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Illegal Alien' Is New Ethnic Slur

by Mark5019 Apr 26, 2006 3:24AM PDT

Political correctness is changing the rules of 'free' speech daily. No longer are cartoonists able to freely draw the world as they see it and now 'illegal alien' is deemed offensive.

From AnnCoulter.com:

On CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on Monday, Dobbs was interviewing Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican-American Political Association about his demand for "full immediate, unconditional legalization for all persons currently in the United States."

Dobbs posed this innocuous question about Lopez's planned boycott, "You're talking about a boycott of all illegal aliens in this country?"

Lopez exploded: "Well, first off, I refute your terminology. You don't say '****,' 'patty,' 'WOP,' OK. You don't say "******"! ... You're using language that's offensive to me and offensive to my people! ... You pollute the air every day, Dobbs. ... That language is offensive, it's derogatory, it's denigrating, and don't use that terminology to me again, referring to my people!"

Jeez, I could understand a bit of snippiness if Dobbs had mentioned 'beaners' or 'wetbacks' but he didn't. Dobbs said 'illegal aliens' which, in my mind, is a fair and descriptive dictionary definition of people sneaking into the U.S. My preference would be 'trespassers' since it carries a more precise and accurate meaning.

Political correctness creates an immense amount of anxiety because there is no way to be certain regarding who is going to be offended or not offended by what a person says or does. Tiger Woods got harshly criticized for saying 'spaz' at the Masters Tournament. Someone was apparently offended. Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi recently said all leftists are ********* and apparently nobody was offended.


how is it a slur? they break the law and you call them that your a racistSad this pc crap is bs
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Agree with you Mark
by John Robie Apr 26, 2006 3:38AM PDT

That is one guy trying to start a new PC.

Our local newspaper still refers as:
Illegal Immigrants or Illegal Aliens in some of their articles, and our city is 58% Mexican American not counting the Illegal Aliens.

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A thought regarding "Political correctness".
by caktus Apr 26, 2006 4:27AM PDT

Skroo it. If you can't repect my freedom of speech, leave.

As The Boortz says; No one is born with a right to not be offended.

Verbal offense is all in the mind. If you can't handle it then don't think.

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Lopez is
by dirtyrich Apr 26, 2006 6:18AM PDT

a wannabe Sharpton/Jackson who has even less of a clue. Also, he has a history of preying more on his own people than Sharpton and Jackson combined.
He's "managed" multiple not-for-profits that were designed to help immigrants into the ground, as he and his buddies constantly walk away richer. California DA's have repeatedly threatened to bring him and his organizations up on charges, yet none have been actually filed in the Democratest (yes, Democratest) state.
He also was kicked off the Santa Anna school board after multiple construction projects fizzled when funds wonderously dried up with little to no actual progress.
I can only hope that Lopez becomes the spokesman for the Illegal Immigrant movement, because then hopefully real Americans will see the movement for what it is and reject it.

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