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Firestorm49

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27. Well, maybe they should all just go back to Europe, or wherever the hell they came from.

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Wed May 8, 2019, 12:16 PM

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Nearly half of white Repubs say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 OP

Diversity? What's diversity? Initech May 2019 #1

LOL underpants May 2019 #14

Where I live we have plenty of diversity. dubyadiprecession May 2019 #53

Maybe that's why California offends the MAGAholes so much? Initech May 2019 #57

Intolerance in all things... who is suprised? hlthe2b May 2019 #2

They're paranoid busy bodies. Thinking they are being talked about. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #31

Speaking English fluently bothers them, too pandr32 May 2019 #3

LOL! TruckFump May 2019 #6

! lunatica May 2019 #22

So does having more than a rudimentary vocabulary. Mariana May 2019 #29

XD sakabatou May 2019 #48

YES! get the red out May 2019 #54

Want to have some fun with them? Aristus May 2019 #4

Your suggestion is a good one! nt SWBTATTReg May 2019 #7

I'll work on it. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #11

That's what I'm talking about! Aristus May 2019 #15

Stupid Jutes invading our country. I'm gonna build a wall! Oneironaut May 2019 #21

How in heck do they know it's a foreign language? nt SWBTATTReg May 2019 #5

Because there is a use of good grammar? TruckFump May 2019 #8

Yeah! If English is good enough for all those people in the Bible, tanyev May 2019 #9

Yeah underpants May 2019 #17

It bothers me that .... CatMor May 2019 #10

Trust me, pretty much all of them are idiots, not just nearly half of them. LonePirate May 2019 #30

I could never get my head around this. LuckyCharms May 2019 #12

A lot of them are afraid that they're the subject of the conversation, and they're being mocked. GoCubsGo May 2019 #18

Melting pot customerserviceguy May 2019 #50

It bothers me too. It reminds me of all the beautiful languages Croney May 2019 #13

It pisses me off, as well. GoCubsGo May 2019 #19

Oh good golly, Miss Molly! These gop-ers are those who say traveling outside usa is un-patriotic Irishxs May 2019 #16

One of my husband's aunts called me crazy for going to England and Ireland back in 2005 maryellen99 May 2019 #28

I'll never understand the entitlement of trying to police everyone's behavior around you. Oneironaut May 2019 #20

When I was a bigot it bothered me a lot. MicaelS May 2019 #23

Monolingual morons who mistakenly believe that American customs and values emmaverybo May 2019 #24

I hear other languages being spoken every. single. day.. LeftinOH May 2019 #25

Me, too - here in little old Minneapolis. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #33

"unaccented English" in Minneapolis? jberryhill May 2019 #40

That accent is more prevalent Up North. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #41

At least I do not speak REPUBLICAN. ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #26

Well, maybe they should all just go back to Europe, or wherever the hell they came from. Firestorm49 May 2019 #27

I think they'd resent hearing a "foreign" language in another country, also. kskiska May 2019 #49

OMG! Olafjoy May 2019 #32

What about Russian? muntrv May 2019 #34

I'd suggest they just call themselves the Xenophobe Party, but very few of them could spell it. Or highplainsdem May 2019 #35

Re interracial marriage Ohiogal May 2019 #36

I'll bet yah that the same is also true when they are in the country malaise May 2019 #37

It's a neurotic, paranoid party. They get scared. nolabear May 2019 #38

From the Donald Trump Guide to Foreigners: Doodley May 2019 #39

Es porque estamos hablando de lo estpidos que son los republicanos. HopeAgain May 2019 #42

Ningun error... Ghost Dog May 2019 #55

I love it. Jokerman May 2019 #43

"If the Cherokee don't want to speak English, they should go back to wherever they came from!" struggle4progress May 2019 #44

due to massive ego and paranoia... Javaman May 2019 #45

They'd freak out in my neighborhood. hunter May 2019 #46

My city, Santa Maria, CA is 75% Hispanic. That means that a large portion of our population wasupaloopa May 2019 #47

It makes you wonder about just how narrow the lives are of the average GOPer. It's not even ... Hekate May 2019 #60

as long as they stay in the fields it's ok JI7 May 2019 #69

Sounds like someone needs to meadowlander May 2019 #51

From article..their reasoning - asiliveandbreathe May 2019 #52

They want a homogenous nation The Genealogist May 2019 #56

Bet those bozos have never been out of their hometown, much less the country... brush May 2019 #58

It makes them feel less than that they don't understand. JDC May 2019 #59

Assholes extraordinaire spanone May 2019 #61

It would help some of them moondust May 2019 #62

I don't know if learning a foreign language in high school would help much. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #63

I'm guessing moondust May 2019 #67

Que? ck4829 May 2019 #64

hatwya hetay uckfay? Evergreen Emerald May 2019 #65

Fat lot to talk, most Trumpists have trouble with English. VOX May 2019 #66

every time I hear someone speaking a foreign language Skittles May 2019 #68