FREEP THIS POLL: Is Target's 'illegal alien' costume offensive?

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[AZ .44 MAG]

Is Target's 'illegal alien' costume offensive?
Yes, and it should be removed.
Yes, but it should remain on store shelves.
No, it's all in good fun.
No, some are just too politically correct.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far:

Yes, and it should be removed. 13%
Yes, but it should remain on store shelves. 7%
No, it's all in good fun. 52%
No, some are just too politically correct. 28%

[AZ .44 MAG]

Poll on idiocy in Tucson.

[green pastures]

[dynachrome]

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[karatemom]

And yet my dear Catholic friend was telling me her priest spoke of a priest/pregnant nun duo costume. Where is the outrage/poll on THAT one?

[Huck]

It’s offensive in the same way that all lame puns are offensive. That’s about it. I thought the costume was going to be somehow related to Mexicans.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Please stop by the FReepathon thread and give it a bump. If you haven’t donated yet, please give it some thought.

Thank you!

[bmwcyle]

Yes, and it should be removed.
7%
Yes, but it should remain on store shelves.
4%
No, it’s all in good fun.
45%
No, some are just too politically correct.

[Allegra]

I like it.

I tend to like politically incorrect things.

[metmom]

It’s irrelevant to anything I’m going to do about Target.

I’ve been screwed by their crappy exchange policy and refuse to shop there ever again.

[omega4179]

ITS NOT even MEXICAN Jeesh what is this country coming to???

[DoughtyOne]

Personally, I think that’s a very smart costume to be seen in these days.

If things go according to today’s norms, you could expect to get vouchers for free health care for the family, multiple seats for local schools, housing subsidies, food stamps, and in some instances actual cash too.

What smart person wouldn’t want to be seen in a costume that could garner you all that?

If any of those are left on the shelves, I’m sure they could give them away to people who haven’t been in country for long.

[omega4179]

Uh if he has a Green Card he is not an illegal Alien but a resident Alien

[dynachrome]

Dang it, I was trying to beat your ping!

[hemogoblin]

Does it come with a leaf blower?

[magslinger]

FReeped.

Here is my illegal alien costume:

[dynachrome]

Let Target know your opinion if you like:

Target’s corporate office is located in MN
Tuesday 10-20-2009 6:13am MT
Target’s corporate office is located in MN

1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612-304-6073
Fax: 612-696-5400

Chairman and CEO = Robert J. Ulrich
President and Director = Gregg W. Steinhafel

[Sir Clancelot]

I agree.

Aren’t Halloween costumes supposed to be a little bit irreverent? I think they are in many ways, like satire, or political cartoons. Too many people in this country have lost their sense of humor to political correctness.

[green pastures]

I just post the pics... Take it up with the costume mfgr... ;-)

[green pastures]

See my #19.

(Is leaf blowing particularly distasteful? Would there be as much outrage if this happened, say, in Roswell instead?)

[Nea Wood]

Yeah, they should’ve given him a matricular consular card. Imagine the screaming THEN.

[ExGeeEye]

Apparently there are those who believe that "illegal alien" is a racial descriptor rather than a status in law like "thief" or "traitor". I would suggest that those people are the racists in this instance.

[pray4liberty]

“Can’t fix stupid” isn’t an option?

[WellyP]

Only ILLEGALS themselves are VERY OFFENSIVE!

[visualops]

93% say no

[AZ .44 MAG]

Dang it, I was trying to beat your ping!

58 seconds. Takes longer to ping the list than for me to make one smartass comment and ping you.

[WellyP]

Is Target’s ‘illegal alien’ costume offensive?
Here are the results so far:

Yes, and it should be removed. 5%
Yes, but it should remain on store shelves.3%
No, it’s all in good fun.39%
No, some are just too politically correct.53%

[mowowie]

It’s not offensive to me.
Of courese i’m a United States citizen and all....
That probably makes me bad.

[RJS1950]

Of course it’s not, but even if it does offend the criminal scumbags so what, there’s no guarantee constitutional or otherwise that anybody not be offended. Target should hold fast and firm; they’ll not lose many customers and may gain more.

[ApplegateRanch]

The “Green Card”, according to the packaging, “is from a distant planet, not anywhere on Earth.”

[AZ .44 MAG]

And yet my dear Catholic friend was telling me her priest spoke of a priest/pregnant nun duo costume. Where is the outrage/poll on THAT one?

Christians are the one of the few approved targets in our sick society.

[AZ .44 MAG]

It’s offensive in the same way that all lame puns are offensive. That’s about it. I thought the costume was going to be somehow related to Mexicans.

The objectors are trying to make the point that it's demeaning to the real illegal aliens.

[AZ .44 MAG]

I tend to like politically incorrect things.

I like that in a FReeper.

Stay safe.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Now that’s a good picture of Pres_ent Obambi.

[traditional1]

What more proof do you need to see that “political correctness” includes hiding the truth about a matter, because SOMEONE might be offended, even though that SOMEONE is a criminal invader!

[AZ .44 MAG]

Apparently there are those who believe that "illegal alien" is a racial descriptor rather than a status in law like "thief" or "traitor". I would suggest that those people are the racists in this instance.

Most racism comes from the Left now.

[missnry]

NO!

[AZ .44 MAG]

That’s funny! Mind if I steal it?

[HonestConservative]

Now If it was Obama’s head on the thing, maybe........

No, it’d still be ok.

[missnry]

Mind if I steal it?

Have a ball.

[Lady Jag]

Here are the results so far:

Yes, and it should be removed.

5%

Yes, but it should remain on store shelves.

2%

No, it's all in good fun.

37%

No, some are just too politically correct.

56%

[AZ .44 MAG]

93% are OK with it. Probably not what they expected.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Now If it was Obama's head on the thing, maybe........

No, it'd still be ok.

Well at least you're honest about it.

[jackieh]

F-ing funny! Maybe if they weren’t here illegally, they would think it was funny too!

[Lady Jag]

If this means people are getting fed up with PC, I’m all for it. PC doesn’t create tolerance, it breeds hatred.

[Nea Wood]

PC doesn’t create tolerance, it breeds hatred.

That's brilliant! (Love your tagline, too!)

[nina0113]

It doesn’t have my choice:

Yes, and I want one.

[Bellflower]

There ya go! Do it!

[Bellflower]

Yes, and it should be removed.6%
Yes, but it should remain on store shelves.2%
No, it’s all in good fun.37%
No, some are just too politically correct.55%