The backpedaling of 'It was just a joke!" is strong here,

  • @OccamsTeapot
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    476 hours ago

    Since when are illegals the only people who don’t speak English?

    They’re not.

    So if you think deporting “illegals” will mean you don’t have to hear any Spanish etc, you are actually conflating this with deporting basically all foreigners and that is racist. All foreigners are not “illegals”

    • @[email protected]
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      21 hour ago

      It’s not even foreigners necessarily. There are millions of people who were born in the US that speak a non-English language as their primary language. In fact many of these communities have been here longer than English speakers have been, including native people and the Spanish-speaking inhabitants of territory the US annexed from Mexico, which includes the entire southwest region.

    • BlackLaZoR
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      Since when are illegals the only people who don’t speak English?

      Jesus he used a hyperbole. Is this too subtle?

      • @troglodytis
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        31 hour ago

        We understand, you’re a racist. Ya don’t need to keep blowing the whistle

      • barooboodoo (he/him)
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        296 hours ago

        Is this too subtle?

        Says the person who doesn’t understand the dehumanizing connotation of calling people “illegals”

        • BlackLaZoR
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          -215 hours ago

          There’s nothing dehumanizing in it. If you crossed the border illegally, then you’re illegal [immigrant].

          Plain and simple. No hidden context here

          • ElcaineVolta
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            104 hours ago

            temporary protected status is NOT illegal, neither is applying for amnesty.

          • barooboodoo (he/him)
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            165 hours ago

            No hidden context here

            Proceeds to put hidden context in brackets.

            That’s the point of dehumanizing language chief, you intentionally leave the part out that they’re human beings.

          • @givesomefucks
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            165 hours ago

            trump’s been legally found to be a rapist…

            Are you ok with people reducing him to that and only referring to him as an “illegal fornicater”?

            If someone crosses the border illegally, that has nothing to do with immigration which is a legal process.

            Reducing it to “illegal immigrants” makes people question any immigration

            And if you think “illegal fornicater” sounds stupid, yeah, that’s what the point is. “Illegal immigrants” doesn’t make any logical sense if you know what both words mean.

            Unfortunately, that’s not the strong suit of most of the people who use it. And since the only other group is outright racists…

            Well, I was about to say someone who uses that label should be able to understand why people have trouble figuring out which group they’re in.

            But that would require a shred of empathy and understanding how others think…

          • @OccamsTeapot
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            125 hours ago

            But even ignoring the hyperbole (ie never again = much less) it is still clearly implying that people who don’t speak English are illegals. Of course that is dehumanizing. And obviously false, designed to conflate non English speakers with people who crossed the border illegally.

            • @ch00f
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              45 hours ago

              Also many (most?) of them crossed the border legally. They just stayed here illegally.

              • @OccamsTeapot
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                84 hours ago

                Sure, then: Designed to conflate non English speakers with illegal immigrants. Still racist.