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Waggs098 · #**351** 07-18-2020, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicks

You are precisely the type of person who yells at immigrants to "speak English!", when you can't even master your own native tongue. Such sorry, ignorant people you are.

When I lived in Europe, I had the courtesy to learn the language of the host country - not fluently, but conversationally, in the 2.5 years I lived there. I've worked alongside many immigrants to this country, many of whom had better command of English than you do. My closest co-worker, from India, spoke five languages, and made a point of improving her English vocabulary every day. It's critical for anyone who doesn't want to remain at the bottom rung of the corporate ladder, where people like you will forever be stuck - bitter, angry, and voting for populist demagogues.

Well your right on the assumption that I think immigrants should speak english. But not once have I ever said they have to be perfect in pronunciation or spelling.

Here is a great example. We set up a/v rentals at a conference facility a lot. There are a few immigrants that manage the set up there. Very respectable people. I had to have some tables moved so I could drive a scissor lift to a certain area to hang some speakers. The issue was i couldn't drive the lift on the floor pockets that have mic jacks in them otherwise I would crush the lid. I had to straddle the floor pockets with the tires of the lift.

I asked a crew member from the facility to move the the tables so I could straddle the floor pockets. He went and got the head manager and the manager came over and the first thing he asked is "what does straddle mean?" I proceeded to explain to him what the word meant. He pretty much said "ok well get them moved for you".

About 30 minutes later the manager and I were walking by each other and he asked "what was that word again?" I told him again the word was straddle.

The cool thing is that both of us were respectable, smiling, and having fun during both conversations.

So ya there's where i stand on the issue of immigrants and the English language.

Next it's funny how you say I'm someone who yells at immigrants to speak English, at the beginning of your post. At the end you say, "My closest co-worker, from India, spoke five languages, and made a point of improving her English vocabulary every day. It's critical for anyone who doesn't want to remain at the bottom rung of the corporate ladder, where people like you will forever be stuck - bitter, angry, and voting for populist demagogues."

So it sounds to me your saying immigrants to the USA who don't speak English PROPERLY will forever be stuck at the bottom of the chain, proving the point that they should know english.

Chicks · #**352** 07-19-2020, 09:58 AM

New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/19/p...ing/index.html

The gestapo tactics in Portland are sure to erode support for this fascist regime even further.

Chicks · #**353** 07-19-2020, 12:40 PM

Orange Shitstain is going to lose because he’s lost his grip on swing voters - and won’t get them back

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/20...them-back.html

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For five years, this corrupt and incorrigible man convinced millions of Americans none of this stuff mattered nearly as much as Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Then, in a sudden and deadly way, it all fell apart for Trump. Those millions of swing voters began to abandon him on those days in March and April when Trump made it so readily apparent to them that he cares far more about winning a second term than he does about the lives of the more than 328 million Americans he took an oath to protect and serve.

Indeed, it was during those dark days of late winter and early spring when seniors and soldiers and women and young people figured out Election 2016 had produced the most incompetent and morally bankrupt president in its history.

Chicks · #**354** 07-21-2020, 08:46 AM

'Things could get very ugly': Experts fear post-election crisis as Orange Shitstain sets the stage to dispute the results in November

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/polit...ump/index.html

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Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election in November, one in which one candidate openly questions the legitimacy of the results or even refuses to concede.

These experts are keenly aware of President* Donald Trump's well-documented history of lying about voter fraud and claiming that elections were "rigged" when he doesn't like the outcome. They also see a Democratic base that is still burned from 2016, when its nominee was dragged down in part by Russian meddling operation, won the popular vote, and "lost" to Trump.

Interviews with nearly 20 election experts, former lawmakers, political strategists, legal scholars and historians indicate there are widespread fears of a nightmare scenario in November, where Trump's norm-breaking behavior -- coupled with the unprecedented challenges of pandemic-era voting -- test the limits of American democracy and plunge the country into a constitutional crisis.

Mark B · #**355** 07-22-2020, 10:43 PM

Come on folks, stop the personal attacks.

donquixote99 · #**356** 07-23-2020, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Waggs098

Well your right on the assumption that I think immigrants should speak english. But not once have I ever said they have to be perfect in pronunciation or spelling.

Here is a great example.
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So it sounds to me your saying immigrants to the USA who don't speak English PROPERLY will forever be stuck at the bottom of the chain, proving the point that they should know english.

Great story. Pragmatically, there are advantages for a person who knows English around here. Question: can we agree that hating a person because they speak a non-English language in your presence is sort of nuts?

Waggs098 · #**357** 07-24-2020, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Great story. Pragmatically, there are advantages for a person who knows English around here. Question: can we agree that hating a person because they speak a non-English language in your presence is sort of nuts?

I don't hate them because they don't speak english. Obviously i couldnt hate them because i have no clue what they are saying or think but I also don't feel sorry for them for not knowing english.

My post was to chicks who plainly said people who don't properly speak English will be stuck at the bottom of the chain.