Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months agoThat 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.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
I asked you how it could not be and you have yet to offer an explination.
No it isn't.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
When referring to people who entered or reside illegally in the country.
Merriam Webster’s, Cambridge, Collin’s, Oxford, dictionaries all defines it as a noun. I’ll take their word over yours.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
...you should probably refer to people, huh?
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
People is not discriptive enough, citizens, permanent residents, migrants, and illegals all fall into the people category. Illegal is used to convey the immigration status of a person.
Good for you finally letting go of the notion that illegal is only an adjective.