...the United States Senate passed a bill yesterday that makes English the "national language" in America and amends title four of the United States Code, "…to declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective US citizens."
Now, the first thing that comes to my mind, as it so often does in times like this, is a West Wing reference. In an episode of that fine series, someone responds to the notion of such a bill by saying:
...aside from it being bigoted and unconstitutional, it's ludicrous to think that laws need to be created to help protect the language of Shakespeare.
But thinking a little longer about it...sometimes I really wish my ex-Republican friend was still talking to me because maybe she could tell me what the hell they're even trying to do. With this combined with other recent actions, it's as if they're prepared to just write off the Latino vote, to say nothing of other minorities.
I don't think they should take the Democrats incompetence that much for granted. A little, sure, but...
2 comments:
This is just backlash against that Spanish version of your national anthem. Your neo-conservative government trying to protect "the American Way of Life." Republicans only care about the Latino (or black, or female, or Jewish) vote in an election year. And you call yourself a cynic... :)
This *is* an election year, Jen.
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