Posted on 04/09/2013 6:46:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On his radio show last week, Geraldo Rivera applauded the Associated Press decision to drop the term illegal immigrant from its official style guidelines and then decreed that no one should use the phrase any longer, seeing as how he believes it is akin to saying negro to describe a black person.
You can never use the expression illegal alien again, the radio host said to his colleague Bill OReilly. It is a pejorative. Its like saying negro or homosexual. It is a loaded term that doesnt accurately describe.
Why dont you just give me a list of things I can say? OReilly pushed back.
Illegal aliens and Bible thumping are two things you cannot say, Rivera quipped in reference to his Foxs colleagues controversial remarks about the religious opponents of gay marriage.
Im not giving into this stuff. Youre crazy, OReilly replied. If somebodys in here and breaks our immigration laws, theyre an illegal alien.
Theyre not an illegal alien, the host concluded. Theyre an undocumented immigrant, give them some slack.
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Keep saying it, maybe someone will get it!
You f&cking piece of s&it, WHOREALDO! The word ‘homosexual’ is now banned? It’s a scientific description, you chucky faced nutjob! I’m sure as hell not using ‘gay’, which was a deliberately chosen word to cover up the sex-centric world of H.O.M.O.S.E.X.U.A.L.S.
Illegal alien is one I use often and will continue to use. It’s a loaded term? Is murderer a loaded term? Is pedophile a loaded term? I HATE this man. New Jersey deserves another hurricane if they elect this idiot. I’d rather have a Democrat. F*ck Jerry Rivers.
Yeah... No.
It would be entertaining to see them try to “MAKE” me say anything against my will.
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Awesome!
I can see Gloria d-bag scribbling that down for her next sensational (and unsuccessful case). Unsuccessful for the client. she gets her cut.
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 ..
Actually, if we are being intellectually honest, Geraldo is correct. It does imply that the person is somehow “illegal” by their existence. Let us all agree, with Geraldo’s blessing, that we shall henceforth refer to people who are citizens from other nations (aliens) who are on US soil without proper permission or documentation (in violation of our laws): “law-breaking aliens”... or maybe Geraldo will prefer “criminal aliens”... but to give a complete set of appropriate selections, let us also offer the third option of “aliens subject to immediate arrest and deportation”, although that one is a bit clunky and tougher for the poor journalism majors to print or say.
I prefer the term “Mexicans”.
If only that chair was a couch.
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LOL, or a 16 wheeler.
This is how the left shuts the right up. They just arbitrarily label something as racist or wrong and then start smearing everyone who continues to say it.
When you get your green card you are officially a permanent resident alien. So if you don’t have a green card you are an illegal alien.
We all know Jerry Rivera wants to let them all stay and the millions who will come after them. What we really need to do is just shut Jerry up.
I still like Leno’s term-—undocumented democrats.
Shame O'Reilly didn't have the brains to point that out...Rivers would have lost it. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to discover that O'Reilly and Rivers go out for a few beers after the taping; sharing a few laughs about how they are yanking the viewer's chains...
Even better! LOL
Moderates are a gateway drug to liberalism.
Here is another occasion where the left sets the debate, and sets the lexicon, to box in any opponent. You used to be able to call a spade a spade, but spade took on meaning that had nothing to do with shovels, unless it applies to “Blazing Saddles”, the shining example of how stupid prejudice can become.
We ARE giving them some slake. We’re not calling them invaders, barbarians, occupiers. We’re not being offensive, we’re simply giving them a generic/neutral term that does not hide the truth of what they are. To the left, if you don’t hide the truth, its offensive
Foreign national home invader squatter
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