dye878: An offensive "illegal alien" costume is being sold at Toys R Us and Amazon.com as well as other stores.According to these websites, for just $39.99, you can now dress up as an "illegal alien" for Halloween. These stores are selling the costume made up of an orange jumpsuit with the words "illegal alien" written across the chest. The costume even comes with a mask of a space invader with big eyes, and a green card.The extra terrestrial creature perpetuates racism and discrimination in an already hostile environment and during a period of time when the debate on immigration reform is increasingly hateful and divisive.http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/halloween2009
An offensive "illegal alien" costume is being sold at Toys R Us and Amazon.com as well as other stores.According to these websites, for just $39.99, you can now dress up as an "illegal alien" for Halloween. These stores are selling the costume made up of an orange jumpsuit with the words "illegal alien" written across the chest. The costume even comes with a mask of a space invader with big eyes, and a green card.The extra terrestrial creature perpetuates racism and discrimination in an already hostile environment and during a period of time when the debate on immigration reform is increasingly hateful and divisive.http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/halloween2009
Oh like you care. Have a sense of humor.
would everyone be this upset if someone dressed up as a bird and wrapped bars around them? "jail bird"...
wow im offended cause it makes fun of people in jail and thats wrong, they have rights!!
NO BECAUSE THEY DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL TO WIND UP THERE!!
so when someone gets into our country in an illegal way that changes everything! now we have to care if they get offended! i say tough shit, thats what you have to deal with if you want to be here and not go about it the correct way!!
im sorry if you had to swim, walk, run, jump, climb, crawl, drive, float, fly, get catipulted or dig your way across our boarder to get here! if we want to make fun of you by making a joke like this than thats our right because we were born here or got here the legal way! at least you have some rights to begin with.
if you find this offensive cause your an illegal alien then go down to your local imigration office and file a formal complaint.. trust me they can handle this issue for you! after that you wont have to worry about us making these jokes anymore..
sorry for the rant! hope you are not offended by this..lol
I think we've all learned something important here today:
Stupid puns are totally lost on people with stick-in-anus syndrome.
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cjclifford: I don't care if illegal aliens are offended by this or not. They're illegal aliens. Tough crap on them.
I don't care if illegal aliens are offended by this or not. They're illegal aliens. Tough crap on them.
Yeah, pretty much. Tell you what: They can bitch all they want, then promptly be deported to where ever the **** they should LEGALLY be. Seriously, I have more problems with US law than most people, but when the **** did CRIMINALS get to demand PC treatment? What the hell? Are death row inmates going to demand to be called "soon to be living challenged"? The PCness in the country has gotten to insane levels...
I'm sorry, did you just compare illegal immigration to something that would get you put on death row?
Its Halloween, who gives a poopy.
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Look I'm hispanic and I myself find it funny, when I was little thats what I really thought a illegal alien was. Anyway remove the green card and write inmate across the costume and you got a alien inimate from spcae costume.
i like how the thread starter hasnt even posted in the past 1.5-2 pages. i guess he realized how badly he got owned by everyone ;)
It's funny how most of you , well are showing "hatred" towards PEOPLE made up of flesh and bones like the rest of us. These are humans not aliens. Get it right. Let me ask ALL of you who well shared your negative opinions here about these people. IF YOU were in their shoes, what would you do? If you had a family which was starving and you KNEW that by taking a big risk and departing to another country which would help to "save" your family .... wouldn't you go? Wouldn't you take your family and stay in that very country? Wouldn't you try to go somewhere better? Sure, I disagree with ILLEGAL crossing to ones country but that's not the point. Most people who are deported are more likely to be sent to a slow death. whether it's hunger, sickness or anything else.
I've debated with myself whether I should post here or not, as I myself came here on visa first with my parents and overstayed. Because we knew, we couldn't go back for almost a year I ate bread with butter. Luckily, I was luckier than most people and got my status and now I am a US Citizen. I served in the United States Marine Corp as well as U.S Army. I gave back what I could for the country that I live in now, that allowed me to be who I always wanted to be. As of now I'm awaiting my application to be processed for both FDNY and NYPD. Which ever one accepts first , is where I will finish my duty. I hope all of you don't forget where you're roots are, and I hope that I help you understand what it is to really go through something because sitting at home and playing your ps3 , feeding yourself up with what media's write about is not going to help anybody win any argument whatsoever. And I also hope that none of you would have to go through something I've went to have something in my life, rather than bread and butter.
