Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals

• FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I gave you the definition of illegal here.

  One that doesn't fit with your later claim that it isn't derogatory so both assertions cannot be true.

  The word you used doesn't even mention people so what is it to which you are referring when you use it?

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One that doesn’t fit with your later claim that it isn’t derogatory so both assertions cannot be true.

    There is nothing in the definition that says illegal is a derogatory term. Remember when you forgot about the word sometimes.

    The word you used doesn’t even mention people so what is it to which you are referring when you use it?

    The first 3 words in the definition of illegal are “a person who”. When I say illegal I’m referring to a person who has entered or resides in the US illegally.

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    • FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There is nothing in the definition that says illegal is a derogatory term.

      There very much is, even if we limit our definitions to the one which you gave me. I pointed as much out to you 23 hours ago.

      When I say illegal I’m referring to a person who has entered or resides in the US illegally.

      That isn't what that word means except as a slur which your very precious dictionary even cops to.

      You still have not answered my inquest regarding how using an adjective as a noun to refer to a person could be anything other than dehumanizing as you still claim that it can potentially be.

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      • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That isn’t what that word means except as a slur which your very precious dictionary even cops to.

        The definition clearly says sometimes which means you have to use context to determine if it is used as a slur. The term illegal by itself is not a slur.

        You still have not answered my inquest regarding how using an adjective as a noun to refer to a person could be anything other than dehumanizing as you still claim that it can potentially be.

        Illegal is a noun too, per the definition. Your question is invalid. I know you think you have some big gotcha bit you don’t. Some words have more than one meaning there are so many of those words that a word was created to describe words that are prounounced and often spelled the same way but have different meanings, that word is homonym.

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