Saturday, May 1, 2010

Fill in the blank

This headline caught my eye today:

Arizona deputy shot by alleged undocumented immigrant

Other variations of the headline in today's news:

  • Arizona Pinal county deputy shot by suspected illegal
  • Arizona Deputy Shot By Alleged Illegal Immigrants
My first thought--what other labels could we put in, in place of "illegal immigrant", "undocumented immigrant" or the more evocative "illegal"

Arizona Pinal county deputy shot by suspected __________

Here's a few:

African American
Hispanic
Native American
Communist
Terrorist
Homesexual
Gay
Lesbian
Atheist
Muslim
Christian
Pastafarian
Nazi
Cambodian
WASP
Mormon
Palestinian
Baptist
Catholic
Iranian
Englishman
midget
rock climber
formula one driver
airline pilot
violinist
shrubber

Gotta watch out for those alleged shrubbers.


2 comments:

  1. How about:
    Alleged Arizona deputy shot by.....or,
    Arizona alleged deputy shot by..... or,
    Arizona deputy allegedly shot by.....

    Let's start twisting things and let someone else see what it feels like to be branded without having to prove anything.

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