Illegal Alien costume |
View Poll Results: Do you think stores should have banned the sale of this costume? | |
Yes ban the evil (it is a bigoted jab at innocent people)
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No grow an sense of humor (it is a joke costume and illegals are not a race or religion)
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space aliens have rights to ban it
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October 21st, 2009, 06:04 PM
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#1 (permalink)
| | MR Meek and Mild
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: almost Virginia
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heard today that walmart, Ebay... and many others will not sell a costume because it is racist.
The costume is an alien dressed in an orange prisoner jumpsuit with illegal alien patch sewn on the chest.
Is illegal alien a Race, Religion, or some other specific group? Or is it a legal term describing any body who does not legally reside in a country?
Ebay cited the ban as being related to their rule of selling anything hurtful, racist blah blah blah. Basically should they have banned this costume based upon their rules Quote: |
Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the director of communications for CHIRLA, said he initially thought the costume was a stab at harmless satire. But when he saw the Green Card, he realized it was an swipe at illegal immigrants.
| is there something wrong with taking a swipe at illegal aliens. Are they a protected class of people? They are ummmmm illegal aliens. you know Illegal.
But even if it is targeted at that group it is not as if we are talking about racism!
hey if target, Walmart, K-mart and Ebay all want to not allow these things to be sold then that is their perogative as they are businesses. However I think there reason for eliminating the sales is misplaced.
Last edited by Epidemic : October 21st, 2009 at 06:09 PM.
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October 23rd, 2009, 08:20 AM
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| | MR Meek and Mild
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ok so far 100%
I have some faith in humanity restored. | |
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October 23rd, 2009, 04:35 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Illinois
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I am an immigrant (legal) and I approve of this costume  . | |
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October 23rd, 2009, 06:09 PM
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#4 (permalink)
| | to F@H or not to F@H ?
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I guess the activists don't know the difference between an alien and an illegal immigrant,
if I was an immigrant I'd be offended by the activists treating me the same as an alien 
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October 26th, 2009, 11:20 AM
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| | MR Meek and Mild
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: almost Virginia
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Originally Posted by lost-and-found  I am an immigrant (legal) and I approve of this costume . | it is funny, I know many legal immigrants and they are opposed to illegal immigration. They are not offended by anti illegal immigrant campaigns. Yet the conversation so often becomes if you are anti-Illegal immigrant then you are anti immigrant.
All in all I hate this kind of politically correct BS, and I am offended when business knuckles under to it. of course it is their right but it just give the PC crowd more power for their next stupid crusade!!! | |
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October 26th, 2009, 09:20 PM
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Bank Robbers, here you go  This would be better than the "President's Gang" in Point Break All you need is a fake accent
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