As Retailers Dump Offensive ‘Illegal Alien’ Halloween Costume, Fox Calls The Item ‘Fantastic’
As Retailers Dump Offensive ‘Illegal Alien’ Halloween Costume, Fox Calls The Item ‘Fantastic’
Immigration activists are calling on retailers to stop selling a controversial “Illegal Alien” Halloween costume featured on the websites of Walgreens, Toys R Us, Target, Meijer, Amazon, and other retailers. It includes an orange prison jumpsuit with the words “Illegal Alien,” a fake “Green Card,” and an alien mask. The product description reads:
He didn’t just cross a border, he crossed a galaxy! He’s got his green card, but it’s from another planet! Sure to get some laughs, the Illegal Alien Adult Costume includes an orange prison-style jumpsuit with “Illegal Alien” printed on the front, an alien mask and a “green card.”
After receiving complaints about the costume, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles wrote a letter to retailers asking them to stop selling the item. Executive director Angelica Salas called it “distasteful, mean-spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas and current debate on immigration reform.” Target has complied and apologized, saying, “This was never intended to be part of our assortment. We are moving as quickly as possible to remove it from our Web site.” The costume is also no longer on the Toys R Us website.
This morning, however, the hosts of Fox and Friends couldn’t get enough of the costume. Steve Doocy exclaimed, “It’s a joke! Where’s your sense of humor America?” Brian Kilmeade called it “fantastic,” adding, “If you’re here illegally, go to your local police station and tell them how outraged you arebecause you’re an illegal alien and this costume offends you!” Watch it:
Yesterday on Univision, RNC Chairman Michael Steele defended the use of the term “illegal alien,” saying although you can “dress it up any way you want,” undocumented immigrants are still “here illegally”:
RAMOS: Why do you refer to undocumented immigrants as illegal aliens? I’ve spoken with John McCain and Barack Obama, to give you two examples, and they don’t use those terms they call them undocumented immigrants. Why do you call them illegal aliens?
STEELE: Well, if they are here illegally I got a call it what it is. I mean if you can be undocumented — look you can dress it up any way you want the reality of it is the status is the key feature here, and if the status is such that you did not come through the regular process, that you did not present yourself properly, to be documented then you are here illegally.
“Illegal alien” is a pejorative term that dehumanizes people. The National Hispanic Journalists Association has urged media organizations to stop using the phrase:
Many find the term offensive and dehumanizing because it criminalizes the person rather than the actual act of illegally entering or residing in the United States. The term does not give an accurate description of a person’s conditional U.S. status, but rather demeans an individual by describing them as an alien. At the 1994 Unity convention, the four minority journalism groups – NAHJ, Asian American Journalists Association, Native American Journalists Association and National Association of Black Journalists – issued the following statement on this term: “Except in direct quotations, do not use the phrase illegal alien or the word alien, in copy or in headlines, to refer to citizens of a foreign country who have come to the U.S. with no documents to show that they are legally entitled to visit, work or live here. Such terms are considered pejorative not only by those to whom they are applied but by many people of the same ethnic and national backgrounds who are in the U.S. legally.“
Another offensive “Illegal Alien” costume on HalloweenExpress.com has an “Almond eyed” latex mask with a “large black mustache and baseball cap attached.”
Transcript:
CARLSON: This year’s Halloween costume controversy! Have you seen this one? Do you have your costume yet? Well, you might want to check out this. As you can see, it’s going to create quite a firestorm because it is an immigrant — an illegal immigrant — doesn’t it say that across the orange jumpsuit?
DOOCY: It’s a space alien!
CARLSON: Yeah, but it says “Illegal Immigrant” on the orange jumper and then it has a space alien head.
DOOCY: Yeah, but Gretchen, he didn’t just cross a border, he crossed a galaxy. That’s part of the promotional material. As you can see, wearing an orange jumpsuit, he’s got a green card.
CARLSON: He’s holding a green card? Oh my God.
KILMEADE: I think it’s fantastic but you just don’t even say “alien” anymore. You’re suppose to say “illegal alien” — uh I think “legally challenged”? What do we call them? “Snuck in?”
DOOCY: Angelica Salas for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles thinks that this is over the line and she has asked Target, the big retailer, to remove it from their website, and Target has said yes. Unfortunately, it sold, for her, it sold at all sorts of locations in the Internet and elsewhere. But do you really thing there’s anything the matter with that?
KILMEADE: Not really. I mean, illegal alien, they sneak in the country illegally.
DOOCY: It’s a joke! Where’s your sense of humor America?
KILMEADE: If you don’t like that you could also just buy the Madoff mask and keep the jumpsuit and just get rid of the “Illegal Alien.”
CARLSON: Do you remember how many people dressed up as Sarah Palin last year?
DOOCY: No.
KILMEADE: No.
CARLSON: Tons.
KILMEADE: Was that really?
CARLSON: Yeah it was making fun of somebody.
