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FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

But they aren't illegal_s_ as that renders the phrase a reference to the people themselves and not their actions.

To refer to people as illegal is dehumanizing.

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jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just because you look down on a group of people doesn’t make the term to describe them dehumanizing.

Just because you can’t differenciate between a term for immigration status and the people with that status doesn’t change what the term means.

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- FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Just because you look down on a group of people doesn’t make the term to describe them dehumanizing.
  
  Doesn't make it not dehumanizing—since it is—and it certainly doesn't help your arguments it isn't.
  
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  - jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I can’t change how you feel about a group nor can I change the definition of a word. It’s a shame you only see a person’s immigration status there’s more to an illegal than how they entered the country.
    
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    FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    there’s more to an illegal than how they entered the country.
    
    You're going to have to explain what the word means to me then, because the phrase by itself doesn't even seem to refer to immigration status at all and I don't know what you mean by it.
    
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- wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t look down on the group. I look down on their actions. I don’t like criminal behavior.
  
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  - jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You’re not a liberal so that makes sense.
    
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