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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

illegal alien is such an offensive phrase... they're not aliens, they're homo sapiens. Anyone who still uses the term is insane.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The word "alien" was used for people from a foreign country well before it was used for extra-terrestrials.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah but it ceased being used 8 years ago by the US government because of it's use as a derogatory term and the dehumanizing effect it has.

Words tend to have a liquid definition over a period of decades. Take the british term for cigarettes that most people know and what it now means; innocent words tend to very easily morph and are weaponized in a way that is distant from their original meaning. Seemingly moreso in modern times.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I find this take a little alienating.

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