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murielm99

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7. I did not know this was a slur.

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:17 PM

Aug 2015

I thought it was merely descriptive.

I grew up in a community with a large number of Hispanic people. I knew that American-born children of illegals did not protect their parents. I met some people who were simply proud to have children who were born here.

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Sorry Jeb, 'anchor babies' is a slur [View all] IDemo Aug 2015 OP

The whole 'anchor baby' meme is a canard thought up by COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #1

That's certainly true. Rozlee Aug 2015 #4

Not to Iowa and NH GOP primary voters and to most of the mass media - it is not! Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

Jeb is making a ton of unforced errors Gothmog Aug 2015 #3

Tells us about the daily vocabulary of a certain group, smile. oldandhappy Aug 2015 #5

I'll give you (Jeb) a better term... modrepub Aug 2015 #6

I did not know this was a slur. murielm99 Aug 2015 #7