those aren't criminals, just people doing illegal stuff

Read this clip (fourth entry down) on Fox News about illegal immigrants gathering at a U-Haul dealer looking to get hired for the day. Supposedly this is becoming a problem in more and more cities across the country; I keep hearing more about it and the trouble it brings to the unfortunate neighboring establishment. Seems to me like an obvious clue for police to check for ID on these fools, but I guess the civil liberties chicken littles would get up in arms about that. Oh, and the sanctuary city crap.

But a quote in there is too funny/stupid (you decide which) to pass up. Check this out:

Tom Wilson, co-executive director of the Canal Alliance, an agency that provides assistance to local laborers, says he has received about a dozen complaints about the U-Haul company's sign.

"The tack they're taking is a particularly troubling one," Wilson said. "They're painting illegal day workers as criminals, making generalizations about a group of people."

Okay, let's repeat that last sentence with some emphasis added. "They're painting illegal day workers as criminals, making generalizations about a group of people." So they're making the generalization that people doing something illegal are indeed criminals? Gosh, no! This Mr. Wilson clearly isn't the brighest bulb in the room. Perhaps he should do himself a favor and check a dictionary next time before he spits out more garbage like that.

But since he's probably doesn't do anything too well except parrot BS to the rest of us, let's do it for him this time. As per dictionary.com:

il-le-gal: adj. Prohibited by law.
crime: n. An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.
crim-i-nal: n. One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.

Now, in light of those common definitions, perhaps someone can explain to me how this leftard can say illegal workers aren't criminals. Anyone? Didn't think so. But hey, at least blowhards like Tom Wilson reveal their true intelligence when they speak. Maybe less people will listen to them and their cause will suffer. We can hope.

As a final note, "about a dozen" complaints is no big deal at all the way I see it. Certainly nothing to go changing a sign over. They probably see at least that many whiners come through their doors daily. So the offendees need to just suck it up and realize the world doesn't cater to their views. Most of us learned that at an early age; time to catch up, losers.