• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They illegally immigrated, they are illegal immigrants. No thesaurus contains the words to change reality.

    What word should I use to virtue signal so you feel better reading?

    Undocumented immigrant? Immigrating without documents is an illegal act, making them an illegal immigrant.

    Undocumented migrant? That is someone who illegally enters the country to work for a period and return home, with no intention of permanent residence, making them an illegal migrant.

    Undocumented Refugee? That is an illegal act of immigration.

    Undocumented Asylum Seeker? That is an illegal act of immigration.

    How will me using softer language make the situation better for illegals? It won’t make companies stop exploiting them. It won’t give them citizenship. It won’t stop them from risking deportation.

    This is a meme thread ffs.

    • vala@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Lots of people break laws but we don’t start identify people as “jaywalking citizens” just because they jaywalked.

      So they are here illegally, better people have done worse things.

      I think “undocumented” is a much less loaded term.

    • Zink@programming.dev
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      1 day ago

      This is a meme thread ffs.

      And the longest post I’ve run into so far is you being angry that somebody suggested using nice language when talking about large groups of humans.