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stone space

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9. I've never heard it used that way.

Reply to Shandris (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 06:19 AM

Jun 2016

Last edited Mon Jun 6, 2016, 07:07 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm willing to bet if I showed up illegally inside their house, they'd be MORE than happy to see me called 'illegal', neh?

I have heard it used for undocumented immigrants who are living in their own houses, however.

This turn the tables bullshit is nonsense.

No undocumented immigrant has ever called you an "illegal".

That sounds like a right wing myth.

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Drop the I-Word. No human being is illegal. [View all] stone space Jun 2016 OP

"illegals" is dehumanizing Skittles Jun 2016 #1

Exactly! stone space Jun 2016 #10

Lovely Elie Wiesel quote. I agree with this post. GuestCheck Jun 2016 #2

Paraphrased in post #8. stone space Jun 2016 #13

HRC: "adamantly against illegal immigrants" Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #3

Careful, you're triggering the drumpfucks. backscatter712 Jun 2016 #4

It appears so. stone space Jun 2016 #14

And no one is saying a human being is illegal, only their immigration status. Shandris Jun 2016 #5

People go language-stupid when it suits them. Igel Jun 2016 #7

I've never heard it used that way. stone space Jun 2016 #9

oh PLEASE Skittles Jun 2016 #18

Their acts are however... TipTok Jun 2016 #6

Which acts? Breathing? Eating? Sleeping? Working? stone space Jun 2016 #12

Really? TipTok Jun 2016 #15

The subject is the I-Word. Calling folks "illegals" is dehumanizing in the extreme. stone space Jun 2016 #16

Side question... TipTok Jun 2016 #17

Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor. Igel Jun 2016 #8

WTF??? stone space Jun 2016 #11

I'm afraid I don't buy this, at least not wholly, Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #19

The problem is that the legal term is ripcord Jun 2016 #20

Yep. It's an accurate description of residency status Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #21