yeah but it ceased being used 8 years ago by the US government because of it’s use as a derogatory term and the dehumanizing effect it has.
Words tend to have a liquid definition over a period of decades. Take the british term for cigarettes that most people know and what it now means; innocent words tend to very easily morph and are weaponized in a way that is distant from their original meaning. Seemingly moreso in modern times.
illegal alien is such an offensive phrase… they’re not aliens, they’re homo sapiens. Anyone who still uses the term is insane.
The word “alien” was used for people from a foreign country well before it was used for extra-terrestrials.
yeah but it ceased being used 8 years ago by the US government because of it’s use as a derogatory term and the dehumanizing effect it has.
Words tend to have a liquid definition over a period of decades. Take the british term for cigarettes that most people know and what it now means; innocent words tend to very easily morph and are weaponized in a way that is distant from their original meaning. Seemingly moreso in modern times.
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Not it’s still used by the government. It’s the legal term.
Middle English: via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other
I find this take a little alienating.
Huh? The word alien doesn’t mean from outer space. They are illegal aliens.