KILMEADE: Oh okay.
CARLSON: That was the number one costume, I bet you a gazillion dollars, last year that people did it because that was the top conversation. [...]
KILMEADE: If you’re here illegally, go to your local police station and tell them how outraged you are because you’re an illegal alien and this costume offends you!
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I dont see what is offensive about this. Its a joke. Its ET.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:04 amI’m probably going to do the right thing and not go as anything politically ignorant or offensive.
Unless zombies are considered offensive to the GOP fanbase this year.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:05 amLook, I don’t know whether or not it is too offensive, but I know this, the Xenophobia displayed by the Repugs will haunt them for decades. They are constantly bashing immigrants. They blame them for all of societies ills. It is much easier to blame others for your own faults.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:09 amI seems to be funniest to those who created the problem and now complain about it.
Those of you who create problems for others to solve are pathetic. That would be olby.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:12 amI have a feeling that this costume will be one of the less offensive costumes this year, P.D. Can’t wait for some of the stories this Halloween about tea-partyists attending some of their galas with the Obama-Joker-Hitler hybrid.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:13 amYeah. It’s tasteless. But so are countless other Halloween costumes. Save your outrage for FNC.
Using this logic, Doucy and Steele would be fine with a Michael Steele costume loaded with bling, a backwards baseball cap, and tattoos.
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That orange jumpsuit would look better with ‘war criminal’ stamped on it along with your choice of masks:
October 19th, 2009 at 11:17 am1) George W. Bush
2) Dick Cheney
3) John Yoo
4) Ronald Reagan
5) George H.W. Bush
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Ironic how the Repugs bash immigrants, and yet their Corporate buddies LOVE them. Oh sure, bashing them, Repugs save face with their ‘Base’. But behind the scenes, they bend over backwards to serve their Corporate sponsers. In all the years Bush was in, they didn’t do a damn thing about illegal immigration, and when Bush wanted to address the problem? The Repugs were howling. It was much easier to maintain the status qou.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:19 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
When in doubt, change the subject.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:20 amGotta wonder if it’s got a bullseye on the back, along with the ad line;
Perfect for your fall hunting season live target practice!
October 19th, 2009 at 11:24 amLook up “Green Card” and get back to us, GOPy Sucks.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:27 amIm sure this will be Huggy Bears defense when he might appear in court for recording illegally:
It was a joke!
October 19th, 2009 at 11:28 amOT
October 19th, 2009 at 11:28 amOlby Sucks is petrified of discussion. Why is Olby Sucks such a pussy?
The only issue I would have with this is the green card. Who issues them and who gets them in the real world? I was under the impression if you had a green card then you good to be here for a certain amount of time and that you wouldn’t be an “Illegal Alien”.
It’s a joke costume. A poor joke but so is the pregnant nun
October 19th, 2009 at 11:31 amlook up who hires illegals and get back with me fool.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:34 amaaronk, Burmese immigrants? Really? Myanmar is now ruled by a military junta. I would suspect those immigrants are seeking political asylum. What does that have to do with illegal aliens?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:37 amI’m insulted. Very, very insulted.
If it isn’t black, full of acid blood and capable of killing people by thrusting a second set of inner jaws into their body, it’s not an Alien, just some pansy E.T. or Gray.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:38 amWhere can I buy my illegal alien Jesus Christ costume?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:39 amWhy this costume is offensive:
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=guantanamo+bay+orange+&btnG=Search+images&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0
October 19th, 2009 at 11:39 amI know the good people at TP want us to be as outraged as themselves and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (which I’m sure is a fine and worthwhile oganization). And I know that many of these groups turn the outrage up to 11 just to get some media visibility. But excessive outrage after a slightly tasteless halloween costume just makes us look like humorless martinets.
We should take this opportunity to suggest halloween costumes that the Repugs would find offensive. How about sarah palin dressed up as a serious politician? That’d be as funny as hell… Oh, wait…
October 19th, 2009 at 11:39 amAll Mexicans should go on a one day strike. It would a good thing for all those lazy redneck crackers to realize how much work they won’t do themselves.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:39 amiRi wants us to believe he has enough friends to throw a party. Now that’s funny.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:41 amlooks like Olby Sucks is deep undercover again….He’s forever telling folk over at J$ about his undercover missions LMAO
October 19th, 2009 at 11:41 amMy costume will be of a door to door proselytizer, big ole bible in hand and bigger dollar signs in my eyes. Will only be found objectionable by the perps.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:41 amShayne says:
All Mexicans should go on a one day strike. It would a good thing for all those lazy redneck crackers to realize how much work they won’t do themselves.
May I point you to a funny movie that deals with something similar to what you propose: Un dia sin mexicanos.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:42 amiRi, you have two human beings? You sound as if you own them. And then the rest of your digital scribble appears that you have an idea of what they would think.
