It's hyphen-Americanism and as one of the most famous progressives said, "But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.”
Showing the Huntington Beach Pier was All American. :2usflag:
I might be switching from Coke to Shasta Cola.
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.
If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.
It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.
If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.
It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.
When someone comes here they may not speak English well yet, but the American ideal is still important to them. Maybe that is what they were going for.
I think you read way too much into this ad.
I was offended by the notion that people could come to America to seek liberty and then not even have the God damn decency to use that liberty in the way I want them to, who are they to speak different languages?!!?
Coca Cola's 'America the Beautiful' Super Bowl commercial angers conservative pundits - NY Daily News
Coke Super Bowl America The Beautiful Ad - Business Insider
Or like this ****ing blow hard Allen West
"I am quite sure there may some who appreciated the commercial," West said, "but Coca Cola missed the mark in my opinion. If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing 'American the Beautiful' in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come--doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me, what say you?"
That's right folks, God is going to doom this country to hell because we are "proud" enough to sing America the Beautiful in English during the Superbowl. Asshole.
When someone comes here they may not speak English well yet, but the American ideal is still important to them. Maybe that is what they were going for.
I think I read into it exactly what they meant; "we're all American, we just speak different languages, and have different cultures."
Again, what I object to is the notion that this is a desirable thing in and of itself. Assimilation, and the unity it creates, should be the goal, not "multiculturalism," and the ethnic factionalism it always inevitably leads to.
I don't think the ad itself was overly political. I was simply uncomfortable with its premise.
I understand what they were going for, but the concept still made me vaguely uncomfortable.
If a nation's citizens need one thing in common in order to function effectively, it tends to be a language they can all speak and mutually understand. Tolerance for multiculturalism is all well and good, but it cannot be a society's primary objective in and of itself.
It simply doesn't lead anywhere productive.
All those laws being proposed that require everyone to speak eng-racist are disgusting.
What really bugs me, though, are those RACISTS who somehow imply society needs one primary language in order to function. As though we need to understand each other. Please. I bet those racist jerks think language segregation creates a barrier of poverty for segments of society based on the language they speak. Give me a break. Just look at the nordic countries and the amazing success they've had with their language diversity. Next they'll be saying it's up to the immigrants to assimilate to the country they migrate to instead of the country's responsibility to bend over backwards to accommodate any possible immigrant it may possibly have in the entire world. It's called a MELTING pot, which means do things however you want regardless of the practical limitations of such (though there are none. I'm just saying practicality doesn't play a factor, your racism does.)
Hopefully one day the racism will end and every sign, book, tv show, movie, and business will accommodate every language on earth.
Hey man that 1st amendment promises freedom of speech, and it doesn't mean English only speech. Anyone who specifically thinks what you just said is a xenophobic ass.
Do you know what you just said ? :2rofll:
FYI:
" Those who control the language control the argument, and those who control the argument are more likely to successfully to translate the believe into policy."
I think everyone should learn English in this country as its by far the dominate language. However, we have no American culture. Set aside immigrants, and there are still vast cultural differences between different areas in this country. If anything, what defines American culture is diversity.
I have said for years that with many conservatives, culture is more important than anything else, and the responses to this ad is very indicative of that. I don't see what the big deal is either way with it, I guess its just off my radar or something.
I thought I was paraphrasing the Constitution, apparently I saying something Orwellian. How disconnected are you?