John Legend has a request to 'quit calling human beings' this (who wants to tell him?)

Doug P. | 11:25 AM on September 07, 2017

Singer John Legend isn’t happy with a particular term for a person who is in another country illegally:

Quit calling human beings "illegal aliens". They're people. They're our friends, neighbors and co-workers. They're dreamers & lovers

— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 5, 2017

MC Hammer and others agreed that you can’t touch the term “illegal alien,” or even “alien”:

Amen ????? https://t.co/Zeyb8rwPzb

— MC HAMMER (@MCHammer) September 7, 2017

I was just talking about how that use of the word Alien seriously bothers me ! https://t.co/YtjEWKt0nc

— Jerlisa Fontaine (@JujuFontaine_tv) September 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/FonsecaFelicia/status/905805802874785792

Not even the term “alien” is acceptable? That could be a problem for people like Legend who use the term “DREAMers”:

Hey Genius: In the term 'DREAMER," what's the "A" stand for?

I'll give you a hint: It sounds like ALIEN. https://t.co/alUKL0rFo6

— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) September 7, 2017

Democrats had better get to work changing that acronym, not to mention the dictionary.

illegal (adj): forbidden by law
alien (noun): belonging to a foreign country

Sorry John, Merriam Webster doesn't care about your feelings. https://t.co/imjlzt9u8y

— Aaron J. Carpenter?? (@aaronjcarpenter) September 6, 2017

https://twitter.com/TheMurphSC68/status/905802446047387648

They're human illegal aliens.

I'll wager that you hang out with absolutely none of them. https://t.co/Ey43u7I4FJ

— Greg 'Squanto' Cougar (@NonLiberalPAer) September 7, 2017

Baha how many 'friends, neighbors and co-workers' does @johnlegend have who are here under #DACA? https://t.co/tdoXFasfcx

— Jason Heard (@jheard15) September 7, 2017