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The alt-right and the epistemological catastrophe.

lauriandres said:
I agree to disagree (or as we are saying in our language - you are not arguing whether the food is good or bad - but you fight :) ). I would still call a chinese (han) person a chinese person whether no matter whether he/she is citizen of China or some other country. At least currently in our country private companies won't fire a person, if he/she says that. :)
In case of our small country - if you say that all other languages are equal - that will basically destroy our ethnicity. If you look at the map, you should know, why.
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What if that hypothetical Chinese person prefers to acknowledge both the Chinese and (for example) American parts of their heritage? Should they be allowed to do that? Would you respect their choice?

I get your point about how making other languages official languages of Estonia could erase the language, although the counter argument to that would be Maori, where it took an act of recognizing it as being an official language of NZ to bring it back.
 
 
 
gandalfe said:
What if that hypothetical Chinese person prefers to acknowledge both the Chinese and (for example) American parts of their heritage? Should they be allowed to do that? Would you respect their choice?

I get your point about how making other languages official languages of Estonia could erase the language, although the counter argument to that would be Maori, where it took an act of recognizing it as being an official language of NZ to bring it back.
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Funny, because most 2nd+ generation Asian Americans I know only identify as American, culturally.

What you're describing in the USSR is the opposite of multiculturalism, and it's what we're trying to avoid.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
Do you have one for pseudo-intellects or fake analysis?
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I'll help a brotha out

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lauriandres said:
I agree to disagree (or as we are saying in our language - you are not arguing whether the food is good or bad - but you fight :) ). I would still call a chinese (han) person a chinese person whether no matter whether he/she is citizen of China or some other country. At least currently in our country private companies won't fire a person, if he/she says that. :)
In case of our small country - if you say that all other languages are equal - that will basically destroy our ethnicity. If you look at the map, you should know, why.
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To me, where you were raised is a better indicator than ill-defined traits like biological groupings of ancestors.

Absolutely Estonian should be the official language of Estonia. I don't think that disagrees with what I said.
 
One Brow said:
To me, where you were raised is a better indicator than ill-defined traits like biological groupings of ancestors.

Absolutely Estonian should be the official language of Estonia. I don't think that disagrees with what I said.
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But when small countries accept huge amount of foreigners, then it is pretty hard IMHO to preserve original language without the use of more or less force?

Is it somewhat of taboo to ask about his/her heritage from US citizens? I would tell stories about my ancestors without any problems.
 
gandalfe said:
What if that hypothetical Chinese person prefers to acknowledge both the Chinese and (for example) American parts of their heritage? Should they be allowed to do that? Would you respect their choice?
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Of course if they want to identify the he/she is American then i will accept it (with an awkward face :-)). In a grand scheme of things it is minor thing to worry about.
 
The title of this thread would be a great name for an alt-rock band.
 
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