Reply #73: I really don't see why we would have to make it "Official"

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Why would we need some kind of "amendment" or offical proclaimation to make English the language of the US unless it's only to assuage the Xenophobes.

Why instead don't we offer more resources to teach English as a second language to immigrants so they can have more access to learn it? My friend taught ESL and was innundated with students. Like everything else here, people love to blame the victim who's just trying to get along without very many resources.

Anyway, I speak Spanish and some Italian and somehow that doesn't compromise my identity. I just don't get why any American would feel threatened by someone speaking differently than they do.

But what really annoys me is how many Americans travel to Europe or Mexico/Central-South America and expect everyone there to speak English. They don't even bother to learn to say "Good Morning" or "Please" or "Thank you" in the native language; it takes a helluva lotta Chuptzpah to insist that foreigners speak English here.