Manipulating language - the open-borders crowd would make Orwell proud

Joe Guzzardi has an article (“Wave of Hate”? More Propaganda From The Treason Lobbyists At La Raza, August 3, 2007) in Vdare that Canadian immigration-reformers should be read. Even though Guzzardi is talking about the US, the Canadian immigration lobby plays similar games with language.

Here's an excerpt from Guzzardi's article:

Twenty years ago, the most common term to describe individuals illegally in the U.S. was “illegal immigrant”. Although it appeared in print from time to time, the correct term, “illegal alien” was always a tough sell for us.

Then, out of nowhere, appeared “undocumented immigrant” appeared. That lasted a while but before long “undocumented worker” replaced it—much more persuasive from La Raza’s view because it suggests that aliens work. That’s not always true, of course, but it sure sounds good.

Soon thereafter, the “undocumented workers” had deeply rooted and unshakeable “family values.”

And what are we? Among other things, we are “racists,” “xenophobes,” and “nativists”.

Now that a growing respect for our position has emerged, we have been upgraded to “anti-immigration” or, the warmest and fuzziest of all the terms used to describe us “immigration restrictionists”.

As it now stands, we, the “immigration restrictionists” who ride a “wave of hate” are pitted against the “undocumented workers” and their “family values.”

As I said earlier, you can’t help but admire how cleverly our opposition has outmaneuvered us.

Read all of Joe Guzzardi's article.

See also:

The Conspiracy of Silence At The BBC, The ABC and The CBC

The Toronto Star's shameless (and shameful) campaign on behalf of illegal immigrants

About that family Ottawa just deported: most countries wouldn't even consider a refugee claim made by Costa Ricans.