The backpedaling of 'It was just a joke!" is strong here,
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There's nothing dehumanizing in it. If you crossed the border illegally, then you're illegal [immigrant].
Plain and simple. No hidden context here
Proceeds to put hidden context in brackets.
That's the point of dehumanizing language chief, you intentionally leave the part out that they're human beings.
trump's been legally found to be a rapist...
Are you ok with people reducing him to that and only referring to him as an "illegal fornicater"?
If someone crosses the border illegally, that has nothing to do with immigration which is a legal process.
Reducing it to "illegal immigrants" makes people question any immigration
And if you think "illegal fornicater" sounds stupid, yeah, that's what the point is. "Illegal immigrants" doesn't make any logical sense if you know what both words mean.
Unfortunately, that's not the strong suit of most of the people who use it. And since the only other group is outright racists...
Well, I was about to say someone who uses that label should be able to understand why people have trouble figuring out which group they're in.
But that would require a shred of empathy and understanding how others think...
temporary protected status is NOT illegal, neither is applying for amnesty.
But even ignoring the hyperbole (ie never again = much less) it is still clearly implying that people who don't speak English are illegals. Of course that is dehumanizing. And obviously false, designed to conflate non English speakers with people who crossed the border illegally.
Also many (most?) of them crossed the border legally. They just stayed here illegally.
Sure, then: Designed to conflate non English speakers with illegal immigrants. Still racist.