You think its bad now just wait till [immigrants] have the upper hand .
When visiting North Florida University clinic the waiting room had five different nationalities . None spoke English so all had to wait for interpreters and sign language since they didn't have interpreters for Serbians or Koreans .
As we sat waiting for hours ,all of a sudden the two glass doors were busted open at same time .In came 5 loud females talking in Spanish . The whole room was in shock .
The Koreans kid was running around wild while his pregnant mother just sat there .
two very well dressed Ukrainians with 2 kids and mother expecting another .They wore Italian leather long coats .
A Colombian woman sat loudly speaking spanish to her English speaking middle aged son .
It was just like being in a third world waiting room. It was very depressing what we have done to this country with our appeasing, complacency .
None of these people acted appreciative or humble ,in fact the opposite.
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I always thought one of the mantras of the US was welcoming immigrants from the world over.
(Of course, they were always picky about the immigrants in question. But that's another book for another day.)
But back to my point: Why do you assume those people didn't speak (or write, or read) English? How do you think they get around without knowning the language?
And what, exactly, is the problem with people around you speaking languages that aren't English? Are you.... afraid?
Maybe it's time you get your head out of your ass and learn a foreign language. Los que pueden hablar dos idiomas ganan mas que los que solamente hablan un idioma. ;-)
Um... sounds like a typical day in a busy urban part of Florida. There's a reason why they call Miami the capital of Latin America you know.
Move to North Dakota if you don't want to be around people who aren't White and speak exclusively English. Not at all as warm as Florida but hey, if you really don't like it, LEAVE.
I found this comment left by someone who responded to the original comment. It was so good I had to post it:
"So a racist walks into a hospital room....
How did you identify five (5) different nationalities?
Are you the United Nations of Linguistics?"
I LOLed.
Of course if meercat went to France (HAHAHAHA) he would be fluent in French before he left? Also, if he ran into a fellow American, he'd only speak French, after all, he's in France.
No? What a surprise.
@ Captain Klamydia:
TRAC? He got better.
A crowded clinic waiting room full of grumpy sick people, you tell 'em! Stop being grumpy and sick and be humble and appreciative goddamnit!
*dodges flying crutch*
Now THAT wasn't very humble and appreciative sir!
Ukrainians and Serbians aren't white?
I really am not well versed on what is and isn't white, being Italian and all.
I walked around London for 4 hours a few years back (killing time waiting for my passport to be renewed) and on only one occasion did I walk past people on the street speaking English, obviously I'd hardly claim that those who speak English as a second language should use it always, even to each other, but it was somewhat disconcerting.
I suppose it was an unaccustomed feeling of being a minority that I found odd, and it was enlightening to a degree.
However I do intensely dislike it when I see a couple or group chatting away in their native language while standing next to myself or other native English speakers, making it fairly clear that they are having a conversation about me/the group in front of us, knowing full well that we can't understand, it's just plain rude, and if I was in a non-English-speaking country I would not conduct conversations about the locals in English while standing next to them, because it's rude and disrespectful.
"They wore Italian leather long coats ."
How do you know? Did you ask them? Did you just happen to speak Ukranian? No, of course not, speaking a foreign language is un-American, isn't it?
"It was very depressing what we have done to this country with our appeasing, complacency ."
Well, why didn't you whip out an Uzi and start gunning them down? Show them that America is only for real Americans (that is, people who own guns and love to use them, and oh yeah, vote Republican).
Meh. He never said anything about race. He just wants things all American. He never said all Americans have to be white. He never even claimed to be white. And wanting things to be all American doesn't automatically mean you're white. Some of the most hardcore anti-illegal immigration activists here in SoCal, are not white. I think some people on here are misinterpreting this.
Can you say melting Pot. MEL-TING-POT! Knew ya could!
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, inscribed into a bronze plaque, located in the Statue of Liberty exhibit on the second floor of the pedestal,
They don't have to be, but if they're not white and racist, that's like being a Jew For Hitler.
