This is what I put on Reddit concerning this (I am too lazy to type it again)
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My family is Ukrainian, and my generation was the first that English was my mother tongue (my family immigrated in 1910). My grandfather and great uncles told me stories of being beaten in school if they spoke Ukrainian and not English.
My mom and I did not speak Ukrainian, and so my Great Uncle had a rule in his house that if anyone there did not speak Ukrainian, then no one did, as he said, "you never know if someone is speaking badly about you."
We also have this issue at work, with people speaking foreign languages at work, for the sole purpose of speaking negatively about coworkers right in front of them.
I can see the idea of where this writer was coming from. But he absolutely did act in a reasonable way.
My sons school has also dealt with the issue of Canadian Born children starting, whose parents refuse to speak English in the home (they know it, it's been confirmed), and these kids are at a huge disadvantage when they start school.
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I agree this dude needs to chill the FATA Out. And obviously 3 old guys sitting having coffee everyday doesn't bug anyone (In fact I used to work at Westbrook Mall in College about 13 years ago, so I used to see lots of stuff there).
But, there are some people who do use thier foreign language in impolite ways, I think we can all agree on that