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You want to speak Spanish, go to a Spanish speaking country.
America is a Spanish speaking country. Nearly 40 million Americans primarily speak Spanish at home. So when one speaks Spanish, they are simply doing what 40 million Americans do. And since English is not the official language anymore than Spanish is (or Chinese or any other language for that matter), simply speaking any language, while binding to the laws of our nation, is being American.
You may want to spend some time learning about this country. America is not like your country.
(By America, I am referring to the United States of America - -as the person I quoted did)
That's ok. In Madrid last week, I was refused assistance because my Spanish was poor and the Metro Customer Service attendant would not attempt to help me. Figured it out, anyway. Not complaining, about my situation, but this is a milquetoast beech, OP.
How is being snubbed by a rude service worker possibly equivalent to being arrested just for speaking Spanish?
I can't help wondering how often the "how dare you leave your house without your ID!" people get pulled aside, have their ID demanded and be detained by a border patrol agent while they simply happen to be out grocery shopping.
Gee, I wonder what could possibly be the factor that made it happen for these two American citizens, while it doesn't happen very often for most other people. [ /end sarcasm ]
When the Mayflower arrived the Spanish language was already well established. It was the first European language spoken here and when I travel to Costa Rica I want to kick myself for not making an effort to learn it when I was young.
It's not too late to learn. I taught myself Spanish in university (after 2 years of shoddy classroom instruction in high school), travelled extensively throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and I'm now considered fluent. You can do it, too!
Who the heck doesn't bring an ID with them everywhere they go? Is this a hispanic cultural thing or something? I'm not even talking about for legal reasons either. There are many situations when you need an ID. Why wouldn't you just keep it with you at all times? Makes no sense to me.
People who don't have cars or aren't planning on getting alcohol don't need their ID. And if you switch out your purses or backpacks (like I often do, to match my outfit), it's easy to forget your ID.
And when I spend the afternoon going for a long bike ride or going surfing, I have no use for bringing anything that would get lost or get in my way, like wallets or purses.
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