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"illegals" and "anchor babies" could be obsolete soon too, if political correctness prevails. I never saw the term colored as derogatory, but "people of color" is the new buzzword, and maybe we should jump on that right now too, before it takes root.
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But in order to graft illegals from South and Central America onto the civil rights movement, we got "people of color", a passive term, meaning nothing. Are Chinese Americans "people of color"?
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I thought someone might bring up this point. The term "colored" may be not be intrinsically derogatory, as no term is, it's the meaning we give it that determines whether or not it's acceptable. I'm just surprised that someone would be still be using that term today. And as for "illegals" and "anchor babies", these terms may become politically incorrect one of these days, as there are those even today who believe them to be and refuse to use them. And what about the term "wetback"? That was acceptable 50 years ago, but a lot of people don't dare use it today, and as you probably know this board used to automatically censor it if you spelled it out in its entirety. It looks like I got away with it here though.
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OPEN BORDERS AND MASS AMNESTY Ich Bin Ein Arizonan! "I entirely reject the concept, however, of "anchor babies." If parents are found to be here illegally, then the whole family, children as well, should be sent back to the parents' country of origin." Last edited by LAPhil; 09-06-2011 at 11:13 AM. |
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However, I heard a new one the other day, "Muslim-American". What the hell does that mean? It doesn't make sense, try "Christian-American", Agnostic-American, Atheist-American, Catholic-American, Jewish-American, Zen Buddhist-American", Heathen-American, Pagan-American, Animist-American, Zoroastrian-American, Satanist-American, Hard Shell Baptist-American, Holy Roller American, Casting Out Serpents-American, and so on. It's so vague as to be meaningless. It was the basis of an article in the Press Enterprise or SB Sun, I believe a week or so ago. Something about alleged persecution or similar.
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OPEN BORDERS AND MASS AMNESTY Ich Bin Ein Arizonan! "I entirely reject the concept, however, of "anchor babies." If parents are found to be here illegally, then the whole family, children as well, should be sent back to the parents' country of origin." |
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Same everywhere else, even within nations - except for some indiscriminate labelers in the United States who, in the name of "diversity", come up with bullshit blanket descriptions like "African - American", "Mexican American", "Asian - American", and the king and queen of hollow labels - "Latino" and "Hispanic".
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A term like "Oriental" refers to racial characteristics rather than nationalities, and is therefore a valid term if one is referring to the racial characteristics of people from the Far East. This may be why it's no longer considered an acceptable term, even among so-called "Asians" who come from the Far East. The concept of race itself has become virtually a taboo subject.
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OPEN BORDERS AND MASS AMNESTY Ich Bin Ein Arizonan! "I entirely reject the concept, however, of "anchor babies." If parents are found to be here illegally, then the whole family, children as well, should be sent back to the parents' country of origin." |
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Thus, the diverse (and sometimes mutually exclusive) peoples from Asia somehow shed their diverse characteristics in the American imagination and become the same exact person when they come to America, and their American children and grandchildren are supposed to be that person as well. As well, Mexicans; Guatemalans; Bolivians; Argentinans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and their American descendants are "Hispanic" or "Latino" and are somehow all supposed to wear Mariachi outfits and that all those "authentic" shit on a plate eateries somehow represents their "Hispanic" cuisine - notions born out of white American ignorance or clueless white American interpretation of brown American separatist agenda. Take someone whose ancestors came from Ireland in the 1840's. He might be of a mind to go to an "Irish" festival once a year, put on a costume which would be silly in daily wear, and pretend he is Irish for a day. If he were to go to Ireland and proclaim himself to be Irish, the American would be laughed at. But, there are some Americans with Mexican ancestors who pretend to be "Mexican" every day of their life, and it flies in America - reinforced by white Americans. I knew a man whose parents are Irish, yet he himself grew up in London. He is not accepted by Irish to be be Irish, nor by Britons to be English. There are Millions of Americans with Mexican ancestors who are not accepted by Mexico as being Mexican, nor by much of America as being American. Thus the concept of "Aztlan", with its fabricated "culture" of far left American ideology and selectively incorporated Latin American elements - just as silly as a white American man who wears a kilt and carries around bagpipes he doesn't know how to play everywhere he goes on a daily basis, but somehow it flies in America. It runs right through from the local university "to film at eleven".
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Former SNL Alum Jon Lovitz: Obama F-ing A-hole
Former SNL Alum Jon Lovitz: Obama F-ing A-hole
http://content.bitsontherun.com/prev...yGezi-svqBtzyp |
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The Jon Lovitz Tax Rant: If Obama Loses the Hollywood Left
Many years ago, before it became associated with foreign intervention, neo-conservatism was simply a term for former liberals who migrated to the right. It was said that they had been “mugged by reality.” We may need a new term, perhaps “Holly-tarians,” for folks in the entertainment industry who have begun to realize the downside of excessive government. I’ve already favorably cited Clint Eastwood for his pro-flat tax views and dismissed Arnold Schwarzenegger on national TV as a de facto statist, but there are other actors who deserve some attention. I don’t know whether Jon Lovitz is a budding Hollywood libertarian, but (in addition to being a very funny character actor) he certainly seems a bit upset with Obama’s class-warfare approach to fiscal policy. Since I couldn’t figure out how to embed the file, click on his image and it will take you to an audio file of him ripping Obama, high taxes, and occupy poseurs. Warning, there are plenty of naughty words, including ubiquitous F-bombs. I will make one correction to his rant. He says that middle-income people have the same deductions that are available to rich people. That’s not really true. Rich people, as I have explained before, don’t rely on wage and salary income like the rest of us. Instead, they earn capital income and business income, which opens the door to a much larger degree of tax planning. For what it’s worth, this is why Obama’s proposed tax increases won’t raise nearly as much money as projected. But since politicians doubtlessly will increase spending in anticipation of higher receipts, the net effect will be bigger government and more red ink. In other words, business as usual in Washington. http://finance.townhall.com/columnis...eft/page/full/ |
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