20/20 Explores America's Hatred of Mexican Invaders: It's Too Funny For Words!

[Father Time]

It sure looked to me like everyone was more,

English. Speak ENGLISH!

Since when are we allowed to walk into another country's businesses and start some sort of brouhaha by whining around in some foreign language?

Actually, English IS our national language. It was decided sometime in the early 1800s. Dutch was a close second.

This is the first I heard of this, you got a link (not that I don't believe you)?

 

[Tank]

This is what Republicans have done. They do it to gays, to Muslims, to women and now Hispanics. They made "liberal" a dirty word. They made "atheist" dangerous. They make the president an "illegal alien/terrorist/Marxist/Fascist/Communist/Socialist/racist". They made "education" something to mock.

It's as if all the worst attributes in America has come together in a single political party.

There was a Poem by Martin Niemöller that was said to have been written in 1946. I've added a few.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;

Then they came for the gays, and I did not speak out - because I was not a gay;

Then they came for the Feminists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a woman;

Then they came for the liberals, and I did not speak out - because I was not a liberal;

Then they came for the atheists, and I did not speak out - because I was not an atheist;

Then they came for the Hispanics, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Hispanic;

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

I see why they came for the others but, why did they come for you?

 

[AllieBaba]

Actually, English IS our national language. It was decided sometime in the early 1800s. Dutch was a close second.

This is the first I heard of this, you got a link (not that I don't believe you)?

I continue to be amazed at how little the left knows.

 

[AllieBaba]

You know, when I was in the Navy, I NEVER walked off the ship without a phrase book in the local language.

Wanna know why? Because 80 percent of Europeans speak English as a second language, and many of them know more than 2 languages. I've met some who can speak up to 10. If you walk up to them with a phrase book and a smile, start talking to them in THEIR LANGUAGE, after letting you muddle around (to check if you're one of those Ugly American Tourists), they will then tell you that they speak English, but appreciate that you're trying to speak to them in their language.

Remember, outside of the US, Americans are "those damn foreigners".

Interestingly enough, that lesson was hammered home very well one time that we pulled into Thessaloniki Greece. A friend and I were running around the town when we saw a rollerblade shop (great way to get around over there by the way), and I wanted to see if they had off road rollerblades. We knocked on the shop door (they were still open) and I started to ask her in Greek if they had Roce's offroad blades. She said they did, but they were closing, and when I didn't quite understand, she broke into English. I was then told that she did, but they were closing, so if I came back tomorrow I would be able to look at them. I asked her how much, and she told me. I told her that I'd buy them right now if they fit.

Well, the ones in that shop didn't, but she had another shop with my size in it, and she asked if I'd be willing to wait 30 min. We said sure and sat down to coffee and conversation.

We also asked if there was a club that we could hang out and listen to rock music at. She said yes, Club Libido was the hot spot in the town, and took a business card, wrote something in Greek on the back and told us to go to the Libido and find a bartender named Antonio.

We found the place, took a couple of people with us off the ship who knew how to not be ugly americans, and partied down for the rest of the night (they closed at 4:00 am).

The rest of the people, the typical sailors went out and raised hell that night (first night in), and ended up getting kicked out of bars.

The next day, the bars wouldn't let you in unless you had a female with you. My friends and I never had that problem, because we knew how to act in public and alway remembered that WE were the foreigners, not them.

You'd be surprised how many Americans who leave the US, think the rest of the world is an extension of their backyard.

Well thank goodness we have YOU, Gaybiker, to show the world that we aren't all raucous heterosexuals!


What would we do without you?

You're my hero.

 

[AllieBaba]

And I imagine you didn't have to have a girl to get into the bars because they thought you were a girl.

 

[Bullfighter]

[All legal citizens. The key word being LEGAL. This country is based on laws. Those are the laws that are part of this country that the Hispanic military men you mentioned fought to uphold. I guess they just wasted their time/lives fighting if this country is going to ignore the immigration law.

Too many people think that the Americans who happened to be Hispanic that fought in WW2 make up for the lack of support given by most of Latin America during that war.

They also think that because a few Americans who happened to be Hispanic actually entered the US military and fought alongside other races of Americans, that excuses what evil Mexicans are doing today by invading the US and stealing goods and services meant for poor Americans of all races.

 

[ABikerSailor]

And I imagine you didn't have to have a girl to get into the bars because they thought you were a girl.

Actually, most bars required couples if they were American, because the packs of guys running around messed up quite a bit. The townspeople figured that if they had a female with them, they were regular tourists, and therefore not American sailors painting the town red.

We went to the bar in a group of guys, and were able to pick up women AT the bar.

Bit difference Always A Babbling *****.

 

[Avorysuds]

And I imagine you didn't have to have a girl to get into the bars because they thought you were a girl.

Actually, most bars required couples if they were American, because the packs of guys running around messed up quite a bit. The townspeople figured that if they had a female with them, they were regular tourists, and therefore not American sailors painting the town red.

We went to the bar in a group of guys, and were able to pick up women AT the bar.

Bit difference Always A Babbling *****.

So if another country discriminates against Americans its ok, if not just ok than it’s the right thing to do because “Americans cause problems.” However in America we are not allowed to do something like that (and we have not) otherwise it’s outright racist?

I really don’t care about your “I’m better than other American’s and locals know it” story. A huge amount of illegal’s in America speak their home countries language only, and depend of Americans to speak 2 or more languages to assist them, everyday. Op’s, I can’t mean that people in America speak more than one language pretty commonly, that would make us not all dumb hate filled fat whites…

Also, on the language issue, America is 3,000 miles wide. Canada is pretty dang big as well. Name an area in Europe that one language dominates so much of one combined space. There is very little reason for Americans to have to learn a second or 10th language.