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3 comments:
If true. This story had a familiar feel so I took a quick look on-line:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/21/thousands-shared-this-perfect-story-about-a-man-confronting-a-mu/
In the original book "Urban Legends," Burnvand notes that instead of saying "once upon a time" we now often start our tall tales with "I read in the newspaper."
For what it's worth, I've personally witnessed virtually the exact same exchange played out between a southern "Good 'Ol Boy" and a young Cherokee man whom he mistook for an Arab. So even if this one anecdote is an urban legend, it still rings soundly true to life.
I simply cannot fathom what would drive someone to get angry at another person merely for speaking a different language. The only thing I can think of that makes any sense is that they must be incredibly insecure and fearful of others.
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