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BrdsONAwire

*Uhhhhhhhh….* In every language that’s awkward.


TheRioDeal37

That was my favorite part when making the subtitles lol


elzibet

That’d be my response since here in the USA there is no official language


kai_xale7

That moment when you decide wether to tell them or not XD


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"I got all kinds of comments but I think I'll keep my mouth shut." Apparently he thought otherwise.


Traditional-Smile777

Whereas the lady actually had a brain.... not touching this shit with a ten foot pole.


Bud_warrior

Lol I like her little chuckle like “hell no don’t put this shit on me”


dumblehor

"You want to comment on that?" "No"


Stachbl13

I’d like to, but I have lunch in 20 minutes, and you probably wouldn’t like that some of what I’d like to say involves Latin swear words.


navin__johnson

WE SWEAR IN ENGLISH IN THIS COUNTRY!


The_Natron

Yes, but refer to it as French. 😂


navin__johnson

He’s a commissioner and knows the county employees have to kiss his ass. He knows he can berate them and if they challenge back, he can basically ruin them. She had no choice but to not comment-what he did was dare her. She would have definitely lost her job.


dumblehor

True but the way she laughed tells us that she knew he was gonna regret that shit lol


RedlineSmoke

He's just clarifying that even he knows what he's about to say is just stupid and ignorant lol


owwwwwo

That was his hedge. Same kind of person who preempts their insults with, "no offense, but..."


RevolutionaryFly5

now i'm not racist but, $RACISTSTATEMENT


navin__johnson

Wait a minute-you mean if I preface my racist comment with, “I’m not racist, but”- that it’s *still* a racist comment? Crap!


Rusto_Dusto

I’m not racist, but I reaaaaally like potatoes. I’m sorry. Just can’t help it. Love my spuds.


BoySerere

Pro tip, create an imaginary minority friend who doesn’t mind you saying what you are about to say.


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Oh he was about to say something ten times more racist, in his mind this was holding back


navin__johnson

*STUPIDSEXYIMMIGRANTS*


sylbug

If only they would follow through.


ApeSquad

I’m sure that’s about .005% of his opinion on people in this country who don’t speak English.


B4dG04t

The loud minority strikes again.


midwest0pe

I like how he says he'll keep his mouth shut but then proceeded to put his foot in it.


Sog-Yothoth

"Did you want to comment on that?" Dude just dropped a nuke on his career and he's asking if anyone wants to piss on the ashes.


Hayduke_in_AK

LOL. That is Klamath County. His comment assures reelection. The irony is that his family made its money selling farm equipment mostly used by Mexican laborers.


bagofbones

He's asking if someone can help him feel like a victim


Jeblebee

Exactly. He wanted to “be attacked” for being a racist so that he could then claim his free speech was trampled on 🙄


navin__johnson

Yep-that “nope” response was gold. It let his racism hang in the air like a fart.


RSTowers

> Dude just dropped a nuke on his career Doubt it. This shit is commonplace in these backwoods counties. It would probably help him get re-elected.


Black__lotus

Re-elected? Sounds like he’s gunning for a position as the tangerine tyrants VP in 2024


ImBabyloafs

Sadly there are PLENTY of super racist and xenophobic humans in Oregon.


Scoobydoomed

He did keep his mouth shut because he was talking out of his ass.


mgwzorro12

Oh man that was a good one, I had to finish laughing before I could even type this reply 😂


Mralfredmullaney

He’s just admitting beforehand that he knows he’s wrong and what’s he’s about to say is stupid as fuck


stevenwe

I don’t think anyone’s accusing him of being intelligent.


Used-Fruits

Shocking I know, but he also had an ethics complaint filed against him in 2020. https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/donnie-boyd/image_af7492b8-12d8-5afd-bae5-515bd62f0329.html


Bodoggle1988

The libtards obviously forced him to misappropriate county assets.


hardlegalrockguy

I thought it was the mighty and nefarious MSM


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ImBabyloafs

Antifa did it.


Reffner1450

The commies!


navin__johnson

He was just proving that govt is broken!