Please wear the costume but don’t assume you have any idea on what a slave would think.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:42 amThey probably do but the right keeps these issues going to stop any progress on anything.
That’s why they are called regressives.
Maybe you should clean your own house before you talk down to us. Faux thinks this is great because of the exact reason you listed.
You need to decide which side you are on.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:43 amWhen you live in the tool shed at the trailer park where would you keep “two Mexicans of my own”? Dipsh#t.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am#29 Shayne,
Watch this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377744/
A Day Without A Mexican.
It’s your thoughts on film.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:46 am“I have two Mexicans of my own”
October 19th, 2009 at 11:51 am—
???
The only way anyone would show up for a party for iRi, is if they were paid beaucoo bucks.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:51 amDeciding what is reasonably offensive is often subjective. Would we take anyone that found these costumes offensive seriously?
http://costumezone.com/images/products/f/fw90162.gif
http://www.funny-potato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sarah-palin-halloween.jpg
October 19th, 2009 at 11:52 ambackup
October 19th, 2009 at 11:53 amAs the royalty of excuse making can you do me a solid and explain away the f ucked up phenomon that is Olby Sucks?
dbadass. I don’t take the time to open his voted down comments, but I’ll go back and check them out.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:54 amR
Just KILL yourself you ignorant pile of dogshit. You racist piece of filth. Go do the right thihng
October 19th, 2009 at 11:55 amsure, but they are still here as illegal immigrants, and they aren’t much better off than they were given the fact that they are hungry, sick, and unable to really get any help. My point is that people like these need the attention of groups that are instead spending their time worrying about a costume.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:56 amiRi says:
Since they’re coming from an idiotic racist such as yourself, you’ll forgive me if I take your opinion on this matter with a large grain of salt…
and before you ask me to ‘prove’ you are a racist and an idiot, may I remind you of this… http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/16/lebron-bush/#comment-5850319
October 19th, 2009 at 11:57 ambackup, the fact that this costume mimics the Gitmo detainees’ uniform isn’t troublesome to people like you is it?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:57 amR
Just STFU you worthless racist pile of dogshit. Kill yourself. The world will just flat be a better world without you in it
October 19th, 2009 at 11:58 amSeems Toy-R-Us is just listening to their shoppers… isn’t that the free market at work?
October 19th, 2009 at 11:59 ambackup says:
Deciding what is reasonably offensive is often subjective. Would we take anyone that found these costumes offensive seriously?
You want idiotic, offensive costumes?
Klan costume, Black-face costume, or a few 9/11 towers costumes. I’m betting these idiots thought their costumes weren’t “reasonably offensive”. Some things are more subjective than others.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:59 aminstead spending their time worrying about a costume.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm—
How did you feel about elected officials using time to rename French Fries? I don’t recall you sharing your thoughts on that one.
You teabagging hicks claimed Osarah bin Palin was qualified to VP simply because of her “hotness”.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pmiRi sez:
How much are you paying people to show up for your party?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pmMinimum rage?
However, if you are paying GOOD money($1,000/hr), I would consider showing up.
I think Heene is an alien as well, better check his papers idiot media.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pmYou assume they are illegal because they look different to you. How would somebody sneak into the country from Myanmar?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm#46,
Wow. I can’t believe I missed the chance to vote/flag that bad boy down.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pmConservatives have a warped sense of humor, to me the costume is just weak, not exactly funny, but Conservatives wouldn’t understand that…aholes.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:02 pmR
Kill yourself racist moron. Die with seeping herpes sores spurting from your eyballs
October 19th, 2009 at 12:04 pmdbadass. Olby Sucks just seems pissed because he thinks the idea of something being illegal is black and white.
Olby. If you exceed the speed limit, are you an ‘illegal’ driver? Would you deserve incarceration for your illegal behavior?
Illegal immigrants are guilty of wanting a better life for them or their families and bypassing a joke of a line to join millions of others that have come here to be a better provider for their families.
In their situation, I would do the very same thing.
Bypassing the immigration laws are illegal. But, they are illegal like speeding; not like murder or armed robbery. Instead of jail or deportation; a more appropriate address would be a fine.
Illegal immigrants are not the demons that you have been led to believe. They are people that are trying to provide the best they can for their families why they do the jobs most natives are unwilling to do.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:04 pmaaronk says:
Shayne says:
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aaronk, Burmese immigrants? Really? Myanmar is now ruled by a military junta. I would suspect those immigrants are seeking political asylum. What does that have to do with illegal aliens?
sure, but they are still here as illegal immigrants, and they aren’t much better off than they were given the fact that they are hungry, sick, and unable to really get any help. My point is that people like these need the attention of groups that are instead spending their time worrying about a costume.
I’m curious how you know they’re undocumented.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:04 pmI thought you’d like that one.
