| 170. No it's an unsecured loan. |
| -Note to Self: Anyone who calls a human being an "illegal" is an asshole |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 06:37 PM |
#0 |
 -
Can I call W. an "illegal president" since he was selected not elected? |
McCamy Taylor |
Feb-17-09 06:38 PM |
#1 |
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NO! That's "Illegal Resident" of the People's House. But, close enough, I guess, so okay! |
L. Coyote |
Feb-17-09 08:23 PM |
#104 |
| -
What do you call people who are not in this country legally? |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 06:41 PM |
#2 |
| -
undocumented |
RB TexLa |
Feb-17-09 06:44 PM |
#4 |
| -
So someone who immigrates to somewhere |
hughee99 |
Feb-17-09 06:49 PM |
#9 |
| -
For the fake paperwork |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-17-09 06:51 PM |
#12 |
| -
You understand that people are pretty much forced to commit that crime. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 09:52 PM |
#146 |
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No they are not forced to commit that crime. |
Lost in CT |
Feb-18-09 01:35 PM |
#211 |
| -
The Privileged White Liberal (PWL) strikes again. |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-18-09 03:14 PM |
#218 |
| -
Do you know how much a Porche Boxster costs? |
Lost in CT |
Feb-18-09 03:49 PM |
#222 |
| -
Again, clueless. |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-19-09 06:15 AM |
#230 |
| -
So being poor gives them the right to break American laws???? |
Lost in CT |
Feb-19-09 08:32 AM |
#236 |
| -
Desperate people do desperate things, including break the law. |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-19-09 08:39 AM |
#238 |
| -
Are you suggesting there are more countries in this world than America? |
Deja Q |
Feb-17-09 09:08 PM |
#131 |
| -
Drug dealer = unlicensed pharmacist |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-17-09 06:50 PM |
#10 |
| -
So you're saying illegal aliens are drug dealers? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 06:51 PM |
#14 |
| -
Self Delete |
hughee99 |
Feb-17-09 06:56 PM |
#20 |
| -
Sorry |
customerserviceguy |
Feb-17-09 07:57 PM |
#96 |
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No. |
mmonk |
Feb-19-09 08:31 AM |
#235 |
| -
Undocumented is also an adjective which seems to be the no-no |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 06:57 PM |
#22 |
| -
Are the undocumented here legally? |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Feb-17-09 08:24 PM |
#105 |
| -
Bank robbers are Unwithdrawaled. Keep it pc, ok? nt |
joeunderdog |
Feb-17-09 10:24 PM |
#160 |
| -
No it's an unsecured loan. |
Fire_Medic_Dave |
Feb-17-09 11:36 PM |
#170 |
| -
That's a deliberate obfuscation, I think. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-18-09 07:50 AM |
#180 |
| -
If I were to steal your car, would simply be an "undocumented owner?" |
Freddie Stubbs |
Feb-18-09 03:29 PM |
#220 |
| -
What do you call people who forget their driver's license at home? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 06:44 PM |
#5 |
| -
Horny |
Deja Q |
Feb-17-09 09:11 PM |
#135 |
| -
Illegal alien is a thousand times better than "illegal" used as a noun |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:01 PM |
#25 |
| -
So "there were three undocumenteds in the car" won't fly either. |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:12 PM |
#33 |
| -
From a grammatical point of view, it is equally dumb |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:14 PM |
#41 |
| -
I think its just a lazy shortcut which says |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:18 PM |
#45 |
| -
Well, my post said they were assholes |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:20 PM |
#51 |
| -
Yeah but being verbally lazy doesn't necessarily mean asshole. |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:26 PM |
#66 |
| -
Verbal laziness plus disregard for decency = asshole |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:27 PM |
#67 |
| -
I'd just peg it as disregard for decency. |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:39 PM |
#79 |
| -
The OP was strictly a statement of personal code |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:44 PM |
#88 |
| -
Would you prefer... |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:20 PM |
#52 |
| -
That is funny because my scenario where I pictured those |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:36 PM |
#75 |
| -
There were three conservatives in the car? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 08:45 PM |
#119 |
| -
criminal immigrants nt |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:13 PM |
#36 |
| -
Call them people. |
roody |
Feb-17-09 07:21 PM |
#57 |
| -
It's right up there with the n word and with "b!tch" as a class marker |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 06:42 PM |
