PC strikes again!
(foxnews.com) A Florida lawmaker wants the state to stop using the term “illegal aliens,” saying the second word should be changed to something less … foreign.
“I personally find the word ‘alien’ offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children,” Sen. Frederica Wilson told The News-Press. “An alien to me is someone from out of space.”
“We don’t say ‘alien,’ we say ‘immigrant,’” she said.
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She said she’s not as concerned about the use of the word “illegal” in the expression, but “I like ‘undocumented’ better.” (source)
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In Hollywoodland, the word “Alien” has been mostly associated with visitors from outer space. In the REAL WORLD, the same word is defined and understood as follows:
1. a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen).
2. a foreigner.
3. a person who has been estranged or excluded.
The question for Sen. Wilson here is “Which world does she live in?”
GROW UP AND DO SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL FOR YOUR STATE!!
March 1st, 2007 at 7:00 am
Perhaps if they were more concerned with aliens coming to American LEGALLY, instead of what they are called, that entire term “illegal alien” would not even exist.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
“out of space”???, doesn’t she mean “outer space”? . How stupid is that?, and where did she get that hat??