Lester Golden
Jun 24, 2023

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I would not define Spanish speaking immigrants to Catalunya weaponized incompetence in Catalan as "defiance" since they had the Franquista state on their side. "Defiance" is an anti-authoritarian term that didn't apply to this kind of linguistic dominance behavior reenforced by state power.

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Lester Golden
Lester Golden

Written by Lester Golden

From Latvia & Porto I write to share learning from an academic&business life in 8 languages in 5 countries & seeing fascism die in Portugal&Spain in1974 & 1976.

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