While perusing through the news this morning with a big mug of joe in my hand, I came across a story that almost made me choke. It's a bit of a gruesome story, but that wasn't what caused my reaction.
The headline that caught my attention:
Dog comes home with human hand
That's my 8-year-old dog, Bear. The reason that headline caught my attention is that Bear, on occasion, takes himself out for a walk around the neighborhood. Bear is 100 pounds of happy-go-lucky puppy and I can just imagine Bear bringing something like that back home.
What REALLY got my attention was the first paragraph and the reporter's choice of words to describe the victim's "status"
BROWNSVILLE — A family dog in Mission brought home a severed human hand Thursday, launching a search that turned up the body of a suspected unauthorized immigrant, police said. (emphasis added)
Unauthorized Immigrant? I suppose that's a step above "undocumented", but not much. Unauthorized does not necessarily mean illegal. It often does, but there are plenty of circumstances where it it isn't.
Illegal is illegal. Words mean things. Granted our hapless victim was only suspected, but we don't describe a suspected bank robber as having made an unauthorized withdrawal.
Unfortunately, the liberals demand that we not speak the truth when it comes to illegal immigration. By diluting the language, they dilute our culture and way of life.
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