Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months agoIt’s no different than calling a person a citizen.
A citizen is a thing a person can be. It's also a noun.
"Illegal" is not a thing a person can be.
Actions can be against laws but humans cannot.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Illegal is short for illegal immigrant, many people are illegal immigrants.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
Undocumented people may immigrate in a way some people do not consider to be "legal" but they themselves are not illegal therefore "illegals" is a nonsense term.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 5 months ago
My truck is blue, I call it blue. Is blue a nonsense term?
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
Using an adjective as an adjective is a nonsense argument for asserting "using an adjective as a noun to refer to people is not dehumanizing".