We will never find peace until we drop the word 'foreign'.
It's the most offensive, noxious, damaging word I can think of, and needs to be expunged not only from our legislation & our legal instruments...
but indeed also from our collective vocabulary.
There are NO foreigners.
Even if Martians try to settle here- I look forward to extending the spirit of this objection to the entire universe.
Contrary to the views of my learned opponents- among them, those who built factories to gas millions of people they didn't like, and those who hacked millions to death because they were the wrong tribe- I actually think EVERYONE has the potential to bring something of value to the human discourse...even if it is not immediately obvious.
Calling a person a 'foreigner' will not help another human being to make the light of his or her basic humanity any more obvious to the world.
Nor will it help US to do the same for ours...
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