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minus-squareBigMikeInAustin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down9·3 months agoOnly an American paper would write that learning a second language is bad. (Paywalled, so didn’t actually read it)
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months ago[Speaking as a mod] Don’t engage in this sort of “I didn’t read, but I feel entitled to voice my opinion” here. It’s noisy, annoying, and often prone to create misinformation, like you are doing - falsely claiming that the newspaper’s take is “second language bad”. Here’s the archive link, by the way.
minus-squarekoavf@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoIf you didn’t read it, then don’t comment. The Internet does not need more ignorant takes.
Only an American paper would write that learning a second language is bad.
(Paywalled, so didn’t actually read it)
[Speaking as a mod]
Don’t engage in this sort of “I didn’t read, but I feel entitled to voice my opinion” here. It’s noisy, annoying, and often prone to create misinformation, like you are doing - falsely claiming that the newspaper’s take is “second language bad”.
Here’s the archive link, by the way.
If you didn’t read it, then don’t comment. The Internet does not need more ignorant takes.