Why do some Americans get angry at other people for not speaking English?

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 128 points –

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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Sure it's incorrect, but saying someone is racist because of that is asinine. It's not like they said that they are worse people just because they're immigrants, it was just a shortcut for saying "people who speak languages other than English in day to day conversation". Don't get hung up on such details.