I don’t, I think it’s idiotic and offensive… it’s a thinking thing.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pmMatt. I agree it is not the only reason, but it is a reason.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pmR
Kill yourself racist assmunch
October 19th, 2009 at 12:06 pmFunny. “Buckwheat” was my nickname was a kid. I actually loved it then, and I still love it now. Thanks, R.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pmbecause I do a lot of work with several charities that interact extensively with the Burmese community in my area. One of the charities is a free medical clinic, so I am exposed to the horror of their lives often, and almost none of them are documented when they come in.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pmbackup says:
You teabagging hicks claimed Osarah bin Palin was qualified to VP simply because of her “hotness”.
Matt. I agree it is not the only reason, but it is a reason.
Other than that and the whole red meat speechifying, can you name others?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pmiRi
October 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pmDid I miss were you explained the meaning of “I have two Mexicans of my own”? Thanks for the clarification. I assume it just came out wrong.
aaronk:
October 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pmWho employs more high skilled workers? You or kwsventures?
gummitch. I’ll need a while to come up with something.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pmI asked the same question. It is my understanding that the Catholic Dioces has some special permission because of the termoil in Myanmar.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pmBackup says:
have come here to be a better provider for their families.
In their situation, I would do the very same thing.
Well, well, well, probably one of the first posts of yours that I did not do an automatic vote down….you seem to have a heart after all.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:12 pmR
You are a liar. You are stupid, a punk,a troll, a moron, a racist and a pile of dogshit. You really should do the world a favor and just kill yourself
October 19th, 2009 at 12:13 pmaaronk, so are you telling us that the Catholic Dioces is breaking the law by bringing in illegals from Myamar?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pmiRi
October 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pmAre you going to explain or should I draw my own conclusions as to what your intended meaning was?
The costume is offensive and parents should think twice before letting their kids wear it. It may create an unnecessary confrontation.
However, I disagree with the following:
“Illegal alien” is a pejorative term that dehumanizes people. The National Hispanic Journalists Association has urged media organizations to stop using the phrase:
Many find the term offensive and dehumanizing because it criminalizes the person rather than the actual act of illegally entering or residing in the United States. The term does not give an accurate description of a person’s conditional U.S. status, but rather demeans an individual by describing them as an alien.
This is merely word games that they want us to play to soften the words. If a person enters this country illegally, they are an illegal. You cannot separate the crime from the person. Are we going to rename “murderer”, “bank robber” and so on for the sake of political correctness.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pmiRi, well that explains it. You are just another birther loon. You should never stop taking your meds.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:17 pmYou cannot separate the crime from the person. Are we going to rename “murderer”, “bank robber” and so on for the sake of political correctness.
But a basketball player fantasizing about ‘dunking on’ a former President is an unforgivable insult that symbolizes the debasing of our political discourse???
Explain.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pmAre we going to rename “murderer”, “bank robber” and so on for the sake of political correctness.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:19 pm—
I hope not but then again I would not equate the locker room with the senate chambers either so I suppose offensiveness is in the eyes of the offended.
iRi is a birther. Even dumber than we thought, it that’s possible.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:20 pmYeah, iRi. Is there a reason Obama’s first name was misspelled in the AP article?
And is there a reason I can’t find it in the AP archives?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:20 pmR
Is a punk. Pure troll here for provocation and nothing else. He deserves nothing but hostility and contempt
October 19th, 2009 at 12:21 pmR
Kill yourself. Hearing your nick makes maggots gag
October 19th, 2009 at 12:22 pmWhat’s pathetic is how these crackers assume every brown person is here illegally.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pmIt’s not a racial slur to me, iRi. Go ahead and keep calling me that. I see no offense in it.
If you think you’re under my skin, you’re going to have to get pretty creative before you are.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pmOf course he is so dumb he missed the point entirely.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:24 pm-
This year’s War For Halloween, (against the offended and detractors).
This weekend, one house on my block put up their Halloween lights decorations already.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:25 pmiRi:
October 19th, 2009 at 12:26 pmDid the minority kids beat you up again or did daddy lose his job to that more educated and productive nonwhite? Something seems to have happened that has scarred you. Would you like to talk about it?
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iRi, if it is an AP article, it would be in the Associate Press’s archives. I have yet to find it.
I’m calling BS on this article.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pmHuh, I get this, iRi:
Not in Archive.
No archived versions of the page you requested are available. If the page is still available on the Internet, we will begin archiving it during our next crawl.
You may want to:
Search for all pages on the site eastandard.net/
Try a different page address, at top
See the FAQs for more info and help, or contact us.
I wonder why?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:32 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
You cannot separate the crime from the person. Are we going to rename “murderer”, “bank robber” and so on for the sake of political correctness.
But a basketball player fantasizing about ‘dunking on’ a former President is an unforgivable insult that symbolizes the debasing of our political discourse???
Explain.
dbadass says:
I hope not but then again I would not equate the locker room with the senate chambers either so I suppose offensiveness is in the eyes of the offended.
