English Extremists on the Loose!

Originally posted on December 14, 2005

Excerpt from an article titled, "English First Advocate Feels School Rightly Suspended Student for Speaking Spanish".

"What they're saying is that [the school] violated his civil rights," the English First spokesman says. But he contends, "You have no right to speak another language in this country. Actually, in a school or workplace setting, you have very few rights, so to speak. Your employer has rights. The school principal has rights. What we're seeing here is an attempt to cash in."

Source: American Family Association

I can't believe what I'm reading here. No right to speak another language in the country of the U.S.A.? What kind of drug is this English extremist on? What about American Sign Language? It's not English so I guess it's out of the question. The Americans must be very grateful to have the first amendment in place for them to take advantage of.

Language laws, they don't work. Period. Look what happened to France when they tried to preserve their language and culture. Do you want that to happen to the U.S.A.? Then don't make English the official language of the U.S.A. It's bad enough that corporations and small businesses are being summoned for violating the language laws in Canada especially in the province of Quebec.

Below here is another excerpt from the article,

The Rubios have gained considerable support as word of the controversy has spread. However, Jim Boulet, executive director of the Virginia-based group English First, says the school did the right thing in suspending the high school student. "Let's face facts here; if the kid had been saying in Spanish, 'The bomb is around the corner,' the school would be held liable for not knowing that," the English language advocate asserts.

Let's face facts here about the possibility of the student discussing a plan on blowing up the school? That's just purely paranoia and stupidity. People of 'English First' must be one of these "English Extremists". Yeah, it's not everyday that you hear of English Extremists, but the proof is there in the article. They are losing their marbles and spreading paranoid propaganda about people speaking different languages other than English.

Ridiculous.

Just think of how the deaf community would react to this if it had happened to a deaf student for signing in ASL. I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty.