Regardless of what happens "now" I see the same for PR in the future. If they want to retain their culture and language then they need to be cut free and make it in the world as an independent country.I see no fundamental incompatibility between Puerto Rican and mainland culture. We've been part of this for almost 110 years and both have survived, heck, increased each other good and badly, but that's humanity for you.
Nationalism is impracticable. One has to hate "the foreigner" in order to be a "nationalist." I don't want a Puerto Rico ruled by the whims of nationalists any more than I want to see the USA in the grips of the same ilk.
The true future is in the Union, Cooperation, and Interdependence that only admission to the US as a state can bring. Ergo, the only conservative, morally consequent position that is true to our founding ideals is to admit Puerto Rico as a State, the sooner the better.
-Theo
Well I see no problem with your post seeing as American is going "Spanish".
American is only America because of the idea of us being one.
People who want to retain their ethnic identity over the "one" will tear this country apart.
My great-grandparents spoke Norwegian, my grandparents spoke both, my parents can say the supper prayer in Norwegian. Me? I'm an American and speak English. For a joke every now and again I call myself Norwegian-American but for the most part its just "American".
When PRs step up and place America 1st then I'll think of statehood.