@statsguy For my sins, I used to work on content and comment #Moderation for #ABCNews local sites - Because the generally vile commentors weren't allowed to use racial slurs, the trend at the time was to use "Illegals" in the same way as they'd have used the #NWord 50 years earlier.

I hated that moderation role more than any I have ever had, it was crawling through rotting mental sewage - But yeah, I see any mention of #illegals or #IllegalImmigrants as a #Racist dog-whistle now.

@statsguy For my sins, I used to work on content and comment #Moderation for #ABCNews local sites - Because the generally vile commentors weren't allowed to use racial slurs, the trend at the time was to use "Illegals" in the same way as they'd have used the #NWord 50 years earlier.

I hated that moderation role more than any I have ever had, it was crawling through rotting mental sewage - But yeah, I see any mention of #illegals or #IllegalImmigrants as a #Racist dog-whistle now.