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it’s also how other languages work.

text was never used as a verb until text messaging became a thing. now it is a verb.

“why haven’t you texted me yet?” is a common and grammatically correct sentence.

you dumb cunts are resorting to being grammar nazis in your quest to undermine our national sovereignty. and that is laughably pathetic.

the man was stating true facts and the dumb cunt chose to shut him down by attacking a common and correct usage of a word he used and comparing it to nazi germany.

Pointing out that calling a person “an  illegal” is dehumanizing and dangerous is not being a grammar Nazi. Like, this isn’t correcting a person’s use of its/it’s. We’re talking about the way that language can be used as a political tool, and that to classify a human being as “an illegal” is intentionally othering. 

“Undocumented immigrants” is factually wrong as most ARE documented immigrants who have simply overstayed their visas. meaning they are residing illegally. the rest who have not applied for visas are still documented in some form or another, either with arrest records, deportation records, or large paper trails of forms many have filled out with fraudulent Social security numbers, making the latter guilty of welfare fraud as well.

you know what we could call them that would be more accurate than both “undocumented” AND “illegal?”

But most people would find it really weird if you looked at me and called me “An Illegal” Because it is intentionally dehumanizing. It is othering, and it is intended to create hostility. 

It is my hope that in the future, we have no undocumented immigrants in our country, because being an undocumented immigrant puts people at risk for exploitation. They are vulnerable and largely unprotected. I would rather our immigration policy be reasonable and manageable and effective so that immigrants to our country can all benefit from the protections and regulations we have in place for workers.

Because undocumented immigrants are people. And, despite all the fear mongering, besides the crime of being here without the proper paperwork, undocumented immigrants have very low crime rates. They pay taxes (often income tax depending on how they get their income, and always sales tax.) 

The God of thunder

Bonus

‪Ariana Grande : God is a woman‬

‪Me: ‬

I bawled my eyes out at this scene. Meryl Streep doesn’t even have one single line and yet she manages to somehow kill you and bring you back to life in the span of 4min.