• @laverabe@lemmy.world
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    36 months ago

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

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        6 months 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.

    • Dr. Wesker
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      -26 months ago

      I find this take a little alienating.

    • NeuromancerM
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      -56 months ago

      Huh? The word alien doesn’t mean from outer space. They are illegal aliens.