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From the NYT:

"Compare that to the closing days of a week that will soon be chiseled into the larger American story. One Democrat, Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, said he was called a “wetback” by Tea Party hecklers at a meeting a few days before the vote. Black members of Congress say they were spat on, and called racial epithets. Bricks were thrown through the office windows of two other Democrats. And now, the inevitable death threats."

Why decent journalists write wetback, but not Niggers, and even less Faggots?

Maybe Mexicans have less clout?

For an English Language Learner like myself, all those words are alien. Why the fuss?

The fuss must come from the streets and schoolrooms. There is where the strong emotional connotations start.

Please do not feel offended by reading those words in my blog. I know some Spanish ones I wouldn't use here. All I know is that they are used to make the listener upset if he happens to be a wetback, a nigger, or a faggot; or the three combined. Triple whammy!