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Originally Posted by snowy
We shouldn't expect people to learn English if we're not offering them any help in learning it. I have the utmost sympathy for English Language Learners of all ages, given all the stories I've heard from my own family. This country was built on the backs of immigrants, and statements like the one in the OP do nothing but spit in the eye of all the immigrants who worked hard to make this country what it is, regardless of what language they spoke.
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I have the utmost respect for anyone genuinely TRYING to learn english and I'll go quite a bit out of my way to meet them half way on things they're having difficulty with, considering my family did it I'd be a tool to do otherwise.
My problem is that living in Florida I am constantly dealing with people who not only go out of their way to avoid english while working in jobs where they absolutely need it, but also who smugly wave another country's flag in my face while doing so. What race they are and which flag and language it is don't matter to me, it's that they're doing it to begin with that I have a problem with.