'Illegal immigrant' an offensive slur?

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, January 30, 2004

[FBD]

I guess we need to come up with some other terms to describe our illegal immigrants-
Here's a few:

unlawful colonizer
prohibited alien
barred settler
illegitimate pioneer
illicit explorer
dishonest refugee
criminal invader
Fraudulent deportee

[FierceDraka]

Jobs for Americans and our foreign worker policies will cost Bush this election.

Yep! Just like his father, GW is bending over backwards to court Democratic voters, all while taking his core constituency for granted and alienating them (us) at the same time.

Sad

[Modernman]

Similar to the way the n-word was used to dehumanize African-Americans

This is utter BS. No rationale person could consider the n-word as anything other than a serious insult with no descriptive value whatsoever. Illegal, however, is perfectly descriptive and has nothing to do with race.

[Starboard]

The Atlanta daily reports the activist plans to lobby state lawmakers to use the term "undocumented workers" when talking about Mexicans and other foreigners in the U.S. illegally.

Essentially, this term is designed to re-characterize an illegal act as a mere technicality requiring some paperwork.

[FBD]

This post (below) may be old news to some of you, but I thought I'd post it here, for those who haven't seen it.

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Republican Lawmakers Won’t Back Bush on Immigration

{Snip}- "Since the President's speech, our offices have been inundated with calls from dismayed constituents expressing vehement opposition to the Administration's proposal," the "Dear Mr. Speaker" letter said.

"If we do not listen to our constituents on this matter, our influence and effectiveness in Congress could be jeopardized. Simply put, we cannot continue to allow our immigration laws to be violated and ignored -- and illegal aliens are by definition criminals."

According to the letter, President Bush's immigration proposal has left many conservatives "dismayed, angry and confused."

[Don Joe]

Just like his father, GW is bending over backwards to court Democratic voters, all while taking his core constituency for granted and alienating them (us) at the same time.

There's one glaring difference. We knew Papa Doc Bush was a RINO, but, we held our noses and voted for him anyway. With Baby Doc, we were fooled into thinking he was a conservative. I remember my own "personal journey" from seeing him as "Junior" -- at best, another "hold your nose and vote" candidate -- to listening to him, and coming to see him as a genuine conservative -- and wanting him to win, and, being enthusiastic about getting out the vote.

Man, what a letdown.

[Don Joe]

Republican Lawmakers Won’t Back Bush on Immigration

Wanna bet?

[Polybius]

calling someone who entered the U.S. in an unlawful manner "illegal" has become politically incorrect.......it serves to dehumanize the person, makes them less than human. Similar to the way the n-word was used to dehumanize African-Americans."

"I agree. It hurts my feelings."

[EGPWS]

Gonzales, who oversees the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, says many Latinos are offended by the labels.

Do we NOW need to think for them also?

Make a 180 and march back to where you came from and that "hurtful, but proper title" will no longer be used to address you.

Wouldn't that be an emotional relief?

[Roscoe]

Thank you for the lesson in NewSpeak.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=illegal

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=newspeak

[Schatze]

the activist plans to lobby state lawmakers to use the term "undocumented workers" when talking about Mexicans and other foreigners in the U.S. illegally

Can we be far from a law banning the terms "illegal alien" and "illegal immigrant" by calling them "hate speech"?

[FBD]

"Wanna bet?"

Uhhh...no! :)

[Once-Ler]

It's funny to see you and My Dog Likes Me protecting minimum wage jobs for Americans who don't want them. I suppose if you had jobs you would realize how silly you look.

It is also funny to see "conservatives" rooting for Kerry when HE HAS NEVER supported your "shoot illegals at the border" stupidity.

'Illegal immigrant' is not an offensive slur when the people repeating it are dumb as rocks. It has all the offensiveness of "poopy-head" or "booby-face" when it comes out of the mouths of unemployable isolationist bigots living in their mothers basement.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Well, I wonder who landscaped the lawns of rich people or worked in slaughter houses before this influx of illegals the past 30 years?

Americans? Nah, couldn't be. According to you, they won't do those jobs.

Remember this when your job is offered up to the lowest bidder in some foreign country.

[sfRummygirl]

Testify, sister!
Victor D Hanson, I love you. If I wasn't already married, you would be in a lot of trouble.
No, seriously, that Mexifornia book is wonderful. If people haven't read it yet, they should.

[Once-Ler]

Well, I wonder who landscaped the lawns of rich people or worked in slaughter houses before this influx of illegals the past 30 years?

Markets change. There was a time in our history when children worked in slaughterhouses. At the turn of the last century 90% of americans worked farm labor, today it is about 2%. You may keep obsessing about the "good ol' days" if you want, but the future will pass you by.

Remember this when your job is offered up to the lowest bidder in some foreign country.

Now you're talking about a different issue. The topic is illegal immigration not outsourcing. I will never lose my job to an unskilled illegal who cannot speak, read, or write in English. I do not fear illegals replacing me. If you are a disaffected janitor, you have my sympathies...on several levels.