Illegal vs undocumented

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I live by a simple rule of thumb. If a group says they don’t like being something I don’t call them that

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I live by a simple rule of thumb. If a group says they don’t like being something I don’t call them that

So you agree with not using "Latinx"?

Yes? I’ve never really been in favor of it but I don’t have a blood feud with the word

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He shouldn’t have apologized.

Why not? He offended a decent chunk of his base and it’s a very easy thing to make it better.

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Because it’s terrible optics given the context. It’s like when progressives freaked out when people misgendered that trans school shooter

Misgendering anyone is wrong, no matter what they did (and there's also the fact that it would literally be inaccurate reporting to misgender). Like come on, no one is suggesting that the trans shooter or the undocumented murderer be let go. They should both be in prison for the rest of their lives. But the only reason to deliberately misgender the shooter or call the undocumented murderer an "illegal" is because you want a socially acceptable excuse to vilify the groups that they are a part of.

Would you use the n-word to describe a Black criminal?

For a lot of people on this site minorities only get basic decency if we behave as they say we should.

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Illegal as a noun makes it sound like their existence is illegal as opposed to their immigration status.

I'm pretty sure murder is illegal too.

That has nothing to do with it.

If you follow that logic that committed an illegal act makes you “illegal” then pretty much every American is illegal.