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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 12, 2018, 03:07:50 pm

Title: Center for Immigration Studies says Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful conten
Post by: rangerrebew on September 12, 2018, 03:07:50 pm

Center for Immigration Studies says Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful content’

Posted at 7:14 pm on September 11, 2018 by Brett T.

Back in 2013, the Associated Press Style Guide proudly announced that it was no longer sanctioning the term “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person: “Except in direct quotations, do not use the terms illegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented.”

And as far back as 2016, when she was running for Senate, Kamala Harris declared the term “illegal alien” offensive and that “we must stop treating undocumented workers as criminals in this country” — a pretty good sign of where her priorities stand when it comes to illegal immigrants vs. U.S. citizens.



https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018...teful-content/

Title: Re: Center for Immigration Studies says Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful co
Post by: Bigun on September 12, 2018, 03:11:32 pm

I dumped my twitter account recently and haven't missed it.

Title: Re: Center for Immigration Studies says Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful co
Post by: Fishrrman on September 13, 2018, 12:43:09 am

Newspeak:
Control the language, control what words are used, and eventually... you can control what people think.