Should the U.S have English as the official language?

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  1. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Actually neither have I, I met some bad English speakers however they knew enough to get by.
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    While we're at it, let's kick out anyone who can't speak English, force Mexico to take them in (even the non-Mexican ones), and make all those 'bilinguals' (as if we didn't know they're just spies trying to destroy our fragile democracy with their taco-speak) wear some kind of fancy badge, maybe a taco. It's the only way.
  3. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    I fully agree with this notion and will begin with rounding up those who can't speak English in this great country and send them to the heathen Spanish speaking Mexico.
  4. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    You're going too, for typing 'begging'.
  5. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Hey I'm Propley going to be dead soon so cut me some slack.
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    Better than an official language would be a grammar and spelling police. People who can't form basic sentences, despite their status as high school or college graduates, would disappear into the night and undergo some kind of rehabilitation.
  7. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    So pretty much me, Soviet, and Napoleon are all fucked and we should just turn ourselves in?
  8. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    I've met people who have been living in the US for over 70 years and do not speak English.
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  10. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    The fuck is wrong with people.
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    My dad could barely speak English so fuck off.
  12. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Oh cry me a river and name it the Rubicon.
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    What?
  14. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    You know the Rubicon the river Julius Caesar crossed that signal to Rome he wasn't giving a shit and leaving his army behind.
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    Yeah but what is the relevance, to me telling you to fuck off?
  16. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    It wasn't relevant to that at all, it was to totally get away from it as to not cause fighting and all that fun stuff.
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    ah okay, well i apologize for telling you to fuck off.
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  18. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    And I apologize for saying what I said.


    and thus we got back on topic and nothing of value was lost.
  19. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    Well, I hope that English is not made the national language, because in California you get paid more for being fluent in both English and Spanish.
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    I don't see any use in making English the national language, and I think the fact we have a national language in the Netherlands is just plain stupid. Dutch is de facto the national language, and Frisian is a regional language which for some reason they made a national language. I still don't understand why.

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