#3 |
| -
Would invader work better for you? |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 06:46 PM |
#7 |
| -
Yes. Because in general, if I'm talking to a StormFront poster, I want to know. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 06:47 PM |
#8 |
| -
What do you call someone, |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 06:51 PM |
#13 |
| -
Well, unless you're Native American... |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 06:53 PM |
#16 |
| -
lol |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 06:55 PM |
#18 |
| -
Nice |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 06:58 PM |
#23 |
| -
Don't like a taste of your own medicine, eh? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:00 PM |
#24 |
| -
What medicine would that be? |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:04 PM |
#26 |
| -
Not an insult |
duhneece |
Feb-18-09 11:52 AM |
#190 |
| -
Ka-Pow!!! |
LanternWaste |
Feb-18-09 01:12 PM |
#206 |
| -
Wouldn't that depend on why they crossed the border? |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 06:55 PM |
#17 |
| -
If it was without reason, I'd call them lost or senile. |
noamnety |
Feb-17-09 07:21 PM |
#55 |
| -
You really think it's without reason? |
alarimer |
Feb-17-09 08:14 PM |
#102 |
| -
Of course they have a reason. They want something to which they are not legally entitled. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 08:42 PM |
#117 |
| -
They are "closely aligned" with those who are exploiting them? |
treestar |
Feb-17-09 09:00 PM |
#126 |
| -
Fine. Step up immigration enforcement to protect them from exploitative gringos. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 09:06 PM |
#130 |
| -
Can they afford to stay in business? |
treestar |
Feb-18-09 10:32 AM |
#188 |
| -
Trees need planting. Roofs need roofing. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-18-09 11:30 AM |
#189 |
| -
They are "closely aligned" with those who are exploiting them? |
treestar |
Feb-17-09 09:00 PM |
#127 |
| -
An interloper |
mitchum |
Feb-18-09 03:20 PM |
#219 |
| -
Space Invader? It's on! |
leftstreet |
Feb-17-09 06:51 PM |
#11 |
| -
Agreed |
marksmithfield |
Feb-17-09 07:47 PM |
#91 |
| -
terrifying |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:48 PM |
#92 |
| -
Uh, you can't be serious. |
a la izquierda |
Feb-17-09 10:23 PM |
#158 |
| -
Perfectly legitimate term in the spy world. n/t |
formercia |
Feb-17-09 06:45 PM |
#6 |
| -
"illegal" refers to the person's immigration status, it doesn't mean "illegal human". |
Odin2005 |
Feb-17-09 06:53 PM |
#15 |
| -
I hope you don't fall into that crock of RW baloney. And while we're at it |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 06:57 PM |
#21 |
| -
Here we go again |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:06 PM |
#28 |
| -
You sure do like labels, don't you? What's the matter? |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:08 PM |
#31 |
| -
So, don't agree with the resident apologist |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:12 PM |
#35 |
| -
"Resident apologist." |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:13 PM |
#37 |
| -
I think he was calling me a wetback. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:18 PM |
#46 |
| -
You really are scraping the bottom of the barrel, sad. |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:31 PM |
#71 |
| -
Not at all. I'm an excellent decoder of bigotry. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:34 PM |
#73 |
| -
And what bigotry are you talking about. |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:40 PM |
#81 |
| -
Calling them "invaders." |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:43 PM |
#85 |
| -
So people come here illegally enmasse |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:20 PM |
#53 |
| -
Well, if it was good enough for your great great granmama... |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:25 PM |
#61 |
| -
My family came here legally |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:50 PM |
#93 |
| -
And my Irish grandfather lived in Brooklyn since the Ice Age |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:10 PM |
#100 |
| -
Here's the problem I have with that attitude |
MajorChode |
Feb-18-09 01:46 AM |
#176 |
| -
I wouldn't say responsible but they damn sure ought to think about |
Raineyb |
Feb-18-09 01:33 PM |
#210 |
| -
I wouldn't say that Americans have inherited everything |
MajorChode |
Feb-18-09 04:33 PM |
#223 |
| -
I did not use the phrase "illegal alien" I said the use of the term "illegals" denoted |
Raineyb |
Feb-19-09 02:26 AM |
#227 |
| -
"illegals" is simply an informal shortening of "illegal alien" |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 09:48 AM |
#239 |
| -
And you know the demographics of illegal aliens how? Did you take a census? |
Raineyb |