The difference is that the words “illegal alien” is intended to be derogatory because it is a description of a crime. The other is an insult that is no different than Wilson saying “You lie” and all of the other pejoratives that were used in reference to the President Obama and his OFFICE.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:35 pmIt could be that they are given a certain time period to get their paperwork, which they are not complying with because once they get here, they are just left alone.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:36 pm—
If you are unsure of the former how can you be sure of the later?
The difference is that the words “illegal alien” is intended to be derogatory because it is a description of a crime.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:37 pm—-
I assume you mean are not. I would propose that in your mind they are not insulting but that does not mean that they are not to others.
I see I got to this party a little late, but I’ll weigh in anyway — and my apologies if anyone else already pointed this out.
The incongruence that popped out at me first was the idea that an “illegal alien” would have a green card. Green cards are issued to non-citizens who are living in this country LEGALLY.
So what this is telling me is that the people behind this “humor” are conflating legal immigration with illegal immigration, and this product is marketed to like-minded xenophobes who oppose ALL immigration to the point where even holders of green cards are deemed worthy of their scorn.
And that’s the part that’s offensive — just in case Doocy and Kilmeade need an explanation.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:39 pmiRi… Obama was born in Hawaii and you are a racist… this isn’t Rocket Science, idiot.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:40 pmiRi. I’ll bite. What’s to say that the original article was simply incorrect at the time?
Additionally, I’ve been trying to think of a reason to justify a repost of this Palin costume picture, but I can’t. So, here it is again, anyways:
http://www.funny-potato.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sarah-palin-halloween.jpg
October 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pmiRi says:
It’s the Keynan newspaper archive. Like I said put in the net prefix (http://) ….then the rest of it in your browser, hit go and bingo, right to the page I copied from. This isn’t rocket science people.
Yo, Goddard! It’s. Not. Working.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pmPags…
The difference is one is a member of Congress and the other is a basketball player.
It’s actually very, very different…
October 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pmiRi, if you think an archived net article that mentions “Kenyan-born” in an AP article that may or may not even exist is proof, you and Orly Taitz are seriously SERIOUSLY grasping for straws.
Try again, Alfalfa.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:45 pmIt’s the Keynan newspaper archive…
And I get letters from a Nigerian princess offering to share her inheritance. Want to get in on some of the action?
October 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pmOne of the reasons why such costume is offensive is because it promotes exactly the behavior of our two sht head trolls.
The terms “illegal” and “illegal alien” have been used not to describe a migratory status, but as an insult aimed mostly at Hispanics and particularly Mexicans.
For the racists and bigots, see examples above, it doesn’t take long to start insulting other ethnic groups.
For the Fox Republican Propaganda Network sht heads, it didn’t take long to start making apologies for their viewers.
I don’t think I have to remind anyone of the insults, whispered in private, that were told about President Obama with exactly the same venom those racist cowards use.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pmmissmolly. Wow, that’s a good point. The legality issue is being overplayed to justify the more general xenophobia.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:47 pmIs iRi shorthand for Irrational RePugniScum Idiot?
Just asking…
October 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pmI’m not sure what the arrangement is when they get here. I am sure that they are undocumented and left alone when they get here because of my involvement with the charities who deal with them.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm…I am sure that they are undocumented and left alone when they get here because of my involvement with the charities who deal with them…
Wow, that’s some powerful charity you’re involved with.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:50 pmImagine having the power to shroud undocumented workers from INS scrutiny!
Shorter Doocey: Awww, c’mon, America!! Where’s your sense of humor?!? Tasteless racist jokes about greasers, beaners and spics are HILARIOUS!!!
Oh, man. What freaking rock did these creatures crawl out from under…??
October 19th, 2009 at 12:56 pmGuys, and girls… if you really want to find this article… just copy-n-paste the first paragraph into Google, hit search, and presto!
It’s all over the Internet right now… mostly places like Nuts Root Daily… it’s got the entire Wingnutosphere all a flutter. Orly Taitz probably feels like the 2nd Coming of Joan d’Arc this morning…
October 19th, 2009 at 12:57 pmaaronk,
How did you murder your brain?
Gunshot?
Poison?
Bad parents?
Fast food?
Unprotected sex?
KKK membership?
Raised in a cave?
Just asking…
October 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pmGuys, and girls… if you really want to find this article…
Sure, but wasn’t there a Kenyan ‘Birth Certificate’ all over the news too?
I have WORD.
I too could add the words ‘Kenyan-born’ to an old AP story on Jack Ryan’s impolite implosion…
October 19th, 2009 at 1:01 pmThe Republic of Stupidity says:
Guys, and girls… if you really want to find this article… just copy-n-paste the first paragraph into Google, hit search, and presto!
So… some random reporter in Kenya said that candidate Obama was “Kenyan-born” and these guys are taking it as Gospel. No proof, just reporting what they heard with no evidence at all, just to pander to their public giving them what they want to read.
