LaffyVia Marc Elias from his newsletter…
What to expect from #Trump:
Wiley Miller“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
― Thomas Jefferson
@Wileymiller I never agreed with that though. THEY elected him, THEY deserve him, we don’t.
Reay@GottaLaff @Wileymiller And there will absolutely be those who voted for him who will come to regret doing so — the likes of that lady in his first term whose illegal alien husband was deported and she was explaining that she thought Trump meant OTHER illegal aliens, which was why she voted for him — but yes, to your point, meanwhile, everyone who didn’t vote him has to deal with him, too.
@reay @Wileymiller Friendly reminder: “Illegal aliens” is a slur used by Republicans. Our government (under Biden) no longer uses that phrase.
People are not illegal, acts are.
Aliens otherizes them, dehumanizes them. They’re people.
Thanks for pointing that out. "Illegal aliens", and worse, "illegals", is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. The sole purpose of this political framing is, as you pointed out, to dehumanize a group of people, mainly, people with brown skin. Repeating it only serves to legitimize it.