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Yes, they committed a misdemeanor. So when you jaywalk you’re an illegal pedestrian, and when you do a rolling stop at a stop sign you’re an illegal driver.
So what kinds of illegal are you? I’d assume at the very least an illegal pedestrian, likely also an illegal driver. Are you by chance an illegal shopper as well?
Sure, that's not a term anybody really uses though.
No, an illegal driver is a driver without a license. It's a pretty widely used term. There's also "illegal doctor" for people who are practicing medicine without a license. Normally when the term is used it's not for a brief violation of the law, but for a persistent status.
If you think "illegal pedestrian" is a thing, I've been that pretty often, but I've never been caught. Was this supposed to be some kind of gotcha?
"Illegal driver" and "illegal doctor" are also terms that nobody uses.
They're not common, but they most definitely are used, and nobody objects because it accurately describes the situation.
Maybe so, but I've never heard it.
The point is that an illegal immigrant makes it sound like the human being themselves is illegal. Literally the law they broke is on the same level as jay walking. That’s why people shouldn’t be using the dehumanizing term illegal immigrant.
However, I think you already understood that.
There's the act of crossing the border illegally, and then there's the act of being in a country without a valid visa. Obviously when people talk about illegal immigration they're generally talking about the second case.
But they will happily use statistics which include both groups.
No it doesn't, that's why the word "immigrant" is there, to describe what the illegal thing was. So, an illegal doctor is a doctor who doesn't have a license. An illegal motorist is someone who is driving a car without a license. Nobody thinks that the human being is "illegal" whatever that means, it's the immigration that was illegal.
No, it's not. Has anybody ever been removed from a country when they've been caught jay walking? Even a fine is extremely rare. Being in a country illegally is a more serious offense by a pretty large margin.
I understood that some people trot out those terrible arguments, but I don't think even they actually believe them.
Yes, it does. That's the whole point of why it's bad to use the word "illegal" as a noun to describe people. And that's why people do so. Dehumanization. They're not an illegal immigrant. They're "an illegal". Barely even a person.
We're talking about using the word illegal as an adjective: "illegal immigrant". Immigrant is a noun, illegal is an adjective.
No, we're talking about using it as a noun. Saying "an illegal". Not saying "an illegal immigrant".
Nope, that's not what we're talking about.
If you honestly think this, you’re not paying attention.
What kind of argument is this? Jay walking and littering are on the same level, has a jay walker ever been forced to go back and pick up their litter? Cmon, you’re smart enough to understand that different crimes can be at the same level, and still have different punishments.
I'm aware that there is a lot of discrimination against immigrants, both illegal immigrants and legal immigrants. But, that discrimination isn't caused by referring to them by an accurate term.
It's a response to the stupid statement "Literally the law they broke is on the same level as jay walking", which is clearly not true.
What does litter have to do with jay walking. Do you even understand what jay walking is?
No.... that's what makes the "level" different. A crime that is punished more severely is at a more severe "level" than one that isn't. Come on, this isn't rocket surgery...
Oh lordy.
So the dehumanizing term should be used because it’s not the reason people are dehumanizing the people.
Are you can fan of racial slurs by chance? Because “it’s just an accurate word for black people” is something racists say about certain words as well.
What does leaving the country have to do with jay walking?…
I’m simply using your own flawed logic. And you’re proving my point.
How exactly is rectifying the law broken a harsher punishment? How would it make any sense to just charge them a fine and let them be on their way? That’s like saying you should just fine someone littering and then ignore the fact that they are continuing to actively litter.
It's not a dehumanizing term. That's ridiculous.
Nothing. Is your brain mushy?
Weird, because this was you up the chain a little:
So which is it?
The majority of the country disagrees.
It's the same consistent thing: Jaywalking is not punished as severely as illegal immigration, because it's not on the same "level".
Which country, because definitely not the USA.
>No, it’s not. Has anybody ever been removed from a country when they’ve been caught jay walking? Even a fine is extremely rare. Being in a country illegally is a more serious offense by a pretty large margin.
what makes you think anyone is in the country illegally? in america, people are entitle to a trial by a jury of their peers when they are accused of a crime. it looks to me like the accusation is just that, and you'll forgive me if i don't believe the government without proof.
Do you understand what illegal immigration means?
Illegal street racers are members of the group who race cars illegally on the street. Any person accused of that crime deserves their day in court. But, that doesn't change the fact that we know illegal street racing happens, and therefore there exist illegal street racers. Similarly, any individual person accused of illegal immigration deserves their day in court, but when referring to the group of people who have illegally immigrated into the US, "illegal immigrants" is a perfectly reasonable label.
Unless you're saying that you're not convinced that anybody has ever violated immigration law, so "illegal immigration" is a myth?
>Unless you’re saying that you’re not convinced that anybody has ever violated immigration law, so “illegal immigration” is a myth?
i haven't seen compelling evidence about it. but i will say i think borders are immoral and i know my duty vis-a-vis immoral laws.
Ha, ok.
Not to mention many (most? Probably the vast majority) simply overstay their visa.
To be honest, I’d rather deport the howler monkeys.