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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:52 PM Original message |
When you call undocumented people names like "illegals," you dehumanize |
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. How do you think one should refer to them, then? n/t |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. undocumented persons |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Why stop there? |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. We already do that for criminal suspects |
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H2O Man
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. A suspected criminal |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. Best blooper ever on San Diego TV news... |
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H2O Man
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
133. Oh my! |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Yeah you're right..amd why stop at ILLEGULZ..why not call them wetbacks? |
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One_Life_To_Give
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Nah Wetback is a US resident working in Mexico |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. Again, you're displaying that amazing gift. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Again, I pose the challenge to you that posed to another on this thread |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. A few links. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. LOL...no links from America? |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. So it's only racism if an American uses that term? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. No, it's not only racism if an American uses it |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Now you're chasing shadows. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. ROFLMAO I suppose you could find a Japanese article calling Americans |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Next shadow, please! |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. the link won't load for me..wanna post a snip? |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. How come I knew that's exactly what the next shadow would be! |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. I don't call any site I disagree with a right wing site, but I certainly |
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Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. I never disagreed that immigrants that enter the country illegally |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. could ya do me a great big favor and reread my OP? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. Deleted message |
Balbus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. I answered the question that was put to me. |
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. It's pretty funny that you post on all and every thread |
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foreigncorrespondent
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #107 |
168. Ok I challenge... |
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AngryAmish
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:17 AM Response to Reply #168 |
191. Here you go little buddy |
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Maestro
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
123. I'm telling you |
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. Subtle as a sledgehammer |
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BurtWorm
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #94 |
127. So what does Richard Mellon Scaife have to say about this? |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. Just look north.... |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
108. Trying reading |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #108 |
126. Try reading my OP so you will clearly understand the term to which I am |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. Nice that you need to insult my profession |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Good one. I'm a lawyer |
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BurtWorm
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. How about pretombstoned persons? |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
109. When watching abortion clinic picketers, |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
130. ok then |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. But they are documented |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I appreciate you seeing my point. They may be here illegally, but they |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. If human cloning is banned, then a cloned human would be "illegal" |
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ucmike
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
189. pc non-sense. |
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Walt Starr
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
199. Nah, call them CRIMINALS, because THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE! n/t |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're buying into "Bushspeak" |
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dcfirefighter
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Illegal Aliens |
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MADem
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. The term "illegals" is just a shortening of that very term |
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Cleita
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
135. Illegal aliens? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I believe the act is criminal, but the person is a human being |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. According to that thinking, |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. So if you were representing a person at a hearing prior to a determination |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
78. Most likely, |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. Not at all. The reason you would object is because it would unfairly |
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dcfirefighter
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. We're not on trial |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
104. Deleted message |
nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. Hey...there's loads of people who liked Jim Crow and agree with you |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #118 |
134. Nothing to excuse |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #134 |
142. Right now he's a vacuumer and it's making me crazy..I'm leaving |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. Right now he's a vacuumer and it's making me crazy..I'm leaving |
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
163. Deleted message |
nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I conceded nothing. Thankyou for sharing. |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
103. Object to what? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #103 |
115. OK..let me know if I am posting too fast for you..I will type very slowly |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #115 |
132. If you knew my answer, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, come on..it's not like they're White and People. |
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Floogeldy
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's quite a leap of logic you are making here |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That's why I qualified with the word BIGOTED |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. You're making a HUGE assumption there |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. Congratulations on calling someone other than a Mexican an illegal |
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. Deleted message |
OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
170. So, the only people in this country in ........... |
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Floogeldy
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. But it is not a foregone conclusion . . . |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Well then it would be bigoted rather than racist, since it is still |
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Floogeldy
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. What evidence do you have of intent to prejudice? |
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MADem
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Remember Gerard Depardiu in the film 'Green Card?' |
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Floogeldy
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I remember that! |
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TahitiNut
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Thu Apr-14-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, we sure wouldn't want to do that. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
161. Bravo n/t |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. So are you proposing to let in everyone |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. where did you get that ? Was it something I said? |
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CTLawGuy
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
190. yes, hes' right |
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Bridget Burke
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. You mean you judge people by their vocabulary? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh PLEASE!!!!!! |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I have a problem with "undocumented worker" too |
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seventythree
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. good point |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Only in the non-smoking, non-swearing, non-farting section of your bar |
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Cleita
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
145. Oh, and what are they, rich Saudis? |
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AngryAmish
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
193. What if they can't find a job? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh BS. Illegal aliens are here illegally, hence "illegals". |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yeah..I hear Swedes getting called illegals every day in America |
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Cleita
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
125. Not to mention the Swedish teenagers who are brought over |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. How about, "Refugees looking for work"? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Refugees in what way? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Economic refugees. |
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tritsofme
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. Isn't bestowing that status upon them patently unfair |
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rene moon
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Calling them "aliens" is what disgusts me |
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seventythree
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. only young people |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That's a standard immigration term |
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rene moon
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I dont care |
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AngryAmish
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
194. Alien always referred to foreign people before outer space |
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Snivi Yllom
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. fuzzy furriners? |
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tuvor
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Any non-American is an alien in America. |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. What are they called in Canada? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
116. At least some movement can be witnessed |
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rene moon
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Why? |
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slackmaster
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Probably because you saw scary Sci-Fi movies or books as a child |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Give me a break.... |
