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Originally Posted by melliedee
I wish I hadn't googled it. WTF? :confused
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Yep. Told ya!
One I saw ran something like this:
Obama says my kids should learn Spanish. Well stay away from my kids, Obama!
Now think about that a moment. What is it that this concerned parent thinks will happen to his/her kids if they learn Spanish?
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Give up? Well me, too! Let's see, will their minds go to rot? Maybe they will forget English, their native language! Will they still really be Americans -- I mean REALLY -- if it comes to the worst case scenario and they actually learn to speak a language other than English? What if they join Mexican terrorist group and work to undermine our government? Will they perhaps become slovenly or somehow else fit some or another stereotype of Spanish speakers deemed to be undesirable? Perhaps they will drop out of school, or maybe turn Catholic? The Pope may already be controlling their minds!
Of course, each parent can parent the way the see as the most fit. But it is a valid question: what is the fear of learning a foreign language that would make a parent, as in this case, angrily declare "Stay away from my children!", or that would in general drive so much of the other reactions out there on this topic?
Steve