Feb-19-09 11:43 AM |
#241 |
| -
Do you have anything more than false accusations and false outrage? |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 12:08 PM |
#242 |
| -
I do not like to get involved in a battle of wits with an unarmed person |
Raineyb |
Feb-19-09 12:21 PM |
#244 |
| -
I never called you any names |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 12:33 PM |
#245 |
| -
Hermanito, I'd never expect you to agree with me. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:15 PM |
#42 |
| -
Im thinking it was from the start |
zane25 |
Feb-17-09 07:26 PM |
#65 |
| -
You have to watch people like me every minute. We're sneaky! |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:29 PM |
#68 |
| -
So do you. |
Bluebear |
Feb-17-09 09:10 PM |
#134 |
| -
Thank you, Odin2005. I agree totally. The Political Correctness Police are out in force. |
bertman |
Feb-17-09 07:26 PM |
#64 |
| -
So, should we bring back the n word and "bitch"? |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:30 PM |
#69 |
| -
Fallacious argument. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-17-09 08:10 PM |
#98 |
| -
There you go trying to interject logic and reason into the argument |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 01:23 PM |
#247 |
| -
Thanks for making sense. |
emilyg |
Feb-17-09 08:36 PM |
#112 |
| -
Logical and accepted. |
Deja Q |
Feb-17-09 09:09 PM |
#133 |
| -
Guess what. They get treated like illegal humans. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 01:04 PM |
#205 |
| -
We need to complete the border fence to keep the illegal alien slave wage workers......... |
Double T |
Feb-17-09 06:56 PM |
#19 |
| -
"undocumented" is PC bullshit |
DS1 |
Feb-17-09 07:04 PM |
#27 |
| -
I have no problem with "illegal immigrant" |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:06 PM |
#29 |
| -
Well, your OP sure makes it seem that way. |
MadBadger |
Feb-17-09 07:07 PM |
#30 |
| -
My OP is very clear: I don't like the term "illegal" used as a noun |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:13 PM |
#38 |
| -
You never heard of an "undocumented withdrawer" ? |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:12 PM |
#34 |
| -
haha. That is funny! |
dkf |
Feb-17-09 07:15 PM |
#43 |
| -
Unless you're of the turn of mind that thinks basic human dignity is PC bullshit |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:13 PM |
#39 |
| -
Oh nice try, I'm a bigot now? |
DS1 |
Feb-17-09 07:19 PM |
#48 |
| -
You say "holier than thou", I say "basic human dignity". |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:21 PM |
#56 |
| -
Either you agree with her 100%, or you're a bigot. Those are the only choices |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 11:59 AM |
#193 |
| -
Agreed. n/t |
tammywammy |
Feb-17-09 07:44 PM |
#87 |
| -
I don't know how these frail thin-skinned people cope with life |
Dukkha |
Feb-17-09 08:55 PM |
#124 |
| -
No no no |
marksmithfield |
Feb-18-09 06:34 AM |
#179 |
| -
I see it differently |
duhneece |
Feb-18-09 12:00 PM |
#194 |
| -
criminal is the more appropriate term |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:11 PM |
#32 |
| -
Ah, but undocumented workers are neither trespassing nor stealing. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:14 PM |
#40 |
| -
Virtually all participate in identity theft |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:19 PM |
#49 |
| -
Virtually all complainers about illegal immigrants are meth addicts. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:26 PM |
#63 |
| -
Being undocumented it not a criminal offense, Lou. n/t |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:16 PM |
#44 |
| -
identity theft certainly is |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:21 PM |
#54 |
| -
That's very interesting. Let's see some documentation. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:24 PM |
#59 |
| -
So stealing from the dead makes it ok? |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:33 PM |
#72 |
| -
So you're in favor of amnesty then. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:35 PM |
#74 |
| -
In principle I don't have a problem with amnesty |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:39 PM |
#78 |
| -
I thought you were trying to solve identity theft? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:41 PM |
#83 |
| -
We face more than one problem as a nation. |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:50 PM |
#94 |
| -
Let's see the stats on what you're calling "identity theft". Provide a source. |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:37 PM |
#76 |
| -
Provide a source that the victims are mostly dead |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 07:39 PM |
#80 |
| -
Your numbers don't match the statistics. |
Cerridwen |
Feb-17-09 08:22 PM |
#103 |
| -
