Another reason Americans can't learn languages

[Yankee]

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Just a couple of observations...

Jamie used Bruce's own words. As I understand what Bruce wrote, he said that he was stating facts and didn't want to be too insulting, and then happily proceeded to write fallacies and insults.

Bruce suggested that "they" (Who is "they" supposed to be anyway? Bush? Bush and the people in his administration? English-speakers in California? Or possibly all Americans?) want to build a wall along the California/Mexico border because "they" don't want to learn or are afraid of learning Spanish. Sorry, but I agree that that is an utterly ridiculous suggestion. At best, it indicates a complete lack of cultural awareness and an enthusiastic willingness to spread misinformation.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, and native speaker of American English

[Lost_Soul]

[Torsten]

[Yankee]

Hi Torsten

Well, I wouldn't say that telling someone that he/she is an "oblivious moron" is diplomatic or nice. I would say that it was Jamie's honest opinion about some of the garbage that had been spouted. How diplomatic should one be to someone who apparently sees no problem whatsoever in creating lies or spreading misinformation or stating falsehoods as fact?

Do you think Bruce's post was diplomatic? Well-informed? I don't.
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Amy
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ESL teacher, and native speaker of American English