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my basic point, shani, is that if you referred to these same people as undocumented workers, your reaction would be totally different. and that category is more accurate than your preferred "illegal immigrant" of ILLEGAL or whatever.
since the category "illegal immigrant" or ILLEGAL is less accurate than "undocumented worker" in capturing what is actually happening, it follows that the reasons for preferring ILLEGAL to undocumented and IMMIGRANT to worker is that "illegal immigrant" must be more fun, in a strange kinda twisted way. it gives you something to be afraid of. and this is amurica, where being afraid of something is as important as buying things as expressions of what passes for freedom here.
so by all means, indulge it if you find it fun: imagine you are beseiged by ILLEGALS. but maybe it also makes sense to wonder about why that category is so much fun to have around--and it must be fun otherwise you wouldnt defend it--given that it is less accurate than undocumented workers as a blanket description of a complex situation.
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