That’s the topic of my latest Rocky Mountain News column, which examines how the Denver papers glossed over the significance of May 1 for the rally date, ignored the role of A.N.S.W.E.R., pretended that the reconquista does not exist, claimed that illegal aliens are merely demanding their “rights,” defamed critics of illegal immigration by calling them “anti-immigrant,” and too often used the ridiculous phrase “undocumented worker.”
Regarding the final item, I wrote:
If the newspapers are going to continue using “undocumented worker,” then the papers should, to be consistent, start writing that illegal users of morphine are really “undocumented patients,” that bank embezzlers are “undocumented withdrawers,” school truants are “undocumented vacationers,” people who drive after their licenses have been revoked are “undocumented drivers,” and 15-year-olds who use fake IDs to buy vodka are “undocumented drinkers.”
On a completely different topic, the Independence Institute’s new podcast series, iVoices, has a new 10 minute podcast by me discussing current trends in gun laws.