F*ck off until you learn to speak English. Next?

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Uncle Albert, Aug 8, 2013.

  1. Ramen

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    Meh, I dunno. Seems to be working fine right now. Just because some nutter wants to get in the paper doesn't mean he should be given more attention whether it be positive or negative to his "cause."
  2. Captain X

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    Looks like I hit a nerve. The truth hurts, doesn't it? :diacanu:

    "Isn't the perfect analogy" is one hell of an understatement you wannabe bleeding heart. :rolleyes: Hawaii isn't just some colony, it's a state and has been since 1959.
  3. Zombie

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    Name those other states.

    I live in a state and in particular an area of that state dominated by Spanish and I work for government.

    I can tell you there are thousands of government employees, including at the DMV, that do not speak Spanish.
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    Congratulations for your grasp of the obvious. Now re-read, and this time try not to let the point woosh right over your head.
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  5. Captain X

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    Oh, I see we're down to doing this again. Okay...

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  6. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    And Albert would fuck him in the ass.

    I'd watch it on pay per view.
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  7. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Albert will not be fucking any "him" any where.
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  8. Beck

    Beck Monarchist, Far-Right Nationalist

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    Actually, now that I think of it, they probably would have just benched me with a military desk job supervising female typists, told to give the Roman Salute faithfully to every superior who walked by me, and told to keep my mouth and ass tightly shut. I'm not joking. Several Nazi officers used their influence and power to keep their gay relatives (or themselves) safely tucked away from Himmler's SS.
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    Beck Monarchist, Far-Right Nationalist

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    For the win!
  10. We Are Borg

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    Yes. Congratulations.

    But even if you get the Gold Medal in the Special Olympics, the fact remains that you're still handicapped.

    :retard:
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  11. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    For point 1, well, yeah. Of course individual results will vary. But that has been the pattern for wave immigration since before the Revolution.

    Not sure I understand point 2. Many Europeans still spoke other languages in addition to English by the third generation.
  12. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    You say that like it means something. Entering the US legally was a lot easier and less prohibitive in the past.
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  13. Asyncritus

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    The point of number 2 is that if an entire area starts speaking a new language, due to massive immigration, the pattern of "They will learn the native language by the third generation" breaks down and is no longer valid. That's what happened when Europeans came to America (it's the "Indian" languages that were lost, not English -- English is not the native language of North America). It's what happened when the Arabs invaded North Africa. It's what happened when the Franks invaded Roman Gaul. And so on.

  14. Clyde

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    A couple of thoughts, the US doesn't have an official language but in California you can be excused from jury duty if you don't speak English. Yet the DMV (where folks are added to the jury duty pool) provides instruction in many languages -

    :clyde:

    In other words, the state is inconsistent when it comes to language.
  15. Bickendan

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    ConfederateSon disagrees: When did I say that? I said he was a hypocrite who flip flops and has loads of logical inconsistences but if he wants to call himself a libertarian he's free to do so.

    You, Sir, are a liar. Allow me to repeat your generalization of which you deny your claim of over-generalizing a political affiliation of which you do not subscribe: "Just more proof that libertarians are all full of shit cry babies who just don't want to pay their taxes."

    Your misrepresentations have been noted in the past, and this, particularly with the attempted deflection to draw attention to whether or not our Dear Uncle is or is not a Libertarian while your second statement is presented, unadulterated, for everyone to read, only reinforces the ongoing damage to your quickly eroding credibility.

    In short, you wear your biases on your sleeve -- something not uncommon here at WordForge, mind -- in such a painfully obvious way that ostracizes those you seek to persuade. On matters in which you are correct have therefore become irrelevant, irrespective on whether or not the information is indeed useful and informative; indeed you have been noted to misrepresent even information that would have supported your cause in order to sate your bias.

    You have a long road ahead of you if you wish to make any efforts of redemption. Begin by not making a claim and immediately claiming otherwise when you've been called out.

    I have nothing else to say to you; I bid you good day.
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  16. Muad Dib

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  17. Ancalagon

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    Well yeah, if the new group kills off most of the old group and then brings in 100x the population the new language will replace the old.

    But I don't see the relevance of such a point, or how it relates to what is happening with immigrants here in the US.

    Over the last couple centuries the pattern I described is what has happened, is what is happening, and unless something radical occurs is what will continue to happen.
  18. John Castle

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    Are you talking about immigrants or invaders?
  19. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    It's the same thing.
  20. John Castle

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    Nah. I'm not letting him coopt the word for people who legitimately immigrate and apply it to lawbreakers. It's demeaning to people who are honest, work hard and follow the rules, and it's time that got put a stop to.

    Why do you hate immigrants, soup-boy?