Former Atlanta-Braves-closer-turned-essayist John Rocker is making a stand against not speaking English in the U.S. with a 1300 word post on the home page of his official Website.Rocker may have decided against "Teach English," in favor of "Speak English," because one's investment in improving the English language skills of recent immigrants need not go beyond telling them that they need more practice.
The site offers a glimpse into the impressive consistency that is the legendary Rocker.
Rocker is most famous for 1) taunting New York baseball fans (condoned by NOE) and 2) a notorious expose by Jeff Pearlman where he landed a xenophobic tour-de-force, berating gays, people who drive slowly and/or dye their hair, unwed mothers, minorities, women drivers, convicts, and, of course, foreigners (not condoned by NOE, despite one correspondent's rich use of "Macaca").
But you may not know that he also loves fireworks, hates high gas prices and purveys a remarkable selection of products.
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2 comments:
Its clear this man is a True Patriot and should be celebrated. One more reason for me to stay out of the country as long as possible.
Be fair; all he said was that he was "not a very big fan of foreigners." That hardly qualifies as berating them. I'm not a very big fan of astronauts, but I don't share your hatred of them.
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