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maddock
ANSWERS: 10
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umm...no.
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No.
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pretty much. To me it implies the person's existence is illegal. I see it as similar to "cripple"- they're being described as if everything about them is summed up in one very negative term. Edit: I love getting negative ratings for explaining my answer. I suppose "not helpful" means "not what I wanted to read"? I work at a newspaper, a standard of acceptable language. My job is to fix it when reporters talk about "illegals," "wheelchair-bound" people, or "the special players of the special olympics." We're not the PC-police, but if we won't use a term, it might be safe to assume there are those — not necessarily all, but a fair amount — who would consider the term offensive.
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No, it sounds like a good description for a group of people who all seem to share the same criminal disregard for the rule of law.
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Yes.
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No.
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Ah, a -4. Who and why?
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No,it sounds like an accurate description of what they are.The tact many Illegals and there supporters take by trying to turn it into a racist thing is just a sign of a weak minded person who knows they have run out of justifications for their actions.
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Not at all. Thats what they are.
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It sounds like a scapegoating slur, to me, not racism but classism. Everyone in the US is illegal, at some time or another, even if it's just rolling through a stop sign or speeding a bit, going across town. To really amplify the idea of illegality into a black-and-white all-or-nothing concept seems like somebody is selecting one broadly sweeping law and using it to create classism. It points fingers at the people rather than the process -- of how our country hires, takes advantage, and mismanages these people.
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