Wow, it’s Kenyan Fox News.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:05 pmOlby Sucks. ‘cracker’ is a racial slur, but it’s different than the ‘n’ word equivalent.
‘cracker’ hasn’t been used to oppress white people.
Using ‘cracker’ isn’t enlightened, but it isn’t the same as using the ‘n’ word.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:09 pmaaronk:
October 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pmWouldn’t it be easier if you just gave me the contact info for this charity of yours and I will contact them directly and get the answer you lack?
missmolly says:
So what this is telling me is that the people behind this “humor” are conflating legal immigration with illegal immigration, and this product is marketed to like-minded xenophobes who oppose ALL immigration to the point where even holders of green cards are deemed worthy of their scorn.
And that’s the part that’s offensive — just in case Doocy and Kilmeade need an explanation.
Doocy and Kilmeade are incapable of understanding complex abstract ideas which is a prerequisite for being a news commentator on Fox.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:13 pmHey there you Olby Sucks:
October 19th, 2009 at 1:15 pmAre we going to have that nice talk now or do I have to continue to grind your lame poser ass into the ground? Come on be a man. Well a woman with integrity is fine too. Just stop being a pussy negative attention seeker. This isn’t going to end well for you unless you get it together and join the community for a meaningful purpose.
pags2 says:
I thought this was acceptable humor because it refers to an actual criminal offense?
I have trouble understanding your complex abstract ideas, pags.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:18 pmbackup says:
Using ‘cracker’ isn’t enlightened, but it isn’t the same as using the ‘n’ word.
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Actually yes, it is… and I do find it distasteful, having been called one myself in the past.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:24 pm123 belaccifer lacca
One more clarification is in order:
Entering the USA illegally or remaining in the USA illegally IS NOT a criminal offense.
That argument is more BS from the bigots and racist aimed to depict undocumented immigrants as CRIMINALS.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:26 pmTRoS. I’ll take your word for it. But, you would admit that when ‘cracker’ is used, it doesn’t get the public outcry that happens when the ‘n’ word is dropped.
I think the double standard is from the history. White people haven’t been lynched for being white. Refused admittance to public pools, or toilets or drinking fountains, or lunch counters; or pressured to sit at the back of the bus.
If that oppression hadn’t occurred in the past (and associated with racial slurs, like the ‘n’ word), maybe the ‘n’ word would cause no more reaction than use of the word ‘cracker’.
Obviously, the world would be a better place if both words (and the associated intentions) were avoided.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:38 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
It’s fine that ACORN wants to set up brothels for teenage girls that have been kidnapped and brought here as sex slaves but God forbid you wear an illegal alien costume for Halloween.
Yeah, Liberalism isn’t a mental disorder.
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October 19th, 2009 at 1:46 pmThis is a truly bizarre stretch. Do you have some sort of strange agenda that precludes logical thought?
So about those two Mexicans of yours. How did you come by them and what do you do with them?
October 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pmiRi says:
I take it you’re not Irish or Italian or Jewish or know much about US history.
LOL! You think that the centuries of slavery and “lynching” is equivalent to the brief “integration” phases of those immigrants? LOL! You really are a nutjob daryll! Then again, you think posting random racist “rumors” from KKK blogs accounts for “news”! Isn’t that right “buttwheat”? LOL!
October 19th, 2009 at 1:50 pmiRi says:
That argument is more BS from the bigots and racist aimed to depict undocumented immigrants as CRIMINALS
Wrong again taco breath….
How to “prove” you’re a racist in one easy step! LOL!
October 19th, 2009 at 1:51 pmiRi says:
James Sensenbrenner, JD, U.S. Representative (R-WI), in a Dec. 16, 2005 statement on the House of Representatives floor regarding his proposed bill H.R. 4437, argued:
I’m a craker that “has mine” that my ancestors stole from the “Americans” when they immigrated. So screw these “native americans” from Mexico because they don’t belong in America! Only me and my “white europeans” are “real” Americans! LOL! ;)
October 19th, 2009 at 1:52 pmH.R. 4437? Wrong again, iRi… about everything…
Introduced Dec 6, 2005
October 19th, 2009 at 1:53 pmReferred to Committee View Committee Assignments
Reported by Committee Dec 8, 2005
Amendments (32 proposed) View Amendments
Passed House Dec 16, 2005
Senate Vote (did not occur)
Signed by President (did not occur)
The Liberty Handbook says:
Yeah, Liberalism isn’t a mental disorder.
This is what psychiatrists call “projection”. You should really consult one quickly to get the appropriate treatment!
October 19th, 2009 at 1:53 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
Senate Vote (did not occur)
Signed by President (did not occur)
That’s because it was a racist bill put forward by racist republicans… ;)
October 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pmiRi. I’ll concede that those immigrants may have been killed for their ethnicity.
But, would you agree that the period those things occurred where briefer and farther back in history?
