We are in Orwell’s 1984 in many ways, and this is one of them. Controlling the language and how people use language also changes the ideas and concepts that can be expressed. If we can’t call these people illegal at all, it changes the concept of their status, so that the presumption is that there is no legal violation involved. If they are just “undocumented”, that puts them in the same category of somebody who is undocumented because he/she lost their driver’s license.
It’s going to be very hard to control language....UNLESS they control the INTERNET! Back in about 1994 I was told by a “friend” that I should not refer to my husband as “husband” but as “partner.” It was the beginning of the end of my friendship...but, I have found that the “husband and wife” nomenclature has NOT disappeared.
Many people miss this critical point and just acquiesce. When they do, the other guys win !!
The EPA has been using this language device for years to impose environmental laws/regulations so that it’s language set the framework of environmental control.
The EPA has been using this language device for years to impose environmental laws/regulations so that it’s language set the framework of environmental control.