This conversation has strayed from the original question of, should a child be suspended for using the phrase "illegal alien" in a classroom? Yes, the "right wing media" as you call it does focus a lot of their attention on the issue of illegal immigration. You and I can differ in opinion on how big...

To be clear, I was responding specifically to RT saying this: the Republican Party has turned the term into a slur the same as calling Democrats communists and socialists when they are neither. All of these terms are used by that political party in bad faith to rile up a bunch of people who don’t kn...

I'm still waiting for one single example where someone used the phrase "illegal alien" as a racial slur. If that's its only use today, surely one of you internet sleuths can find me one example. I have yet to see one.

Yes the jury will have names everyone knows. The smart ones will parlay their notoriety into book deals, the speaker circuit, etc. Become a millionaire. Maybe run for office somewhere. I've heard that discussed by others. I suspect it will end up being true, and for me anyways, that prospect raises...

This whole "it is now 2024 and that was 1995" line of argument is utter BS. The definition of "illegal" hasn't changed since then. The definition of "alien" hasn't changed since then. The phrase "illegal alien" means the same exact thing today that it did in 1995. I asked for one example of someone...

This whole "it is now 2024 and that was 1995" line of argument is utter BS. The definition of "illegal" hasn't changed since then. The definition of "alien" hasn't changed since then. The phrase "illegal alien" means the same exact thing today that it did in 1995. I asked for one example of someone ...

So Bill Clinton, Al Gore, New Gingrich, and quite literally every single person in the 1995 House and Senate was a racist. Got it.

Just one example. Show me one single example of somebody using the phrase "illegal alien" as a slur. You can't be this myopic... "Illegal alien" is inherently a racist slur. It is impossible to use those words and not sound racist. Do you also say the n-word because rappers say it? Are you calling ...

Honestly, who in their right mind would want to sit on that jury? We haven't had a criminal case this high profile since the OJ Simpson case. Everyone on that jury will have celebrity status whether they want it or not. Also, how do you find 12 New Yorkers who have no opinion either way of Donald Tr...

Just one example. Show me one single example of somebody using the phrase "illegal alien" as a slur.

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Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:25 pm

What we are saying is that...it has been weaponized and turned into a slur by Republicans and used to scare the living daylights out of their supporters...

Do you have any evidence to support this assertion?

All undocumented people ARE illegal aliens, by definition. If you don't like the language, take that up with the federal government, not me.

As an aside, the list of people you call names from cunts to pieces of garbage to pieces of shit is much, much longer than 1 person.

The federal system considered people 3/5ths of a person too. And by your standard since it isn’t in the code anymore that means it’s NOT OK. Actually, I was wrong. It is only the Library of Congress that has stopped using the term. Interesting nobody corrected me on that point. You, instead, ran wi...

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Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:33 am

Does anyone think it's ok to call a human being an illegal alien?

Also, you call human beings "pieces of shit" on a regular basis. What's your problem exactly?

Who provoked this situation? Stick to whatever it is you do, it's clear you don't understand how things work in a school full of teenagers. The kid who tried to pick a fight. Period. Do you think it is ok to pick a fight with someone because you got offended? Sounds to me like you're excusing inexc...