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Immigration Sophistry (words have meaning)
townhall.com ^ | Apr 17, 2013 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 04/30/2013 8:55:57 AM PDT by kimtom

Most laws are meant to stop people from doing something, and to penalize those who disregard those laws. More generally, laws are meant to protect the society from the law breakers.

But our immigration laws are different. Here the whole focus is on the "plight" of those who have broken the laws, and on what can be done to lift the stigma and ease the pressures they feel, so that they can "come out of the shadows" and "normalize" their lives.

Merely using the word "illegal" to describe their breaking the law is considered to be a sign of mean-spiritedness, if not racism. The Associated Press refuses to let their reporters refer to people who sneaked across the border into this country, in violation of American immigration laws, as "illegal immigrants."

On the other hand, if an ordinary American citizen breaks a law, .......

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; illegalimmigrates; illegalimmigration; immigration
What more can be said?......
1 posted on 04/30/2013 8:55:57 AM PDT by kimtom
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To: kimtom
What more can be said?

"Don't excerpt Townhall.com."

2 posted on 04/30/2013 9:02:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sarah is right.)
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See who is financing this amnesty push, and the sold out republicans behind them.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014121/posts


3 posted on 04/30/2013 9:44:45 AM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: kimtom; GreenHornet
The Associated Press refuses to let their reporters refer to people who sneaked across the border into this country, in violation of American immigration laws, as "illegal immigrants."

'Calling them undocumented immigrants is like calling shoplifting an "undocumented purchase."' - GreenHornet

4 posted on 04/30/2013 9:58:28 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (I'll stick to facts and logic, and not follow into the gutter those who make disagreements personal.)
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To: AuntB

Thanks!!!


5 posted on 04/30/2013 10:47:08 AM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Good analogy


6 posted on 04/30/2013 10:48:17 AM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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LIMBAUGH just said this gang of 8/Rubio thing is NOT AMNESTY...HE is part of the problem, not part of the solution!

elrushbo@eibnet.com

Ask him what the HELL is conservative about joining this scam to promote AMNESTY??? Or having radical Islam promoter Grover Norquist as Rubio’s spokesman?

WHO is Americans for a Conservative Direction?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014121/posts

follow the link


7 posted on 04/30/2013 11:24:21 AM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies
The Associated Press refuses to let their reporters refer to people who sneaked across the border into this country, in violation of American immigration laws, as "illegal immigrants."
'Calling them undocumented immigrants is like calling shoplifting an "undocumented purchase."' - GreenHornet

When I argue (often) with those who use the "undocumented" blur-word, I tell them that the next time they are stopped by an officer for any traffic violation, tell the they are an "undocumented driver". Then get back to me with the results. They shut up straight away.

8 posted on 04/30/2013 12:08:46 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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