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jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months agoI asked you how it could not be and you have yet to offer an explination.
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.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
as a non-slur which you still have not explained how it can be.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Once again go back to the definition. Sometimes disparaging + offensive. Notice there’s no mention of illegal being a slur. Sometimes is used to describe how often something happens it’s between never and always. There are instances where illegal is used in a derogatory fashion and instances where it’s not. You have to use context to figure it out. Context is part of a statement that surrounds a word and determines the word’s meaning.