• resipsaloquitur
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    8 months ago

    The 1987 constitution designates Filipino, a de facto standardized version of Tagalog, as the national language and an official languagealong with English.

    The official languages of the Philippines are English and Filipino (standardized Tagalog), so not a great example.

    What does learning English have to do with living in America, where English is not the official language?

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      8 months ago

      Whatever point you’re trying to make, English is the official language of the US as of March of this year.

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        8 months ago

        While no legislation has been passed by the U.S. Congress to make English the official language,

        You forgot this part.

        Hmm, an illegal xenophobic executive order made by a fascist, racist dictatorship.

        What point are you making?

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        8 months ago

        anyone who thinks an order from trump has any validity whatsoever deserves to spend a full day standing next to a puddle and get constantly soaked by passing cars.

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          You people understand I’m not advocating for the decision, right? The fact is, that bastard is in charge of the country right now, and real people in real federal agencies are taking real actions with real consequences as a result of that very real executive order. Asserting that it isn’t valid or official if you personally don’t acknowledge it is utterly delusional “sovereign citizen” behavior.