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Ohtani has full on interviews without an interpreter. It takes 2 seconds of research to know that.
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Ohtani has full on interviews without an interpreter. It takes 2 seconds of research to know that.
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SAS speaks to the lowest common denominator of people. Some will 100% take it for that. Either way, he’s wrong.
The game grows through performance and visibility. Always been this way.
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This is where the discussion at during the nba finals. What a time
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don't be obtuse. he mostly uses an interpreter.
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my bad ill stop.
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Not mad at it just consistently surprised at what’s gonna happen next
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Lakers and Nets not walking through that door.
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I've seen him do a full 3 minutes without one.
Your stances are always based against being annoyed with others' so this is a waste of time anyway.
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Shohei Ohtani doesn't need to speak english to promote BASEBALL IN AMERICA
Next we'll ask him to learn english to espouse the virtues of apple pie and racism. Cmon
And his career will do just fine without being fluent so there's no argument there that he needs it for himself either
Next we'll ask him to learn english to espouse the virtues of apple pie and racism. Cmon
And his career will do just fine without being fluent so there's no argument there that he needs it for himself either
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Ohtani speaks Japanese so his fans at home could understand then the translator is in english so his fans here could understand.
Not sure why it's a hard concept to grasp.
Not sure why it's a hard concept to grasp.
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This is another thing. Baseball is HUGE in Japan. If I'm in the home of baseball showing off, I'm doing it for the people back home and letting them know. What are they gonna do, get rid of me? I'm one of the best players alive. Better learn Japanese.
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If you want a real example of SAS xenophobia.
Didn't he make fun of Sammy Sosa for using an interpreter when he was UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.
making fun of a dude for not wanting to use his second language to answer questions that, one wrong statement could land him in jail
is about 10 million times worse than the Ohtani comment.
Didn't he make fun of Sammy Sosa for using an interpreter when he was UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.
making fun of a dude for not wanting to use his second language to answer questions that, one wrong statement could land him in jail
is about 10 million times worse than the Ohtani comment.
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yobyellav
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With 2 days between games, I’m surprised it’s still sports related. It could be worse.
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That's fine, that's normal, but don't let them dictate your thoughts or cloud what you feel. Not saying you feel otherwise but you're smarter than that
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A "real" example? It's not an either-or thing, there can be a sliding scale.If you want a real example of SAS xenophobia.
Didn't he make fun of Sammy Sosa for using an interpreter when he was UNDER PENALTY OR PERJURY.
making fun of a dude for not wanting to use his second language to answer questions that, one wrong statement could land him in jail
is about 10 million times worse than the Ohtani comment.
The existence of lynching doesn't absolve all "lesser" acts of racism.
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This comparison is so bad because of the unique history of America and the colonizing West and you know it.If I was playing basketball in the Philippines and was big star
and someone told me;
"man you'd be a bigger star if you learn Tagalog. kinda sucks the biggest star in the PBA can't speak Tagalog. "
I would not recoil in horror and accuse them of anti canadian immigrant xenophobia.
and neither would anyone in this thread. because it's pretty self evident.
yobyellav
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Saying someone needs to learn English because he’s in America isn’t making fun of him. It’s way past that. I’d make a point to not speak English on camera for a while behind that. Maybe reporters should learn his language since they want information from him.
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There hasn't been a good cookie discussion in a minute, has there?
Subway's raspberry cheesecake > *
Homemade? Peanut butter chocolate chip > *
Oatmeal raisin is the reason for most trust issues.
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This comparison is so bad because of the unique history of America and the colonizing West and you know it.
I find this perspective to be totally baffling.
So because american colonization, you can't state a self evident truth about the advantage of speaking english in a majority english nation?
Should my mom have been offended because of Canada's history of colonization
when people told her she needed to learn french if she really wanted to rise in her job?
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well I don't think this is on the scale at all.
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lolwut?
lol don't speak english if you don't want to. you aren't hurting the reporters.
dacomeup
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Your arguments for this are so bad that I’m just nit going to respond. Comparing your mom’s 9-5 to professional athletes is asinine though.
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I've been to Canada many times, it's great. It's not that great to be so consistently ignorant on racial issues.
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Sure okay.
It's the exact same principle and you know it.
Never mind the fact I gave multiple examples of athletes in hockey making efforts to learn French to improve their marketability.
but hopefully the multi millionaire Ohtani is heartened by your attempts to protect him from SASs supposedly vicious xenophobia.
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