Should Spanish be an official language in the US?

[Jacobtm]

We shouldn't support Spanish as an official language, we should try our best to integrate people as quickly as possible not work to prolong and promote cultural differences.

Already many immigrants to the U.S. still identify as more Mexican or Dominican than American. If they're going to be here anyway, our government should be focused on bringing them into the fold, not making them feel like they're forever foreigners.

Puerto Ricans in New York who don't even speak Spanish still identify as more Puerto Rican than American, it's just silly.

[Jacobtm]

Puerto Ricans are American. Is it a problem that white Southerners identify more as Southerners than Americans?

Well Southerners tried to rebel, were defeated, lost their representation in our government for a time, suffered occupation for a generation, and are generally denigrated by our national media, their symbols are actively being destroyed, etc.

Their situation is akin to the Irish in Great Britain, a conquered people who really aren't happy about it. We've been trying to stamp out their culture since the end of the war but they stubbornly persist in it. They're like the Irish in Great Britain really. Their culture is not foreign but completely American, they cling not to their European roots but to their long-standing American roots. Not comparable to foreigners holding on to foreign identity.