Singer's remark riles Hispanics -- Greeley debates 'English' comment

Denver Post ^ | July 9, 2002 | Michael Riley

[phasma proeliator]

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[Tancredo Fan]

Why do "Latinos" need their own chamber of commerce? Could that be racist? Nah.... illegals are immune from that designation.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The illegal newcomers tried to turn New Mexico into an English speaking state during the 19th century.

[Doctor Stochastic]

There is nothing racist about asking people to speak the common language.

Most hispanophones (my word) would disagree. It's not your business what language they speak at home.

[toupsie]

Asking immigrants to speak English is now a form of racism? Well, if you don't like it, you don't have to live here.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

It sounds like the INS needs to start checking on these "newcomers".

Do we have an INS or what? Does this agency serve a purpose, and if so, what is it?

Most of these "newcomers" are probably illegal. I find it hard to believe that so many could come in in such a short period of time legally.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The illegal newcomers tried to turn New Mexico into an English speaking state during the 19th century.

So you agree that New Mexico rightly belongs to Mexico? And that we should turn it over ASAP, if not before?

[BlueLancer]

"The illegal newcomers tried to turn New Mexico into an English speaking state during the 19th century."

Piffle ... we won it fair and square. And what parts of it we didn't win in battle, the Mexicans sold it to us.

[Mark17]

But Hispanic leaders said they were racist and the failure of Stampede organizers to condemn them shows the refusal to embrace newcomers.

According to some dirt bags, we are racists if we eat, sleep and breathe. To h*ll with em. Speak English, fly the American flag, and buy his music.

[B Knotts]

Oh, please. No one's telling anyone what language to speak at home, and you know it.

It is not unreasonable to expect people to speak a common language in commerce and government.

[Inkie]

BFD! My goodness, people's feelings are so delicate nowadays. Boo hoo. Toughen up.

[Tancredo Fan]

It's not your business what language they speak at home.

...and it's not their business what Brock says, either. The incessant sniveling coming from these so-called "Hispanic leaders" (aka illegal alien cheerleaders) is getting to be pretty annoying of late.

[Doctor Stochastic]

That seems to be your idea, not mine. The Spanish speaking population of NM wants to be in the US.

[colorado tanker]

"While many Hispanics in the audience walked out, . . . " OK, 'splain this. If those people weren't English speakers, how'd they know to walk out??

[DoughtyOne]

In a speech between sets, Brock said he was tired of having to adapt to the widening influence of the country's newcomers. "You are coming to our country. We
don't speak Russian. We don't speak Spanish. We speak English here," Brock told an audience of 7,000, according to the Greeley Tribune. While many Hispanics
in the audience walked out, people who attended the event said many non-Hispanics cheered.

If they don't like hearing the truth, then they should keep right on going until they pass over the river Rio-Grande into the promised land.

This is the United States.  The language is English.  The English language has over 25,000 words.  The Spanish language has something like 6-7,000.  I don't see a reason why we should surrender our heritage in the interest of kissing immigrant ass.

Either adapt to our nation, or go back to the one that most closely resembles the one you wish to live in.  Quit trying to make this into your nation, not our nation.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That seems to be your idea, not mine. The Spanish speaking population of NM wants to be in the US.

Which is it? Should New Mexico be a part of Mexico, or the United States? Make up your smarmy little mind.

The reason the United States has been a melting pot of cultures such as the world has never seen before is precisely because we all shared a common language. Destroy that, and in a hundred years the US will be more fractured and backward than the Balkans ever thought of being.

[B Knotts]

Furthermore, you did not demonstrate anything "racist" about a request for immigrants to speak English. A racist would actually want immigrants to stay ignorant of the common language, because it will assure them less influence.

[Dakmar]

I think it's racist to move to a new country and expect the inhabitants to adapt to the culture you bring with you. They used to call it imperialism.

[swarthyguy]

What a topsy turvy world we live in. Only in America could you get slammed for saying this.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!

[Doctor Stochastic]

People like Brock have been irritating for years. The Conservative attempt to run off Hispanics (and other minorities) seems to be quite successful.

The Liberal attempt to pander hasn't been so successful though. It's easier to insult than to pander.