I’ve hears stories of some Americans telling other people who are speaking a non-English language “This is America, speak English!” even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. Why do they do this?

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      5 days ago

      Just as there are two kind of race, white and political; and there are two kinds of gender, male and political; there also are two kinds of language, English and political.

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        This is true however there are much more documented instances of this in America. Could be a pure numbers game (more people more cases) but no full proof of that.