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Originally Posted by raeanna74
I tend to feel resentful of some of the Hmong in our area because many of them use welfare and don't bother to learn our language. If our taxes are going to help them live in our country the least they can do is learn to speak our language and follow our laws. At the very least not open fire our our residents on who's property they trespassed.
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I wasn't aware that we had an official language in the United States. If someone wants to speak Hmong, German, French, Spanish, Quechua, whatever in public they should be allowed to. They should follow OUR laws and shouldn't open fire on OUR residents? Presumably the laws are theirs as well and they are residents as well. Of course, everyone should follow the law and avoid opening fire on others.
I'm not sure that I would use some wacko who killed a bunch of people as a springboard to discuss all Hmong people in the US (or in Wausau) any more than I would use Specialist Jeremy Sivits or PFC Lynndie England to represent all of our soldiers working in prisons in Iraq (or fighting in the war).
A side note: Some areas in the midwest really encourage immigrant populations to move to their communities because of population decline. I know of areas in Iowa that are doing this.
EDIT: I probably should have said "accused killer" rather than "some wacko".