Upon reading this, I think English needs to be less ambigious. (not white) and racist, not not (white and racist).
Yeah they should be completely subservient and humble in the presence of the awesome white ethnic Western European people and the great United States they made mostly on the backs of slaves and other exploited minorities all by themselves. How dare they come up here thinking this country was open for immigrants to come here for a better life?
*Punch to meercat's jaw*
@#1037258 - No. As you may have already known, the definition of a racist is a person who believes that the race they belong to is superior to all other races.
Sadly though, you do hear this remark that meercat makes from white supremacists because nobody is paying attention to and honoring their awesome whiteness therefore, these minorities are of no use.
Third world waiting rooms do not have the cultural and ethnic diversity of American waiting rooms.
The fact should be celebrated, meercat.
Of course, they failed to realize the awesomeness of your great white whiteyness. Otherwise, they'd have been properly appreciative and humbled.
Next time, walk in with your dick waving in the wind. That'll show them.
Thanks, Tolpuddle. I've got quite a few new ideas that have come to me in the last few weeks. One is the possibility of opening up my ranch as a Theosophical retreat center for underprivledged minorities from the inner city to come and learn about meditation and make positive changes in their lives.
I think I was lucky to grow up for 5 years in Fiji as the white minority, gives you real perspective. Or at least the perspective where you don't understand why people hate other races.
I mean so what if Australia becomes majority Asiatic? Unless they really have a plan to start taking over your country and oppress you (trust me they don't, nobody is that organised) you'll be fine.
The only reason these losers are scared of becoming the minority is because of what they do to minorities. They assume such a fate will be visited upon them if they become a minority.
@#1037258: No, actually that's exact opposite of what I meant. Sometimes people on here automatically assume that the quote is from a white person just because it's in RSTDT, which isn't fair, in my opinion. Right now, people are assuming this quote is from a white person, even though they have no evidence to back it up, aside from playing on the stereotype that "whites are most racist".
Edit: By the way, I think this might be a Poe anyway. All of his posts have been removed from the original thread, and there are many accusation of trolling from the other users.
@dpareja
I'm no fan of xkcd, but that strip is one that's always especially bothered me because it has three really obvious responses:
1) (the dick) "They're all dead now, and the majority here speaks English, so it's a moot point."
2) (the optimist) "Exactly, if the original European immigrants to North America had learned the native languages, perhaps they wouldn't have killed all the natives off!"
3)(the reactionary) "So you're saying we need to do something about the immigrants before they wipe us all out? My point exactly!"
Discordian, well, that's a good point actually. If you're serious about promoting interracial tolerance, than folks need to be able to communicate with each other. That means they need to speak the same language. Otherwise, people will be divided from each other by the langauge gap. I'm actually thinking about investing some money into an English-language school for Mexican immigrants, to teach them English so that they can become better Americans. What do you think?
Yes, these people were wearing leather long coats in Florida in fucking September. Not! Much too hot for that, fearcat, pull the other one.
Also, how would you know the nationalities of all these people? And what fucking business is it of yours what language they speak? Freedom of speech can be enjoyed in any language, jerk off.
And finally, just because they speak different languages every one of your (made up) examples could be American citizens. Who I'm guessing would love to tell you (if they actually existed, which they don't) -- in Korean, Spanish, and Ukranian -- "FUCK OFF!"
GOD DAMN NON WHITE PEOPLE, WALKING AROUND LIKE THEY THINK THEY ARE NORMAL PEOPLE!!!
how fucking DARE non whites go to the hospital???
"It was very depressing what we have done to this country with our appeasing, complacency."
Oh, sure. it's not like our ancestors...y'know, IMMIGRATED HERE or anything.
Technically, the only ones in the US who AREN'T immigrants are native americans.
So for partaking of the same service you wanted they should have been kowtowing? You're a sad sick little animal, meercat.
Human is human no matter where we come from. Think about it sometime.
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