allowed back until he got some grasp of English), to socialize and communicate with others, and generally enjoy all the perks of becoming and being American. I guess I need to know why people nowadays come to the US (and it's not just from Spanish-speaking countries) and wish to isolate themselves from the larger American society. Where I live in Michigan, we do not have the issue of Spanish versus English speakers like in many other states but, we do have pockets of immigrants from other nations like Japan and the Middle East who have also decided English isn't important to them either. My question, simply, is what happens when over time large groups of immigrants come to the US and don't share any common language- be it English or Spanish? How does the country function if there are pockets of say 20 different languages scattered across the US- one language unites a country and the more languages there are the more division there is in a country. Many Americans, in fact, look at the unwillingness of immigrants to learn English as proof they really do not want to become Americans but rather live here for the benefits in small assorted "colonies" from different nations. I also, to a lesser extent, wonder why so many immigrants nowadays choose to maintain the "heritage" of the nation that was so poor towards them it made them flee for economic, social or political reasons when immigrants of yesterday were only so eager to embrace and learn the customs, ideas, common language, etc. of their new home that provided them with so much more greater liberty and economic opportunity? Am I offended when others speak Spanish around me? The answer is "no, not particularly" but it IS offensive as DAR has said when it is used (or people switch from English to Spanish or any other native language) to be exclusionary- that's ok because it sure surprises some people when you then switch the language back on them by saying something in their "native" language; not that I have encountered the problem here in Michigan too much but I also find it curious how any business can function when their staff cannot communicate with the customers they are trying to serve. As for the flag issue, you are correct it is a right enjoyed here (can you honestly say the same in other countries?) to be able to fly the flag of your ancestry/heritage/etc.; however, gratitude towards your new home that has given you so much more than offered in the country of your "heritage" and also as a sign of allegiance to being an American first (and then being proud of any ethnicity you possess secondly) dictates the American flag should fly highest within the borders of the USA. I don't think any of these things- learning and using English in public/common settings, showing allegiance first to the US as a citizen or desiring to become one, etc.- is really too much to ask of any immigrant coming here to take advantage of all the liberty and opportunity they find here that they couldn't find in their native lands.