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by dunce2020 2002 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_baby

but on accident.

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It's BY accident; "on accident" is incoherent gibberish, no matter how many young whippersnappers imagine that it's clever of them to "evolve" the language in this way. (And get off my lawn while you're at it ....)
It’s a common mistake by non native English speakers. There are many non native English speakers on the internet. Go easy, it’s not necessarily what you assumed
You could have shared a more neutral article title like this[0] instead of that charged phrase: '"Anchor baby" is a term (regarded by some as a pejorative'

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_...

Yes, I could have. But I didn't. Oh well.