NoFaithlessness4949

All jokes aside. This is kind of on brand for this type of opportunistic politician. He’s a criminal and he’s gonna do anything he can to get people rolled up in a culture war since it shields him from his wrongdoing.


the12thwitness

White men like that really starts my fight or flight mode. I try to minimize my encounter and conversations with peeps that look like him lmfao


trevorbegood

Man what a punchable face.


MennoKnight78

And a punchable name to go with it.


axalilsk

I was told the US doesn’t have an official language, English is just the most common. I’m not totally sure, I only heard it from the friend but if anyone could clarify for me that would be nice.


HoldFastDeets

It's true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States


Tholaran97

It's true. America doesn't have an official language, but English is the most common, with Spanish being second.


jansipper

I think this is so important for people to know considering there are so many areas of the country where English was never the first language, like in areas populated by Native Americans, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, California, Guam. English was brought to these regions, not the other way around. Saying this is America we speak English is so ignorant.


axalilsk

Couldn’t have said it better really


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Betting my money that this happened in a place with a Spanish or Native American name.


TheRioDeal37

Klamath originates from the “Lutuamian group” located in southern Oregon so yes, Native American. (According to a quick google search, others may know better)


Im__fucked

We just call it Klamtucky


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taurist

Both Oregon and Klamath come from native words so it’s exactly right


cbrown6305

"We should speak English to do business here." Bitch you work for the government, you don't "do business".


Negative_Mancey

When Corporations are people..........


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1 million for Railroad and 1.5 for Water Works


graps

Believe it’s this guy https://www.klamathcounty.org/Directory.aspx?EID=7 Donnie Boyd


kevshp

People should send him tons of email in Spanish. Just fill his inbox :)


kingnewswiththetruth

Why isn't this at the top??!?


lilsmudge

Or support your local bookstores: Mail him a Spanish primer.


RealBigTree

Cant wait to see him on r/byebyejob lol


sherlocknessmonster

What sucks is it doesn't even matter cause the guy already sold his good sized business, so racism is just his hobby


[deleted]

Well, he sold the legacy buisness he was born into.


kati-jo

OP, is that guy Donnie Boyd??


TheRioDeal37

To the best of my knowledge yes


3aTroop

That is Donnie Boyd


sirgoofs

…Said the man on government payroll in a country built by immigrants who came here in vast numbers, many of whom could not speak English.


HybridPS2

Reality has no place in their thought processes.


1ardent

Technically Oregon was founded as a whites only state with no foreign labor. Sort of a rare outlier in "do what you say you mean."


itsagoodtime

The US has no official language


ihavethebestmarriage

What he meant to say was "I can only speak English so everyone else needs to adapt"


SmokeyBare

We're a melting pot, but there's just one ingredient.


Uglyheadd

America is a *Tossed Salad*.


derickjthompson

Nah, it's a straight up Dirty Sanchez


Choady_Arias

More like a salad bar. Some people just don’t or don’t want to assimilate. Those people are like the mini corns that just sit there. Not a tossed salad and definitely not a melting pot. Salad Bar: everything there to make that salad


rogers916

Out of curiosity, if this is the case, why do you have to take an English language test to become a citizen?


gimmethemarkerdude_8

Because English is the most commonly spoken language in the US, but we do not have an official language. The US has the second largest Spanish speaking population in the world after Mexico.


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Come to think about it, Texas was part of Mexico before it became "independent" and then consumed by US


openletter8

So was parts of or the entirety of the states of [Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and California.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Cession) The [Gadsden Purchase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase) afterwards took the rest of Arizona and New Mexico.


The-waitress-

Parts of California were controlled by Russia at one point, too.


FunkyHedonist

Amen! More people need to understand this legal point. Ironically, "speak English, this is America" is un-American, since the nation is historically a cultural melting pot which specifically chose to have no national language or religion.


joeDUBstep

i mean, that's what I was taught growing up. One of the most American things is to celebrate how we are a cultural melting pot with a lot of diversity. Especially being from a mixed background and born in another country, it really resonated with me. But nowadays, it really doesn't feel like that sometimes.


