• Drusas@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Yes, it does. That’s the whole point of why it’s bad to use the word “illegal” as a noun to describe people. And that’s why people do so. Dehumanization. They’re not an illegal immigrant. They’re “an illegal”. Barely even a person.

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      10 months ago

      That’s the whole point of why it’s bad to use the word “illegal” as a noun

      We’re talking about using the word illegal as an adjective: “illegal immigrant”. Immigrant is a noun, illegal is an adjective.

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        10 months ago

        No, we’re talking about using it as a noun. Saying “an illegal”. Not saying “an illegal immigrant”.

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          10 months ago

          Nope, that’s not what we’re talking about.