# Republitrolls.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646 "2017-01-20T17:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/287 "2017-01-24T03:14:44Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Is calling Mexican people “wetbacks” part of your posting “real world things”? Is that “acting like an adult”? Does this go for all racial or ethnic slurs, or only this one?

Calling all Mexicans wetbacks is incorrect usage of the term. The term is applied correctly to anyone who swims the Rio Grande and illegally enters the USA, regardless of country of origin, and as such is not an ethnic slur. Only people who look for things to be offended about think it is one.

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