October 19th, 2009 at 1:59 pmInstead of fiddly f ucking around when don’t you explain to me where by you came to own two Mexicans? Do I have to call bullshit on yet another lame ass?
October 19th, 2009 at 2:00 pmBut, would you agree that the period those things occurred where briefer and farther back in history?
iRi isn’t even aware that a bill must pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the President before it is a law…
October 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pmWell I have seen studies that indicate that liberals are off in the head
October 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pm—
You are not only lame but also absurd. How does it make you feel when you just say anything in hopes of getting a response?
Barack Obama’s father had three wives, two from Kenya. And his grandfather had three wives, all from Kenya. So there’s lots of grandmothers and lots of babies who WERE in fact born in Kenya. No doubt all these grandmothers were at the births of some grandbabies.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pmiRi. in your #139 you need to offset quotes in your posts, otherwise they look like you said them.
Try using the blockquote feature or italics or preferably both.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:02 pmIt is simply a costume. There is no racism involved. I see no big deal here. PC is out of control. People need to grow a spine.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:02 pmSigh…
I know the stipid trolls will never read it, and wouldn’t get it if they did, but here’s a link that delves into the trollish mind.
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
October 19th, 2009 at 2:04 pmPeople need to grow a spine.
People did.
They found this costume offensive.
They objected.
Toys-R-Us agreed and removed it from their shelves.
The ‘market’ worked.
Get over it.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:04 pmUm. That should say “stupid”.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:04 pmWhen I was growing up, a long time ago, what the stupid trolls condemn as “PC” was called manners. Most often they were taught, and enforced, with a certain degree of corporal punishment.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pmjust the bleepn facts says:
iRi says:
I take it you’re not Irish or Italian or Jewish or know much about US history.
LOL! You think that the centuries of slavery and “lynching” is equivalent to the brief “integration” phases of those immigrants?
It is not the equivalent but you are wrong about a brief integration. But there were violent acts against the Italians in New Orleans in 1891:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States
The Italians and Jews came in the 1920’s and were not fully accepted until the 1970’s. Many Italians and Jews, as well as other white ethnic groups, were covertly discriminated against by companies in promotions to management. That is why Italians and Jews established their own businesses. I live near an older suburb of Chicago that had an unwritten policy of not selling real estate to Italians and Jews, even though they were abundant. This did not end until the 1970’s when most of the WASP’s started to abandon the town.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pmpete. conservatives don’t have a monopoly on authoritarian thoughts. Here’s the first example I came across. President Obama’s Science Advisor John Holdren cowrote a book in the seventies, Ecoscience. It’s sentiments are every bit as authoritarian as the claims in your link. Check it out:
http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/
October 19th, 2009 at 2:30 pmThe bold is cool, but the blockquotes are better. Thanks.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pmiRi says:
Sorry, I thought the “bold” would do the trick if the obvious intelligence, wit and wisdom of my words weren’t enough to set me apart from the local wildlife.
Most “competent” people use “italics” for quotes. That doesn’t change the “fact” that you can’t tell the difference between a “KKK blog rumor” and a “fact”! LOL! ;)
October 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pmbackup says:
pete. conservatives don’t have a monopoly on authoritarian thoughts.
Funny how the conservatives manage to have 99% though isn’t it?
October 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmpag2. you’re right. Thanks.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pmiRi says:
The Italians and Jews came in the 1920’s and were not fully accepted until the 1970’s
I still don’t like ‘em!
You’re a republican. Being a bigot is your nature.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:35 pmbackup says:
The bold is cool, but the blockquotes are better. Thanks.
The bold is “dorky”, like you. Thanks.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:35 pmcome on, bleepn. Liberals and Conservatives both do the same thing. They get hell bent on an idea and they become so convinced of it’s righteousness that they feel it’s appropriate to dictate it to everyone else.
The issues that each ideology champions are very different, but the temptation to mandate their particular views, is universal.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pm#151 pete says:
Knuckles rapped with a ruler, mouth washed out with Ivory soap, having to write sentences on the blackboard…
Oh man, stark memories from Jesuit school.
Arrrgh!
October 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pmI don’t see anything offensive about this costume. It’s a whimsical visual play on words. What would be offensive is if the costume were that of a stereotypical Mexican, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. I’d be surprised if any of my friends (all liberals) were offended by this.
October 19th, 2009 at 3:07 pmiRi sez:
C’mon, be a mensch and eat some nice Italian food with your bagel & kosher cream cheese like a good little boy.
October 19th, 2009 at 3:17 pmiRi I dint care if you dont like them, nobody is asking you to love them.
Coexist.
Or GOD will flood the earth again!!..wait thats global warming liberospat,,GOD will create nuclear war!
/snark
October 19th, 2009 at 3:29 pmyeah, probably nukes. God promised not to use flood again.
October 19th, 2009 at 3:43 pmbackup says:
Funny how the conservatives manage to have 99% though isn’t it?
come on, bleepn. Liberals and Conservatives both do the same thing.
