Of course, that's just a footnote. But they're calling forth a long tradition of an entire academic field, 'postcolonialism,'[1] which specifically discusses things like how currency, culture, and language were used by colonialist powers in order to subjugate native peoples in their colonies.

I will agree that they didn't provide very much argument there, and I'm not willing to say anything about Jeff's character, but demanding that people only speak English has a history.

I think a flag would have supported your point better than a comment that simply decreases the level of discourse here.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonial_literature

What's particularly funny about the Atwood example is that it's used in an article complaining about heterosexual (among other adjectives) men. I'm about 75% sure I remember Atwood writing about having a boyfriend.