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So Now The Term Anchor Baby If Offensive?
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Originally posted by thewriteranon View PostEverything is offensive. You're offensive. I'm offensive. He, she, it is offensive. It's first grade, really.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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The term "anchor baby" is meant to be offensive, just like "illegal aliens" - it is a term used to show disdain for a practice of using a loophole in the law and children to cheat the system. Since when do we have to bend over backwards to be unoffensive and polite to those who abuse our system and enter our country illegally, while those who want to immigrate to our country legally are refused access (Like Rational Gaze?)
Instead of kicking illegals out, we give them welfare, free schooling, and pats on the back.
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I don't think "illegal alien" is deliberately offensive so much as it is an ojectively accurate description. Although I prefer the term "criminal immigrant" myself.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostI don't think "illegal alien" is deliberately offensive so much as it is an ojectively accurate description. Although I prefer the term "criminal immigrant" myself.
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So what's wrong with the Anchor Bible Commentaries??? OK, the commentary on the gospel of Mark by CS Mann, yes, that was indeed offensive, but this has since been rectified by Joel Marcus.אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
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Originally posted by robrecht View PostSo what's wrong with the Anchor Bible Commentaries??? OK, the commentary on the gospel of Mark by CS Mann, yes, that was indeed offensive, but this has since been rectified by Joel Marcus.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThe term "anchor baby" is meant to be offensive, just like "illegal aliens" - it is a term used to show disdain for a practice of using a loophole in the law and children to cheat the system. Since when do we have to bend over backwards to be unoffensive and polite to those who abuse our system and enter our country illegally, while those who want to immigrate to our country legally are refused access (Like Rational Gaze?)
Instead of kicking illegals out, we give them welfare, free schooling, and pats on the back.
2490808787_9eb714e3b6_o.jpg"I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostPoems on copper plaques are not the law, dummy."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Ironically it appears that both Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal were born in the US to non-citizen immigrant parents, making them both 'anchor babies' insofar as that term has any meaning.
In another case this week of a conservative being absurdly offensive on the immigration front, we have Iowan conservative radio host Jan Mickelson advocating for the illegal immigrants to literally become slaves of the government. He has hosted Republican candidates Walker, Fiorina, Carson, Santorum, and Cruz on his show."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
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Originally posted by Sam View Post
You might want to read my post again
We make it hard for those who legally want to immigrate while bending over backwards for those who come here illegally
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostWhat is your point? I have no problems with legal immigrants.
You might want to read my post again
We make it hard for those who legally want to immigrate while bending over backwards for those who come here illegally
Because it sure doesn't look like the problem these folks have is with the simple legality of immigration but rather with the type of people immigrating. And that's a pretty transparent veil to hide behind. The folks washing up at Ellis Island back in the day weren't your H1B-visa types.
It'd be wrong to argue that the American Ideal is espoused fully on that plaque under the Statue of Liberty: the Know-Nothings have always been with us and nativism (ironically) runs as deep as inclusivism. But it's helpful to see where that line gets drawn and who ends up on either side of it."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThe anchor holds, and grips the solid rock!אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
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