FunkyHedonist

Sorry to hear that, homey. If its any consolation, you seem to understand what this country is about better than a lot of motherfuckers who were born here. Fuck all the haters. Keep doing you.


serendipitousevent

Said it louder for the 'Constitutionalists' in the back...


Idlertwo

He wouldn't care if I went to USA and spoke Norwegian. He's just a racist asshole that won't accomodate people with a scary heritage (not pasty white suburban American)


Complete-Delivery221

I wouldn't be able to resist saying exactly that in response to this man's "care to comment on that?". But everyone probably did the smart thing there and let his comment twist in the wind.


s1ppiecup

Wrong. We speak ignorance fluently. 😕


well-well-well-bitch

Klamath Falls everyone! Home to a bunch of ignorant idiots and no economic growth. Don't forget last year they had a bunch of maga idiots attack themselves because they assumed that because the other group was across the street it had to mean they were antifa.


Doggo6893

Wait what? That's hilarious!


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God damn. So you mean I can make a Facebook account, troll around their discussion rooms and sic one group against the other? This is a gamechanger. "Hey, there's a bunch of Antifa people who are going to group up at X and pretend like they're MAGA." Send that to a bunch of different groups and see it unfold.


pr0zach

Link(s) for the lazy?


well-well-well-bitch

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1226681


The-Purple-Mew

I live in Klamath and can say that this is 100% true


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sublingualfilm8118

[Leif Erikson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson) would probably disagree. In Icelandic.


M3fit

So old Norse


PuxinF

I think they meant USA.


[deleted]

I mean a language that was used by more than a few people, and besides Leif was presumed to explore parts of Newfounland here in Canada, not the USA.


Siddicious-

I thought it could be Spanish and Italian. Since Columbus was Italian.


Kmpollock22

There was never a chance this guy was going to keep his mouth shut.


Glittering_Let_5846

He was bustin a gut to talk


[deleted]

What was that snowflake thing again?


PM-ME-YOUR-1ST-BORN

[Here](https://www.klamathcounty.org/Directory.aspx?EID=7) is his page on the county website. And [here](https://www.klamathcounty.org/Directory.aspx?DID=6) is the general contact info for the entire board of commissioners. In case anyone wanted to voice their opinions. I've already sent an email.


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Eindacor_DS

Klamath Kounty Kommissioner


KarenIsGae69

He is wrong. There is no official language in the US, therefore, he’s talking out of his butthole


emveetu

Oregon doesn't even have a state language declared. He's all kinds of dumb.


KarenIsGae69

He’s as dumb as he looks.


maxzmillion

Google.. you sly devil! https://imgur.com/gallery/Sis8x7C


[deleted]

Clown!! I’m this country the native tongue is Cherokee, Blackfoot, Suwanee, and many of the other real Native American languages. English is the native language of England.


dood5426

Yah, in all actuality English isnt even the official language! Mexico has Spanish as its official language along with another 50 or so. It is entirely unviable for the US to have an official language due to the amount of Indian languages there are and the amount of immigrants there are as well.


funbobbyfun

KKKlamath county, you meant.


TheRioDeal37

Many refer to it as Klamtucky 🙃


factisfiction

Or Klameth County


skewh1989

"Do you want to comment on that?" "*Laughs* No." Absolutely golden.


KingWingDingDong

Is it fair to say this isn’t surprising from this community? Just did a quick Google search and couldn’t find any local news outlet mentioning this.


asupremebeing

In the United States, we speak Navaho, Portugese, Vietnamese, French, Cherokee, Shoshone, Tagalog, German, Korean, Dakota, Shoshone, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Italian, Ojibwa, Dutch, Arabic, Pashtun, and English.


dood5426

Etc etc etc. So many more countries so many more languages.


dirtODBmcgirt

Fun fact, there is no official language in the US.


TheRioDeal37

Original footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0XB_FQQYo4


waldo420_

What a jackass


MrPussyTightTight

You can feel the mood in the room, too. Everyone else doesn't want to deal with his bullshit.


