By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--November 25, 2015
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In the land of Clinton, when certain terms fall out of favor, they're banished to a strange netherworld from which they are never to emerge. Phrases like "Juanita Broderick," "White Water," private server," and "cattle futures" have long been exiled to this purgatory. Other words & phrases, like "radical Islam" and "Benghazi" currently stand on the brink. However, at least one term has recently joined Hillary's infamous banned list.
Yesterday, she vowed to no longer utter the hurtful term "Illegal immigrant" when describing people who migrate illegallyHillary Rodham Clinton said on Tuesday her use of the term "illegal immigrants" was a "poor choice of words" and she pledged not to use it anymore, responding to criticism from immigration activists. The Democratic presidential candidate was asked about her use of the term to describe people who are in the U.S. illegally during a question-and-answer session on Facebook held by Telemundo. The question came from Jose Antonio Vargas, a filmmaker and journalist whose organization, Define American, has said the terminology is offensive and asked all presidential candidates to stop using it. "Yes, I will," Clinton wrote during a stop in Boulder, Colorado. "That was a poor choice of words. As I've said throughout this campaign, the people at the heart of this issue are children, parents, families, DREAMers. They have names and hopes and dreams that deserve to be respected."They're also "immigrants" who are here "illegally" but apparently that doesn't matter. Correctly describing them is a microagression too cruel - too degrading - to continue. Words can hurt, dontcha know. Indeed, accuracy can be a harsh mistress, which is probably why team Hillary told writers not to use certain phrases when describing their inevitable, ambitious, polarizing, secretive, calculating, insincere, ambitious, disingenuous, entitled, over confident, out-of-touch candidate who will do anything to win. Words can hurt, dontcha know.
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