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6. RSO

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:53 PM

Mar 2021

This is the difference when you have an educated career diplomat like Amb. Jacobson who can converse in several languages, versus a Trump appointee whose language skills include speaking in “tongues”.

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MAGAT Heads are exploding [View all] kairos12 Mar 2021 OP

Hehe jcgoldie Mar 2021 #1

They all need to do the right thing durablend Mar 2021 #2

MAGATs do not understand Spanish. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2021 #3

Sometimes they do. kairos12 Mar 2021 #4

I have a shirt that says "I speak English, pendejo!" ... aggiesal Mar 2021 #7

I love that! kairos12 Mar 2021 #8

I got a T-shirt prior to the 2016 election that said KS Toronado Mar 2021 #13

I want one that says: MineralMan Mar 2021 #21

How about aggiesal Mar 2021 #27

Nice! MineralMan Mar 2021 #28

Good one! burrowowl Mar 2021 #38

All this time I thought "stupido" meant stupid in Spanish ailsagirl Mar 2021 #52

Stupido is stupid in Spanish ... aggiesal Mar 2021 #55

Good to know - thanks ailsagirl Mar 2021 #59

I believe it is not "stupido" but phylny Mar 2021 #61

That is correct. DFW Mar 2021 #64

Correct, my bad. I learned that in eschool! ... aggiesal Mar 2021 #66

Ha! phylny Mar 2021 #68

The vast majority of them probably call it "Mexican" SledDriver Mar 2021 #5

Or "Messkin". Aristus Mar 2021 #9

I heard that one from my father's second wife... Harker Mar 2021 #31

Nahuatl or Olmec or Mayan or etc. burrowowl Mar 2021 #41

Nahuatl and Mayan dialects wnylib Mar 2021 #50

Yes! burrowowl Mar 2021 #57

You'll have to explain how Olmec is still spoken...because scholars róisín_dubh Mar 2021 #62

The word Olmec comes from Nahuatl. wnylib Mar 2021 #63

I have a PhD in Mexican history specialising in indigenous history... róisín_dubh Mar 2021 #69

Thanks. I only have a BA in Spanish language, wnylib Mar 2021 #70

Well, after all, Jesus wrote the Bible in English... griloco Mar 2021 #17

And he was a lily white evangelical southerner who drove a 4x4 donkey. erronis Mar 2021 #25

LOL! burrowowl Mar 2021 #42

And blue eyes, of course. wnylib Mar 2021 #51

Pretty sure many do not understand English. niyad Mar 2021 #49

RSO rso Mar 2021 #6

LOL Good one! msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #20

Here in New Mexico English and Spanish are both our official languages. I pity the reTHUG abqtommy Mar 2021 #10

It's one of the reasons I love NM! lunatica Mar 2021 #12

In either case DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #15

Well, some of us DO speak Russian. MineralMan Mar 2021 #22

If Trump had succeeded DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #23

I'm no longer fluent. That was over 50 years ago. MineralMan Mar 2021 #24

I've heard Slavic languages are almost impossible to learn as an adult DBoon Mar 2021 #54

I remember getting slated here 4 years ago for suggesting that Democratic candidates could do their OnDoutside Mar 2021 #60

Things like this make my day! lunatica Mar 2021 #11

Tiny brains make for easy clean-up. NellieStarbuck Mar 2021 #14

Bingo! Just sweep the remains under the rug. erronis Mar 2021 #26

MAGATs have yelled at Native Americans for speaking Navajo IronLionZion Mar 2021 #16

I saw MAGATS telling Native Americans to go back to their country. LMAO FlyingPiggy Mar 2021 #33

When I looked at the tv crud Mar 2021 #18

LOL! I loved it, and I didn't understand but a few words msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #19

In Canada we are used to all our Fed government officials Bev54 Mar 2021 #29

Un gran puto gana! ancianita Mar 2021 #30

Si tiene alas, es un volante potencial DFW Mar 2021 #65

In this case, if potential voters speak both Spanish and English, whichever language is spoken ancianita Mar 2021 #67

bwahahaha that's awesome. FlyingPiggy Mar 2021 #32

Oh no. LudwigPastorius Mar 2021 #34

Oh no, poor Mexico. efhmc Mar 2021 #39

Yep, we're sending drugs. We're sending crime. They're rapists. LudwigPastorius Mar 2021 #43

Mexico is so far from God and so close to the U$A burrowowl Mar 2021 #44

I so LOOOOOVE it. efhmc Mar 2021 #35

And FOX News is gonna find some dipshit "translator" (who may or may not actually be one, Rabrrrrrr Mar 2021 #36

My favorite story about "speak English or leave": SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #37

I was interested to learn more about the Navajo language and found this: efhmc Mar 2021 #45

Sweet, sweet cilla4progress Mar 2021 #40

Watched it on You Tube. Lots of nasty comments there and down thumbs are more than up. efhmc Mar 2021 #46

I love listening to others speak their native tongue. Aussie105 Mar 2021 #47

Bueno! Cha Mar 2021 #48

Their skulls are empty MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #53

"Mommy, is that woman speaking in tongues?" BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #56

Bwah! Blue Owl Mar 2021 #58