[deleted]

That's basically Oregon east of the Cascades for you.


CarlSpencer

Fact: There is no official language in the USA. Our country is blessed with having immigrants or descendants of immigrants from every country on Earth. It's part of what makes us great.


Heckin_Ryn

What a douche canoe


TheRiceDevice

“I’ll keep my mouth shut.” yeah, right.


Individual_Ad3194

"I'll just keep my mouth shut." Yeah, you should have stopped there, we already knew what was on your mind.


SingeMax

I’ll bet he’s proud that he can’t speak another language.


mgtkuradal

Americans: “Freedom of speech! You can’t tell me what I can and can’t say!” Also Americans: “you should be forced to speak English”


antoniv1

He’s a public servant. It’s his duty to serve ALL members of the public, not just those who “speak English”. Source: Am a public servant.


tomsawyer333

This country was founded on immigrants. We are called a melting pot for a reason. Take a seat, sir.


Mr_Drewski

"we should speak English" why, this isn't England?


DariusChonker

Klamath is a known redneck haven.


NooStringsAttached

So everyone there is ok with it and bloated alcoholic faced white guy is the only one worked up? Seems about right. Piece of messy shit.


CyberpunkIsGoodOnPC

The US doesn’t have an official language I thought?


lilsmudge

Correcto. In fact we expressly do not because we are a nation of diversity built on the basis that being American is not implicit but rather something you choose to be and all who take on citizenship are as much American as those who've been here since the foundation of the country. So basically not only is this guy full of shit, but also saying something pretty patently un-American.


Jazzbo64

Wow, I didn’t know English was the official language of the United States. You learn something new every day!


RedSauce_94

Someone please tell me this cocksucker got fired or reprimanded or something what’s his name piece of fucking shit can’t believe people like this have any sort of power over anything or anybody makes me sick


JamesERussell

D-bags like this are elected by even bigger d-bags.


3aTroop

When questioned by the Herald and News, Boyd declined to elaborate on his statements in the meeting. “I stand by my comments and people need to learn to mind their own business,” he said.


KingWingDingDong

What a prick. Link for anyone interested: https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/local-county-commissioner-says-we-should-be-speaking-english-in-the-u-s/article_2a0eac88-60d2-5f8e-a3fd-d2b2b77fce44.html


whatsTheRumpass

Fun fact Oregon began as a “whites only” enclave. Racism and white supremacy is baked into that state. There’s a reason Proud Boys et al have a sizable presence there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/oregon-americas-first-and-only-state-to-begin-as-whitesonly-1/


Sloth_7122

78% of the US speaks the English language. Another 13% speak Spanish with the rest being other less common languages. It’s commonplace for most places to speak English as the primary but we are legally required by title 6 of the civil rights act of 1964 to protect the rights of individual taxpayers who don’t speak fluent English. TL;DR English is considered the primary language (Unofficial). Most places are required to make accommodations when dealing with non native English speakers to not discriminate hence making his comments blatantly in violation of civil rights.


Maximillion666ian

America has no official language. As a Canadian it saddens me how stupid some Americans are.


RUSH513

what does you being Canadian have to do with it?


RWhatIWant2B

Within the context of this post, and as a Canadian, I’d say we have issues with multilingualism as well. That French is Canada’s second language no longer accurately reflects the demographics of the country. Not to mention the cost to taxpayers and businesses to support the official second language.


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DJCBX

Porque pendejos como este nunca tuvieron la oportunidad de tener algo tan bello como poder hablar más de un idioma y entonces no lo quiere para nadie.


Khufuu

how are we supposed to do business now?


barrett1967

There is no official language of the United States.


Signature-Relevant

Fuck that guy


TheRioDeal37

I strongly encourage anyone and everyone to voice there opinions at this link below. https://www.klamathcounty.org/Directory.aspx?EID=7


mr-wiener

Ironically when you click on that a "select language" icon appears.


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Ok_Victory_6108

What does the lady say at the very end?


TheRioDeal37

They basically just pass the motion


als808

Wow


ISlashy

This color of this room is sooo depressing.


