Sometimes it feels like in the US, being fluent in any language other than English is unpatriotic. Blue America makes exception for French
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but language is generally how you preserve culture really in any country. It's not really a bad thing.
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@jjonesseattle not true. India has ~30. Even tiny Switzerland has 4. Most have at least 2. National identity can have deeper base than lang - Show replies
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Example I went to China w/ full intent to speak their language. Did not blame them for not accepting my language. 100% cool w/ that.
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Chinese is practically a very difficult language to get into or out of, but they'll have 300 million English speakers in ~20y
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You've never been to Japan huh?
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no, they're worse you think?
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Because the most common 2nd languages - German, Italian - were WWII enemies
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I actually think you have this exactly backwards -- USA is among most tolerant wrt languages vs RoTW.
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It's not about tolerance, it's about whether it is subtracts from, is neutral to, or adds to, your citizenship identity claims
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