Those are your numbers and your statistics |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 09:18 PM |
#138 |
| -
Well, I sure as hell can't argue with "logic" like that. |
Cerridwen |
Feb-17-09 10:10 PM |
#151 |
| -
Please don't be so rude. |
yodoobo |
Feb-17-09 11:04 PM |
#167 |
| -
Trying to immigrate to this country illegally is a criminal offense. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-17-09 08:14 PM |
#101 |
| -
Got that right! |
marksmithfield |
Feb-18-09 02:22 PM |
#216 |
| -
"Illegal presence" is a is not a violation of the U.S. criminal code. |
Lasher |
Feb-19-09 03:05 AM |
#229 |
| -
kick, strongly recommend, fully agree. |
noamnety |
Feb-17-09 07:19 PM |
#47 |
| -
Or "Alien." |
demosincebirth |
Feb-17-09 07:19 PM |
#50 |
| -
C'mon that's just silly |
RedstDem |
Feb-17-09 07:21 PM |
#58 |
| -
Big fan of the apostrophe "s" to form a plural? |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:24 PM |
#60 |
| -
Whatever happened to "spiks" or "wetbacks"? |
EFerrari |
Feb-17-09 07:26 PM |
#62 |
| -
It's a way of dehumanizing poor people and dealing with them mercilessly. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Feb-17-09 07:31 PM |
#70 |
| -
That's how I see it, too |
duhneece |
Feb-18-09 12:04 PM |
#195 |
| -
I guess I'm an asshole. |
bbinacan |
Feb-17-09 07:38 PM |
#77 |
| -
1 out of 2 ain't bad. |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:45 PM |
#89 |
| -
I'm 2 for 2. n/t |
bbinacan |
Feb-17-09 09:28 PM |
#139 |
| -
Eesh... |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 10:05 PM |
#148 |
| -
I tend to agree. "Illegal aliens" *can* be used as an epithet... |
BlooInBloo |
Feb-17-09 07:41 PM |
#82 |
| -
I can live with that. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 07:41 PM |
#84 |
| -
Hmm. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Feb-17-09 07:44 PM |
#86 |
| -
The problem with zippy one-liners... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 08:39 PM |
#115 |
| -
What, exactly, is the "migrant worker business"? |
Ghost in the Machine |
Feb-17-09 08:54 PM |
#123 |
| -
Who said that? Not me. |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 07:46 PM |
#90 |
| -
People here have absolutely argued for illegal immigration because open borders are a human right.nt |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-17-09 08:34 PM |
#110 |
| -
If you say so... |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:36 PM |
#113 |
| -
You are one of the most thoughtful, compassionate and kind people here at DU. |
Mike 03 |
Feb-17-09 07:51 PM |
#95 |
| -
Now I know you're putting me on |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:07 PM |
#97 |
| -
I was being honest. To prove it, I'm giving you my last heart. |
Mike 03 |
Feb-17-09 08:10 PM |
#99 |
| -
Then call me an asshole.... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 08:26 PM |
#106 |
| -
It's an asshole term |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:29 PM |
#107 |
| -
They are..... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 08:32 PM |
#109 |
| -
It's shorthand used by assholes |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:36 PM |
#111 |
| -
Ok.....so you don't like the term.... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 08:53 PM |
#122 |
| -
That's nice for you |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 10:04 PM |
#147 |
| -
Now see...you are defining my very eistence... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:07 PM |
#149 |
| -
The what now? |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 10:08 PM |
#150 |
| -
By the mere use of the word.... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:11 PM |
#152 |
| -
Your feelings are immaterial |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 10:21 PM |
#156 |
| -
I just said illegal right now.... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:24 PM |
#159 |
| -
Okay, asshole. n/t |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 09:32 PM |
#141 |
| -
Holy cow. I agree with you. |
yewberry |
Feb-17-09 08:31 PM |
#108 |
| -
Apparently, it's just "shorthand" |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 08:37 PM |
#114 |
| -
Those words have different meanings. |
dustbunnie |
Feb-17-09 08:44 PM |
#118 |
| -
I'm stunned that there are so many people defending the term. |
yewberry |
Feb-17-09 08:47 PM |
#120 |
| -
There's a problem with using the term... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 08:50 PM |
#121 |
| -
You actually refer to people as "blacks?" |
yewberry |
Feb-17-09 09:01 PM |
#128 |
| -
Well...when the people are black..... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 09:09 PM |
#132 |
| -
Nice. |
yewberry |
Feb-17-09 09:18 PM |
#137 |
| -
Who defines it as dehumanizing??? |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:18 PM |
#154 |
| -
Everyone. |
yewberry |
Feb-18-09 12:23 AM |
#171 |
| -
What is wrong with Black white or gay? When did this happen? |
