Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months agoPeople 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.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 5 months ago
And since you have yet to explain how it can not be your claim that it is is unsubstantiated.
I am working under the assumption no one here—who purportedly all agree to "be excellent to each other"—is being intentionally despairing to their fellow human beings hense my continued confusion as to what "illegal" used (seemingly erroneously) as a noun means.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
What claim is unsubstantiated?