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tjdee
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I agree with most of that... |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Merely being technical with my language...no evil implied |
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tjdee
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I agree. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. Calling them illegal immigrants differentiates them |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. When you call "illegals" undocumented, you're call a janitor |
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. "illegal" in that sense is an adjective that has been "nouned" |
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MADem
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Illegal FLIGHT attendants? |
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EFerrari
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
69. "descriptive terminology"? Why not just say "code"? n/t |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. This is amazing. I remember when Democrats stood firmly against bigotry |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. It's now just one big, happy, bigoted, corporate party. |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. So...for instance..a drug addict who murders to get money for a fix |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Give me a break. These people are seeking work. |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Nice knee-jerk response - was asking where you draw the line. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Right. And, your metaphor was purely innocent. |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. It WASN'T a metaphor... |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I'm against bigotry |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. What do you reckon that "larger political goal" is? |
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jackstraw45
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Haha..you're cracking me up! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #82 |
149. Ahhhh..gee. And, why don't you... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. What larger political goal? Other than to not have people scapegoated |
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
151. I remember when Democrats stood for a lot of things. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #151 |
162. I stand for all working poor. And thanks for obstinately continuing to |
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EFerrari
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
66. We have a winner. n/t |
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New Dealer
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. I don't have a problem with the word |
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omega minimo
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Thu Apr-14-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
73. Language that is dehumanizing |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. And I fundamentally agree with that |
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omega minimo
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
144. The luxury of privilege |
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matcom
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. i LOVE you Teena!! |
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WillyT
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Thu Apr-14-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
85. Hey Teena... I Gotta Little Story For Ya !!! |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Thanks..you rock too. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
88. I see your point, but |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. I think language ALWAYS matters |
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nonconformist
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. That argument would work if someone was using |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Actually the specific term I took issue with was "illegals" not |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
92. How is "illegal alien" different from "undocumented worker?" |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. One acknowledges their actual cause in being here |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. Illegal aliens differentiates from |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #113 |
124. YOu're not the only lawyer on this site. I am a lawyer..I know the classes |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #124 |
138. WHAT??????????????? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Aw fuck...I only wanted a debate..I didn't mean to permanently damage |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #140 |
146. WHAT?????????????? (Part Two) |
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theboss
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #146 |
158. I'm a lawyer too |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. YOU ARE NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Fri Apr-15-05 06:42 AM Response to Reply #113 |
185. hmmm |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
97. Well good... |
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #97 |
167. But I'll bet you get your panties in a wad when southerners are called |
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:34 AM Response to Reply #167 |
195. They're not 'southerners', they're "resident humans in the southern |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
99. Oh get real -- they ARE illegal. If they are immigrating |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #99 |
180. Rofl..I am in California in the middle of various gang turfs and you're |
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Fri Apr-15-05 04:59 AM Response to Reply #180 |
183. Unfortunately, Alaska isn't immune from illegal aliens |
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
102. This is getting interesting. The usual suspects are drawn to your thread |
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Fri Apr-15-05 05:14 AM Response to Reply #102 |
184. Funny- your name seems to appear in alot of these threads too. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
112. Here is what you can call them around here |
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solinvictus
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Thu Apr-14-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. It's people who actually work or want to work for a living.. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. I take it you arent actually responding to my post? |
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solinvictus
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Oh no, we agree completely! |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #112 |
137. I'm all for our government protecting our borders and I am all for not |
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #137 |
148. Im trying not to assume anything |
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Cleita
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
121. That was like calling babies born to single mothers illegitimate, |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
128. Is calling someone a racist or a bigot then also dehumanizing them? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Well, folks, to use your logic, it's calling them what they are |
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #128 |
196. oh but it IS a racist term dontcha know?! |
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HEyHEY
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Thu Apr-14-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
141. I agree |
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Zomby Woof
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
147. Woody heard them called "deportees" on the radio... |
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #147 |
154. One of my all time favorite songs...got many versions of it including |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #147 |
169. So, if................ |
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Calling them deportees... |
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Fri Apr-15-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #173 |
188. That was the whole point of the song |
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Sterling
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
150. illegals dehumanize Americans when they cross the border |
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. Baloney. How many Americans have you heard say "I was really hoping |
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
152. WELL SAID, MY DAD AND I HAD A "DISAGREEMENT" ON THIS MATTER |
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Terran1212
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
153. I agree completely with the topic creator |
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Donailin
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
156. Sorta like terms repukes and repugs? |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Thu Apr-14-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
157. And convicted felons should be called 'adjudicated people' |
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #157 |
165. I love that argument. It's almost as good as gay marriage threatens |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #165 |
200. Apparently that is an argument which resonates with voters |
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theboss
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
159. Does that mean Genesis is bigoted? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Thu Apr-14-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #159 |
166. The song is about their plight, no? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
171. I'd love it if people called me "illegal" |
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tyedyeto
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
172. Here, here NSMA!!!! n/t |
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Thu Apr-14-05 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
174. I'm going to have to disagree on this one, my friend. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. Good point but we don't call the employers "illegals", now do we? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. No, but maybe we should. |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:42 PM Response to Reply #177 |
181. But it's NOT a whole nother discussion..and bigotry plays right |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. What about this thread on DU? |
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. What would you call their employers? Aren't they doing....... |
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The Whiskey Priest
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
178. Deportee? |
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Maru Kitteh
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Thu Apr-14-05 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
179. Undocumented workers or |
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Fri Apr-15-05 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
186. Foreign-Born Works |
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Fri Apr-15-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
187. "Illegals" ... definitely dehumanizing |
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
192. Sorry but that's what they are |
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
197. Are they in America illegally? |
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Walt Starr
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
198. Okay, from now on I'll just call them what they are, CRIMINALS! n/t |
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Walt Starr
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
201. Anybody who enters this nation illegally... |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Apr-15-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
202. Perhaps instead of call them 'names' |
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Fri Apr-15-05 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
203. Locking..... |
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