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Beautiful! nt MrScorpio Nov 2012 #1
Excellent! A lot of Americans are so stupid that they think MineralMan Nov 2012 #2
Kathy teaches English as a private tutor in Spain. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #3
How offensive! It's Un-American to learn non-English languages. MineralMan Nov 2012 #7
How wonderful femrap Nov 2012 #21
Wow, that's so cool....archaic Greek?!? Toooo cool! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #51
Pepe wrote his philosophy doctoral thesis in Koine Greek. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #58
Wow!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #62
I once saw Americans referred to as SheilaT Nov 2012 #26
It's unnecessary to learn other languages, or even English, TahitiNut Nov 2012 #81
"...they think no American can speak any other language than poor English." Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #89
My crazy RW cousin thinks that all billboards and vlyons Nov 2012 #103
Gees, wonder how that woman... dballance Nov 2012 #4
She should come to St. Paul, MN. MineralMan Nov 2012 #37
That's kinda cool the place is so diverse and you elected a Hmong immigrant dballance Nov 2012 #110
That woman must have been caught shoplifting at WalMart JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #5
+10 RC Nov 2012 #15
I love this Carolina Nov 2012 #6
Might as well talk about her because she probably thought you were anyway. alfredo Nov 2012 #54
or talk about her in English, as if she isn't standing right there eShirl Nov 2012 #67
it is kinda odd hfojvt Nov 2012 #8
Wait, what? Aristus Nov 2012 #9
Thank you, kind sir. You stated my views on this matter exactly. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #12
US citizenship could expire, in the same way that British citizenship does hfojvt Nov 2012 #43
British citizenship expires? Mariana Nov 2012 #53
see replies 17 amd 18 below hfojvt Nov 2012 #55
Or maybe you have no idea what you're talking about. nt. Mariana Nov 2012 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author hfojvt Nov 2012 #75
Immigration lawyer here The Hitman Nov 2012 #98
I'm kinda thinking the same thing... LanternWaste Nov 2012 #76
'Skin in the game'. Aristus Nov 2012 #64
Thanks Aristus! "Shielded from your vote".. as if! Cha Nov 2012 #65
Your post makes you sound like a jingoist lunatica Nov 2012 #11
Oh, you.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #13
The US of A is the only country I know... mwooldri Nov 2012 #17
I am in the reverse situation...I am a Brit living in the US.. truebrit71 Nov 2012 #18
Skipped all your Civics classes, did you? MineralMan Nov 2012 #34
Apparently, you know little or nothing about US citizenship law. Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #41
I could give half a shit about US citizenship law hfojvt Nov 2012 #48
"I don't need to know anything about the law to have an opinion on it." Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #50
actually, I know what I said hfojvt Nov 2012 #52
...! Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #56
what is a stereotypical liberal? datasuspect Nov 2012 #60
no, but thinking you do and that nobody else does - is a sign hfojvt Nov 2012 #69
You got a right to your opinion nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #72
do I have a right to my own cliches? hfojvt Nov 2012 #74
Read on people who ave lost national allegiance nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #78
Interesting.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #96
actually I have done that a long time ago hfojvt Nov 2012 #108
"I don't need to know anything about the law to have an opinion on it." The Hitman Nov 2012 #101
yeah, welcome to DU hfojvt Nov 2012 #109
Scratches head nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #71
my mum lived in America over 30 years and voted in Brit elections Skittles Nov 2012 #80
deduction fail X 2 lunasun Nov 2012 #95
I find an extra measure of satisfaction in knowing that the woman was shopping in a store beac Nov 2012 #10
Precisely, beac! Wonder if she knew That! COSTCO IS A BLUE STORE~ nm Cha Nov 2012 #66
And, you have the last laugh. MsPithy Nov 2012 #14
Racism is an ugly thing. Being Cherokee when I darken up in the summer I often get, what are you? sarcasmo Nov 2012 #16
Where was there racism in this story? AlexSatan Nov 2012 #20
It heaven05 Nov 2012 #27
If you were on the receiving end of the lalalu Nov 2012 #30
I would be annoyed by their ignorance AlexSatan Nov 2012 #33
The ignorance usually comes from the same source. lalalu Nov 2012 #39
Except this post AlexSatan Nov 2012 #44
That's one rosy way of looking at it. lalalu Nov 2012 #47
You'd be annoyed by their ignorance for the first three dozen times it would happen... JHB Nov 2012 #40
If it were based on race, you are likely right. AlexSatan Nov 2012 #46
One can see in my brother-in-law his Moorish heritage, he could easily pass as an Algerian. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #32
Thanks AlexSatan Nov 2012 #35
come on .... uponit7771 Nov 2012 #94
You get the what are you or where are you from too? lalalu Nov 2012 #29
I've gotten that question, and I'm white as Caspar, closeupready Nov 2012 #57
Great Story...thx femrap Nov 2012 #19
Makes you... DirtyDawg Nov 2012 #22
Im sure when that woman got home MissNostalgia Nov 2012 #23
typical heaven05 Nov 2012 #24
To quote the late, great North Carolinian Republican Senator Jesse Helms, "If coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #25
I've been told that Jesse Helms never actually said that. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #45
Have you ever seen an electrical explosion? geomon666 Nov 2012 #28
That's a great story. Thanks! mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #31
I love it when some fascist pig gets it right in their face. santamargarita Nov 2012 #36
Perfect. Fuck the morons (well, not in the technical manner). HopeHoops Nov 2012 #38
I would have played her.... AlbertCat Nov 2012 #42
Voter Demographics 2012: Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #49
It's vital to remember that as ugly as the woman's words were, burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #59
Nope. Not most white people. Obama got a large white vote & many non-racists voted for Romney. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #83
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #61
We would be a better country if we spoke another language. My Italian cousins southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #63
I (heart) this story libodem Nov 2012 #68
Been on the receiving end nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #70
Interesting that someone in the line understood Catalan DFW Nov 2012 #77
Maybe she just wants her country back. (sarcasm) nt morningglory Nov 2012 #82
Don't think she understood Catalan, just knew it wasn't English bigbrother05 Nov 2012 #85
I don't think she knew what language it was at all, she only heard my nephew speak about Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #88
Grocery line steriotyping is amazing..... ReRe Nov 2012 #79
My friend, it's no good until you end the conversation with "So Fuck Off !" RagAss Nov 2012 #84
Stuff like this happens all the time. The Doctor. Nov 2012 #86
re:I Wouldn't Have Believed Things Like This Do Happen...Until I Witnessed It Myself. allan01 Nov 2012 #87
In which state does she vote? lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #90
The expansive world of the Teabagger. AAO Nov 2012 #91
Something similar happened to a Spanish conversation class. knitter4democracy Nov 2012 #92
I am really getting sick of the tiny box Americans put themselves in and then get mad when no one Heather MC Nov 2012 #93
I love this! LittleGirl Nov 2012 #97
Nice but... The Hitman Nov 2012 #99
The citizens native to Valencia speak Catalan, but it is called Valencian. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #104
Kicky.....love the story. yourout Nov 2012 #100
Ignorance abounds in this country; thank God, intelligence is, mostly, its superior. juajen Nov 2012 #102
Proving once again, how uneducated some Americans are sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #105
Simply Excellent! Plucketeer Nov 2012 #106
She asked for it! reformist2 Nov 2012 #107
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