Lost in CT |
Feb-18-09 03:39 PM |
#221 |
| -
In the UK, "blacks" and "whites" are fairly standard usage. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-18-09 08:01 AM |
#182 |
| -
Bullshit. I was an illegal once. |
cobalt1999 |
Feb-17-09 08:42 PM |
#116 |
| -
calling them "aliens" isn't much better. |
suninvited |
Feb-17-09 08:57 PM |
#125 |
| -
+1 |
Bluebear |
Feb-17-09 09:02 PM |
#129 |
| -
Calling people "asshole" ain't real nice, either. |
AzDar |
Feb-17-09 09:12 PM |
#136 |
| -
The problem with "illegals" is not that it's "mean," or "not nice" |
alcibiades_mystery |
Feb-17-09 10:14 PM |
#153 |
| -
Yep...silly you... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:19 PM |
#155 |
| -
Gotta love a system which creates an entire undercaste of illegal people. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 09:29 PM |
#140 |
| -
Amazing that some don't even know that the term is offensive. |
Vattel |
Feb-17-09 09:35 PM |
#142 |
| -
What's really ironic... |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 09:37 PM |
#143 |
| -
Well.... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 09:42 PM |
#144 |
| -
Let's just say it would be nice if there was a way to resolve that illegal crossing crime... |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 09:49 PM |
#145 |
| -
Permanent deportation??? |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:23 PM |
#157 |
| -
Again, we have this false equivalence. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 10:26 PM |
#161 |
| -
Moral equivalent??? |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 10:30 PM |
#162 |
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Fair enough. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-17-09 10:37 PM |
#166 |
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The point is that they broke the law... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 11:29 PM |
#168 |
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And do the consequences have to be deportation? |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:28 AM |
#172 |
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If the only consequence for illegal immigration... |
Fountain79 |
Feb-18-09 09:22 AM |
#187 |
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Perhaps you should be asking yourself why... |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:16 PM |
#196 |
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I HATE this subject. |
a la izquierda |
Feb-17-09 10:31 PM |
#163 |
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So by living in Mexico you have become enlightened in some way |
Fountain79 |
Feb-17-09 11:34 PM |
#169 |
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Yeah, I have. |
a la izquierda |
Feb-18-09 12:51 PM |
#203 |
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I saw a little taste of it myself. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:30 PM |
#197 |
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When you the kids selling stuff... |
a la izquierda |
Feb-18-09 12:47 PM |
#201 |
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Spot on. Welcome to the new Apartheid. |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:56 PM |
#204 |
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The Mexicans were here first. This is their country more than ours. We're the illegals, not them. |
Mr. Hyde |
Feb-17-09 10:32 PM |
#164 |
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Wrong. |
MellowDem |
Feb-18-09 08:50 AM |
#185 |
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Who do you think are the Mexicans? |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:37 PM |
#199 |
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Who do you think are the Americans? |
MellowDem |
Feb-18-09 01:23 PM |
#209 |
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Please purchase and read a history book. Thanks. nt |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 11:58 AM |
#192 |
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Agreed |
southern_dem |
Feb-17-09 10:36 PM |
#165 |
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You'd better watch it...you're gonna be called a bigot. |
U4ikLefty |
Feb-18-09 12:48 AM |
#174 |
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Part of the problem is the distinction between "illegal" and "legal". |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:44 PM |
#200 |
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Does that include the illegal immigrants who call each other "illegals"? |
Common Sense Party |
Feb-18-09 12:37 AM |
#173 |
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Indocumentado is the word you want. n/t |
EFerrari |
Feb-18-09 02:02 AM |
#177 |
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Everyone seems to be missing your point. I'm surprised your statement is controversial at all. |