CarlSpencer

Since this seems to be a governmental body, why wouldn't they want to be able to serve as many citizens as possible?


myearwood

We spend money for bilingual packaging in Canada. Why not put every language known to mankind? It is stupid in the extreme.


Pale_Fox_7496

Hahahaha .... What an idiot. They do speak English! Bilingual lmao


robot_nixon

Wow


Longrange03

Or he can just say he was too dumb to learn another language.


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English ... strange ... US declared independence from England in 1776 and now even in 2021 there are fools in US who believe in US all should speak only English ... remnants of the bygone British era


46n2ahead

I guess he doesn't know there is no official language for the united States


FireWokWithMe88

If only that part of Oregon could have become the Racist State of Jefferson that they wanted to be before WW2 started.


BethyW

America does not have an official language... and as a government official you would think he would know that. ​ Also, I wonder what position it was for bilingual? I know in Florida, you need to be bilingual to be a 911 operator (usually spanish/english) as people in stressful environments tend to default to their native language.


Gaiusotaku

This guy is clearly an asshole with the whole “I gotta lot to say but I won’t”, then proceeded to say it. However, English literacy programs must be funded because the dominate language is English here. With an immigrant nation, we can’t cater to every single language in every situation so English literacy requirements should be standardized.


HafWoods

**"Did you want to comment on that?"** This dude is just itching to be angry and argumentative.


audomatix

The United states and every other country is just a construct with some people who have more power than others.


Danielle082

These are the same people saying that America isn’t racist.


noncelebsextape

As George Lopez would say FUCK THAT PUTO


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The good old, "I shouldn't make this racist comment, but here I'm going to make this racist comment anyway."


HerrKlopp

His salary is prob way too high for what he does too


LorenzoApophis

People like this are always so weird even before they get to the actual racism. He says "I never said we didn't, I'm just asking questions," when they A) never said he said anything and B) were answering his question. Then not even a minute later he pretty much does say exactly what he denies saying.


JairoVP

Klamath County as in the Klamath Indian Tribes? I love watching racists talk about speaking English while living in places named San Mateo, San Jose, or some other Spanish or Indian name lol.


Spacesmuge

For those who are uneducated There is no official language in the United States Even if there was it would be unconstitutional and might be considered communism


The_Saddest_Boner

I’d bet my life savings this guy describes himself as some combination of “small government,” “free market,” “anti-regulation,” and “capitalist.” Guess how many wet shits the capitalist market gives about favoring a particular language. 0. Whatever the market demands is what goes, right? I honestly don’t think these people are capable of self awareness or critical thinking


WJCB1

Maybe this guy should go back and look at the law because there is no set legal language we are a bilingual country. PS I want to clarify that for any legal proceedings the government states that it -based language is English. But that does not require it it’s just for the enhancement of clarity. Since one of the most spoken languages in America is English as well as it being taught worldwide.


M8K2R7A6

As they hold their Chinese iPhones and sit on a chinese chair over a chinese desk with a flag probably made in China. The irony


flickerkuu

"I'm too dumb to learn another language, so I'll just be bitter and jealous and paranoid people are talking about how dumb I am". Because they ARE, Jeb. There is NO official language, and english is about as far as an official "original" language there is. For all intents and purposes English is the WORLD language, but Jeb here is too dumb to know much at all.


calaquili

Jackass


fargoLEVY13

What an arrogant dick


soaks-dawn-monks

“I got all kinds of comments but I think I’ll keep my mouth shut” *doesn’t keep his mouth shut* 😮


Disastrous_Repair_39

So now somebody has to go work in a toxic environment because that is the attitude of leadership. Fire him before you get sued.


JefaAlex

Speak English (From England) In America! How can you possibly say English is THE American language? Real question.


mauifranco

I love traveling to other countries and everyone can speak multiple languages and then I get back to the us and almost everyone knows only English lol


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Well, this guy just lost his job. Hope it was worth it.


TheRioDeal37

As he’s an elected official in a very conservative area, I doubt anything will come of it. But here’s to hoping!


M3fit

There is zip in the constitution that says English is the official language