~Rafal.
The only people who should be offended by the costume are the illegals and they shouldn't even be here to shop in Target stores in the first place. I say this is a ridiculous thing that has been made into a big deal by the liberals who look for offense in anything and everything. If you don't like it...don't buy it.
I think it's comical and fits with the political topic of the day. If you are offended then please go back to whatever country you came from and quit breaking American law. Why should we Americans and others that are here in America legally change anything to please any criminals? What's next, no chainsaw slasher costumes because it will offend those that used a chainsaw while comitting murder? Or how about no gangster costumes because it offends mobsters.
It is absolutely ridiculous that this subject even made the news. Only in America could criminals have a voice and the ability to change what is or is not sold in the free market because it is offensive to them.
Shr00mies123: It's funny how most of you , well are showing "hatred" towards PEOPLE made up of flesh and bones like the rest of us. These are humans not aliens. Get it right. Let me ask ALL of you who well shared your negative opinions here about these people. IF YOU were in their shoes, what would you do? If you had a family which was starving and you KNEW that by taking a big risk and departing to another country which would help to "save" your family .... wouldn't you go? Wouldn't you take your family and stay in that very country? Wouldn't you try to go somewhere better? Sure, I disagree with ILLEGAL crossing to ones country but that's not the point. Most people who are deported are more likely to be sent to a slow death. whether it's hunger, sickness or anything else. I've debated with myself whether I should post here or not, as I myself came here on visa first with my parents and overstayed. Because we knew, we couldn't go back for almost a year I ate bread with butter. Luckily, I was luckier than most people and got my status and now I am a US Citizen. I served in the United States Marine Corp as well as U.S Army. I gave back what I could for the country that I live in now, that allowed me to be who I always wanted to be. As of now I'm awaiting my application to be processed for both FDNY and NYPD. Which ever one accepts first , is where I will finish my duty. I hope all of you don't forget where you're roots are, and I hope that I help you understand what it is to really go through something because sitting at home and playing your ps3 , feeding yourself up with what media's write about is not going to help anybody win any argument whatsoever. And I also hope that none of you would have to go through something I've went to have something in my life, rather than bread and butter. ~Rafal.
I will tell you one thing that I wouldn't do if I were in these people's shoes. I wouldn't expect that anyone was going to change what they do or don't sell in stores because it offended me. As a matter of fact, I would probably just keep my fat mouth shut so no attention was brought to me. Honestly, I can have some understanding of why some of them are doing what they are. This is a great nation and has more to offer than nearly any country in the world. I totally understand why people would do anything they could to be here. But where we have to draw the line is when anyone who shouldn't even have a right to vote here is able to decide what our free market is allowed to sell. It is a ridiculous thing that someone who is here illegally and therefore doesn't pay taxes yet can collect from our welfare program is also able to tell us what we can or can not sell in our stores because they are offended.
G-Nitro:And not all illegal aliens are Mexican, as there are many other ethnicities here illegaly. You are the racist for assuming it is pointed at Mexicans. Not like it has a sombrero and a mustache.
You beat me to it.
The people who point out "You are insulting Mexicans" are the racists in this case. The costume in this story makes no references to any specific nationality. It specifically references a pun and nothing more.
I think of Columbians when I think of coffee. That doesn't mean if I wear a Coffee Bean Picker costume that I'm automatically a Columbian.
I've actually worn a costume of a foreign stereotype (back in 2000) that was pulled from the shelves of all major stores by October of 2001. Can you guess why? I'll give you a hint: it had nothing to do with terrorism, but a whole lot of racists in America think it does.
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I get offended when someone pisses in my cheerios...and I don't even like cheerios!
Catastrophic: I get offended when someone pisses in my cheerios...and I don't even like cheerios!
Sorry about that.
Shr00mies123:Let me ask ALL of you who well shared your negative opinions here about these people. IF YOU were in their shoes, what would you do? If you had a family which was starving and you KNEW that by taking a big risk and departing to another country which would help to "save" your family .... wouldn't you go?
Shr00mies123:Most people who are deported are more likely to be sent to a slow death. whether it's hunger, sickness or anything else.
This is FUD, shroomies. Sorry. There's no evidence to support the idea that living in Mexico at the poverty level is somehow a death sentence compared to living in America at the poverty level.