ContinentalOp |
Feb-18-09 12:51 AM |
#175 |
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Do you call soda pop "soda"? |
silverojo |
Feb-18-09 03:47 AM |
#178 |
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Illegal immigrants. "Undocumented" and "Alien" are both prejudicial (in opposite directions). |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-18-09 07:57 AM |
#181 |
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A basic literacy lesson is in order |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 01:06 AM |
#226 |
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Yes, it is. Go look up the word "connotations". |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-19-09 08:04 AM |
#232 |
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Yes what is? You suck eggs? |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 08:23 AM |
#234 |
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Well, people are not illegal... |
Deep13 |
Feb-18-09 08:46 AM |
#183 |
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I guess I'm an asshole |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Feb-18-09 08:48 AM |
#184 |
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How about "illegal immigrant"? |
MellowDem |
Feb-18-09 08:54 AM |
#186 |
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The US Code uses the phrase "illegal alien", so it is the appropriate term. nt |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 11:55 AM |
#191 |
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When the MSM |
Control-Z |
Feb-18-09 12:35 PM |
#198 |
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Is there a correct word? |
backscatter712 |
Feb-18-09 12:51 PM |
#202 |
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This sounds like Repuglican logic. You a Repuglican? |
ItNerd4life |
Feb-18-09 01:19 PM |
#207 |
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Legal immigrants "take american jobs from americans" too. |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-18-09 01:43 PM |
#213 |
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I saw three illegals on my way to work this morning.... |
LanternWaste |
Feb-18-09 01:21 PM |
#208 |
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Were they European, Russian or Canadian? nt |
eilen |
Feb-18-09 01:38 PM |
#212 |
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Probably Russian... |
LanternWaste |
Feb-18-09 01:52 PM |
#215 |
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A lot of really obtuse people in this thread. |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-18-09 01:50 PM |
#214 |
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Not everyone who has used the term |
Control-Z |
Feb-18-09 09:16 PM |
#225 |
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Can I add to the OP that anyone who whines about something being "PC" |
superduperfarleft |
Feb-19-09 06:17 AM |
#231 |
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bullshit |
Control-Z |
Feb-19-09 10:04 AM |
#240 |
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In total agreement - |
Maat |
Feb-18-09 03:11 PM |
#217 |
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Illegal is an adjective, and asshole is a part of the body |
marshall |
Feb-18-09 05:02 PM |
#224 |
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Agreed. The term "illegal aliens" dehumanizes an entire stratum of our society... |
VOX |
Feb-19-09 02:36 AM |
#228 |
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Great point. I wonder how we would react to someone calling African Americans "Three-fifths", |
pampango |
Feb-19-09 08:22 AM |
#233 |
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They weren't even called that at the time |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 07:20 PM |
#250 |
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Illegal immigration doesn't merit the scare quotes, I think. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-19-09 07:46 PM |
#251 |
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So what is the proper terminology for someone like me? |
WilmywoodNCparalegal |
Feb-19-09 08:37 AM |
#237 |
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I suppose if you subscribe to the backwards logic of some posters in this thread... |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 01:28 PM |
#248 |
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good point |
fascisthunter |
Feb-19-09 12:17 PM |
#243 |
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Is the objection to the choice of adjective, or to the absence of noun? |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Feb-19-09 12:41 PM |
#246 |
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Good question |
MajorChode |
Feb-19-09 04:03 PM |
#249 |
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