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Open-Borders Reporters Ban the Term -- ‘Illegal Immigrant’ (Prefers 'Undocumented Immigrant')
National Review ^ | 04/03/2013 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 04/03/2013 6:47:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 04/03/2013 6:47:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Better Yet,

Undocumented Democrat!

2 posted on 04/03/2013 6:49:25 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: SeekAndFind

We do not have to speak as they do.

And in any case, most of “them” will be unemployed Obamadork voters soon...and for good reason.


3 posted on 04/03/2013 6:51:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind

They have never been illegal ‘immigrants’. They are NOT any kind of immigrants. They are ILLEGAL ALIENS.

I would go for the more appropriate, Squatter, however.

Squatter, definition: A person who settles in or occupies property with no legal claim to the property. A squatter is one who resides on a property to which he or she has no title, right or lease.


4 posted on 04/03/2013 6:51:39 AM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: SeekAndFind
The AP explains that it wants to stop labeling people.

The ***holes can start by no longer referring to American TEA Party members as "racists" and/or "extremists".

5 posted on 04/03/2013 6:52:55 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Bill of Rights?)
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SOURCE: http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/the-times-too-is-reconsidering-the-term-illegal-immigrant/?smid=tw-share

The New York Times, Too, Is Reconsidering the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’

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The Associated Press made a bold move on Tuesday in dropping the term “illegal immigrant” from its influential stylebook.

The Times, for the past couple of months, has also been considering changes to its stylebook entry on this term and will probably announce them to staff members this week. (A stylebook is the definitive guide to usage, relied upon by writers and editors, for the purpose of consistency.)

From what I can gather, The Times’s changes will not be nearly as sweeping as The A.P.’s.

It will “provide more nuance and options” for what term to use, said Philip B. Corbett, associate managing editor for standards. In the past, for example, the term “undocumented” has practically been banned as a euphemism. That position is very likely to be softened in the revision, and other ways of describing those who are in the United States without proper legal documentation probably will be allowed and encouraged.

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6 posted on 04/03/2013 6:55:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Here's the reason the NY Times wants to avoid using the word -- Illegal:

It’s good to see these moves taking place. Language evolves and it’s time for these changes. Early in my tenure as public editor, I considered this question and came down in favor of the continued use of “illegal immigrant,” because it was a clear and easily understandable term. My position on this has changed over the past several months. So many people find it offensive to refer to a person with an adjective like “illegal” that I now favor the use of “undocumented” or “unauthorized” as alternatives.
7 posted on 04/03/2013 6:57:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig. Word-smithing is something communists and Democrats do.


8 posted on 04/03/2013 6:59:15 AM PDT by olezip
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Open-Borders Reporters Ban the Term -- ‘Illegal Immigrant’ (Prefers 'Undocumented Immigrant')

OK. How about "Criminal Alien"?

9 posted on 04/03/2013 7:00:44 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (It's not "GUN CONTROL"! It's "PEOPLE CONTROL"!)
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To: SeekAndFind

WE are so “old school” we still call them wet backs.


10 posted on 04/03/2013 7:02:18 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: AuntB

EXACTLY!

Unfortunately Fox news decided to Give HOSE-A Vargas airtime yesterday.

Greta.....What a waste of air time! Why would you give this illegal alien airtime?


11 posted on 04/03/2013 7:09:29 AM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmmm.,let me see,”Illegal Immigrants”(law-breakers)are referred to as”Undocumented Workers”;Heter0sexual marriage is now referred to as:”Opposite-Sex Marriage”?What language is this??????????????????????????????


12 posted on 04/03/2013 7:11:40 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: SeekAndFind

That is still better than ‘new immigrant’ or ‘new American’


13 posted on 04/03/2013 7:13:41 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, should we now refer to burglars as “Undocumented Houseguests?”


14 posted on 04/03/2013 7:15:23 AM PDT by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: AuntB

Words mean things.

They are ‘criminal immigrants’.


15 posted on 04/03/2013 7:15:39 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: chicagolady

“HOSE-A Vargas “

LOL!


16 posted on 04/03/2013 7:17:00 AM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: bandleader; olezip; Ditter

For those who read George Orwell, what the news agencies are doing should not come as a surprise.

Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell. It is a reduced language created by the totalitarian state as a tool to limit free thought, and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom, self-expression, individuality, peace, etc. Any form of thought alternative to the party’s construct is classified as “thoughtcrime,” “crimethink,” or “doublethink.”

Newspeak is explained in chapters 4 and 5 of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and in an appendix to the book. The language follows, for the most part, the same grammatical rules as English, but has a much more limiting, and constantly shifting vocabulary. Any synonyms or antonyms, along with undesirable concepts are eradicated. The goal is for everyone to be speaking this language by the year 2050 (the story is set in the year 1984—hence the title). In the mean time, Oldspeak (current English) is still spoken among the working class citizens of Oceania, or the Proles .

Orwell was inspired to invent Newspeak by the constructed language Basic English, which he promoted from 1942 to 1944 before emphatically rejecting it in his essay “Politics and the English Language”.

In this paper he deplores the bad English of his day, citing dying metaphors, pretentious diction or rhetoric, and meaningless words, which he claimed to encourage unclear thought and reasoning. Towards the end of the essay, Orwell states: “I said earlier that the decadence of our language is probably curable. Those who deny this would argue, if they produced an argument at all, that language merely reflects existing social conditions, and that we cannot influence its development by any direct tinkering with words or constructions.”

These news agencies are simply taking the ideas inspired by 1984. They have been doing it for over two generations. And like Sheep, The American populace is just too dumb and ignorant to know it.


17 posted on 04/03/2013 7:17:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Leno broke ranks and called them “Undocumented Democrats”


18 posted on 04/03/2013 7:23:09 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: FlingWingFlyer

On NBC’s Tonight Show, host Jay Leno said, “They will now use the phrase ‘undocumented Democrat’”


19 posted on 04/03/2013 7:31:56 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Newspeak", per the novel 1984.
20 posted on 04/03/2013 7:34:00 AM PDT by Pecos (If more sane people carried guns, fewer crazies would get off a second shot.)
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