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Old 08-08-2017, 11:40 AM
 
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And now this today hit all major news outlets Made new thread about this. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ic...operation-soar

LI is the news............for not such good things anymore. Bad press. At least we are draining the SWAMP like he promised! Refreshing isn't it?

http://longisland.news12.com/story/3...ing-li-roundup
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Old 08-08-2017, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Union County
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The loony left labels that xenophobic hate speech. The only permitted descriptor is 'undocumented'. Apparently the use of the word 'illegal' in that context is an anti-immigrant slur and identifies the user as an unreconstructed right winger who must be shunned.

https://www.mediamatters.org/researc...igrants/215028

Why do you whine so much about "the left"? Call them whatever you want.



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And now this today hit all major news outlets Made new thread about this. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ic...operation-soar

LI is the news............for not such good things anymore. Bad press. At least we are draining the SWAMP like he promised! Refreshing isn't it?

Officials: 32 convicted sex offenders arrested during LI roundup

Deporting illegal sex offenders is borderline oxymoronic. This most certainly is not "the SWAMP" people are referring to needing the draining. The swamp consists of the career politicians, their appointees, and the lobbyists/special interests who control them... not the people (even the illegals).
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Old 08-08-2017, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Nassau County
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Why do you whine so much about "the left"? Call them whatever you want.






Deporting illegal sex offenders is borderline oxymoronic. This most certainly is not "the SWAMP" people are referring to needing the draining. The swamp consists of the career politicians, their appointees, and the lobbyists/special interests who control them... not the people (even the illegals).
How is it oxymoronic?
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Old 08-08-2017, 11:59 PM
 
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Why do you whine so much about "the left"? Call them whatever you want.






Deporting illegal sex offenders is borderline oxymoronic. This most certainly is not "the SWAMP" people are referring to needing the draining. The swamp consists of the career politicians, their appointees, and the lobbyists/special interests who control them... not the people (even the illegals).
Send the illegals back to the swamps to which they came from. If they have to chop them up with Machetes first in the same manner to which they are doing to murder others.....then so be it. To be sure they can't return to our country!
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Old 08-09-2017, 06:50 AM
 
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How is it oxymoronic?
You know, like Jumbo Shrimp... Illegal Sex Offender.

It sounds funny.
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Old 08-09-2017, 07:01 AM
 
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Send the illegals back to the swamps to which they came from. If they have to chop them up with Machetes first in the same manner to which they are doing to murder others.....then so be it. To be sure they can't return to our country!
The swamp is a figure of speech, not an actual place. and the illegals are not coming from there.

Are you suggesting that "they" are doing something to ensure these illegals never return? Because they most certainly are not. We tend not to chop people up with large sharp objects, even when they break the law... that's pretty common knowledge I thought.

You seem to be mixing up cliches and not really grasping the concept of why the swamp is a huge issue for all of us. I mean, don't get me wrong... it's nice to see ICE doing something with illegals on LI, it's been a problem for a very long time. But, it has 0 to do with any swamp - real or virtual.
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Old 08-09-2017, 07:19 AM
 
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You know, like Jumbo Shrimp... Illegal Sex Offender.

It sounds funny.
It's repetitive, not an oxymoron - an oxymoron is antonyms used to describe something (as in your example of Jumbo Shrimp) others are "bitter sweet" and "civil war".
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Old 08-09-2017, 07:36 AM
 
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It's repetitive, not an oxymoron - an oxymoron is antonyms used to describe something (as in your example of Jumbo Shrimp) others are "bitter sweet" and "civil war".
Thanks. I stated it was a "borderline oxymoron" in the vein of sounding funny like oxymorons - I wasn't representing that it actually was an oxymoron.

Keep in mind, that this comment was originally directed at someone who cannot grasp the concept of draining the swamp - if you're going to take a moment to educate someone, you might consider helping her out.
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Old 08-09-2017, 08:13 AM
 
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It's repetitive, not an oxymoron - an oxymoron is antonyms used to describe something (as in your example of Jumbo Shrimp) others are "bitter sweet" and "civil war".
Exactly. Didn't make sense to me either lol.
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Old 08-09-2017, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Union County
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Exactly. Didn't make sense to me either lol.
Except it's not repetitive - they are not illegal for being a sex offender... they are illegal based on immigration status, which technically has zero correlation to any other offense they may have committed.

Could someone be a "legal sex offender"? I guess. But either way, legal or illegal it most certainly is not repeating the same thing twice.

Not technically an oxymoron... not technically repetitive. Doesn't make sense? Sounds funny? yah, for sure
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