No they don’t, even though you Conservatives keep “claiming” this to justify your bad behavior.
backup says:
They get hell bent on an idea and they become so convinced of it’s righteousness that they feel it’s appropriate to dictate it to everyone else.
Yawn… Project much – freak?
backup says:
The issues that each ideology champions are very different, but the temptation to mandate their particular views, is universal.
You Lie!
October 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pmbackup says:
yeah, probably nukes. God promised not to use flood again.
Just shut up you ignorant concern troll dork. No one cares about you or the filth you spew…
October 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pmbleepn. you hurt my heart. : (
October 19th, 2009 at 4:33 pmI ran republicans hate the bleepn facts through an anagram solver and the first solution in alphabetical order was: abstractable.
If you think about it long enough, the irony is almost unbelievable enough to btruthful.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:40 pmbackup says:
bleepn. you hurt my heart. : (
You hurt our country, :(
October 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pmbackup says:
I ran republicans hate the bleepn facts through an anagram solver and the first solution in alphabetical order was: abstractable.
I ran “backup” through an analyzer and I got “Olbermann hating sockpuppet”.
backup says:
If you think about it long enough, the irony is almost unbelievable enough to btruthful.
You wouldn’t know how to b-truthful if your life depended on it – concern troll loser.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:57 pmCaptain Moron sails into the land of “concern troll” sockpuppet buffoon yet again today… How predictable… ZZZZzzz…
October 19th, 2009 at 5:01 pmbelaccifer lacca – if in the world of PC, there is no such thing as a “illegal alien”. Why would this bother anyone? IIRC, they are Undocumented Immigrants.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:46 pmpags2 – ever speed? roll through a stop sign? You are an illegal driver.
But no one calls you that on a daily basis. I think that’s the point. Most of us do illegal things every day. But we’re not labeled “Illegal drivers/pot smokers/stealers-of-stamps-from-our-employers.”
October 19th, 2009 at 5:51 pmHey aaronk-
I want to dress like a pussy and a welcher for Halloween. Can you post a recent pic?
Much love,
October 19th, 2009 at 5:54 pmCCL
theWankler says:
belaccifer lacca – if in the world of PC, there is no such thing as a “illegal alien”. Why would this bother anyone?
In the world we live in this bothered enough people that Target and Toys-R-us removed it from their shelves…
get it?
October 19th, 2009 at 5:58 pmOh, Crazy Cat Lady… heh, stealer of stamps… awesome.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:15 pmI tried to think of something EVERYONE has done. ;)
October 19th, 2009 at 6:50 pmI like it.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:12 pmconservative guy says:
I like it.
You like looking like a racist fool? You would… ZZzzz…
October 19th, 2009 at 7:47 pmConservaTROLL
Kill yourself. I would enjoy THAT.
October 19th, 2009 at 8:35 pmR
You are an ignorant pathetic racist punkass troll. How miserable your life must be. To think its fun to annoy people and go somewhere for the sole purpose of being annoying. You should die face down in the gutter with rats gnawing at your earlobes. Just go kill yourself. You are so stupid and so pathetic nothing else you can do will be of benfit of mankind. You are the worst pile of dogshit imaginable and your life will always be a misery. No one will ever like you, or love you, or respect you. You have nothing but lonliness misery, insufficiency, and being a moron to look forward to for the rest of your life so just go kill yourself. At least with THAT act you can make those who know you happy
October 19th, 2009 at 8:39 pmbelaccifer lacca says:
In the world we live in this bothered enough people that Target and Toys-R-us removed it from their shelves…
get it
I am going to go out on a limb and say, I bet not one illegal alien called and complained. Well, maybe one or two. So, who did it bother, and why?
October 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pmI am going to go out on a limb and say, I bet not one illegal alien called and complained. Well, maybe one or two. So, who did it bother, and why?
Ask Target and Toys-r-Us… why are you bothering us is a better question…
October 20th, 2009 at 7:20 pmbelaccifer lacca – You have every right to ignore me.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:57 amtheWankler says:
True.
And you have every right to find this costume funny… you don’t have the right to pretend that it didn’t bother any one… the fact is that it did offend many people and there were enough of them that the stores pulled it from their shelves.
That’s reality.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:35 pmbelaccifer lacca: Never said it was funny. I simply feel people need to grow a spine. There are far more tastless costumes then this one. And as stated before, I highly doubt any Illegals called this in. It was those stupid advocate groups. Target and Toys R Us should be ashamed for caving in. It is simply, a f-ing costume.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 pmI simply feel people need to grow a spine.
Maybe you simply need to find better things to be upset about…
It doesn’t upset you, you don’t find it funny… fine.
People complained, the stores agreed and removed them. Get over it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:13 pmI’m going trick or treating as a Republican. That’s the scariest costume I can imagine.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:19 am