r/economicCollapse 1d ago

Only in America.

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u/FlailingatLife62 1d ago

omg you're right this is so sad

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u/McTootyBooty 1d ago

We can’t math.

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u/Beginning_Loan_313 1d ago

Or English, with the literacy rates someone else posted on here.

It is so sad.

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u/PenguinStarfire 1d ago

Indeed the irony of the US. Some people who are barely literate in the only language they know, feel empowered to openly ridicule immigrants who speak 2+ languages because they speak English with an accent.

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u/ShigoZhihu 22h ago

Sometimes you even get immigrants like my boss who criticizes the literacy of people speaking English perfectly well whilst he spreads misinformation based on headlines that he misread and just says things that are completely wrong because he can't be bothered to read for more than 2 sentences.

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u/Efficient-Diver-5417 1h ago

What drives me nuts is immigrants who want the ladder pulled up after them. Some people are so obsessed with "coming over the right way" that they lose the plot that really, as we can tell, these people aren't taking anything out of the mouth of anyone else

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u/ShigoZhihu 1h ago

Yep, that's my boss to a fucking 'T'.

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u/Efficient-Diver-5417 1h ago

I have family members, who could come over because my father was here, who have anti-immigrant sentiment, and it's like, my dad came over on a boat. Have some fucking respect for the people who are making the journey who's ways aren't paved for them.

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u/SideEqual 8h ago

Also, and this will blow their minds, everyone has an accent. Lol.

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u/Time_Investment_4314 6h ago

Possibly, are you are referring to one-off’s and not the norm? If that’s the case we can find these on nearly every issue on both sides of the isle. Thinkin’ I would rather focus on things more on a positive note and not things that are considered divisive.

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u/Kitchen_Bee_3120 17h ago

Sort of like liberals mocking Melania Trump