I agree with the premise, but don’t plan on spending any time on the issue past this post.
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What it means is that if you don’t speak English and you call a federal office, tough ■■■■ if you don’t understand English.
Federal departments no longer have to pay for language assistance for non-native English speakers.
That’s all. That’s it.
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I get why, but we really should designate both English and Spanish as our official languages. Millions of Americans speak Spanish as their primary language every day.
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why would anyone call a US federal office without knowing english?
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i highly doubt that anyone needs the spanish on those signs
do spanish as first lang speakers in the US really not know what “bathroom” is?
“tools”?
i disagree. we’re the “melting pot”
“e pluribus unum”
“Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Spanish…”
Is there any office that doesn’t start off with something like that now?
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That’s why we should limit it to just two languages. No more, no less. All official government business is done in those two languages.
I think it’s important to recognized what we already are at heart.
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Is knowing English a firm requirement for inquiring about governmental policies?
Also, the majority of Spanish speakers can speak ok English. However, there are certain complex subjects that don’t translate into Spanish very well so they prefer to speak in Spanish to ensure there are no misunderstandings.
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The 3275 trillion flags take care of that
TBH, every language barrier that still exists is about to be made obsolete thanks to AI and other tech.
We are fast approaching the pre-Tower of Babylon days.
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This is stupid.
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Americans fly flags. it’s part of our culture.
your sarcasm suggests this bothers you?
why?…
surprisingly enough, all citizens are not required to speak English.
Allan
The main reason is it’s unnecessary pandering to the last vestiges of a dying demographic.
It’s also psuedo-“patriotism”, which can very quickly become very dangerous.
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No citizens are required to speak anything.
but english is the official language, so says our fearless leader of the free world.
freedom……
lol……
Allan
no one says they were
