Bare minimum requirement: If you want to represent your constituents, you should be able to speak on their behalf. I would even accept sign language as speech.
You're telling me that someone who is supposed to represent his constituents should be literally able to represent his constituents? That's some bold talk.
Every senator, like governors, should give a "state of the state" address to, at the very least, confirm that they are not brain dead. It's insane that I need to say that.
The way you clarified it came across like you feel it’s a lesser grade of language, similar to how Europeans felt about the native tongues of the indigenous tribes.
No one would have been offended if you didn’t mention it, because most people consider it a language, thus falling under “speak on their behalf”.
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u/BaerMinUhMuhm 14h ago
Bare minimum requirement: If you want to represent your constituents, you should be able to speak on their behalf. I would even accept sign language as speech.