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https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lat7h/blog/posts/213.html https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lat7h/blog/posts/213.html > The connotation of discern is one of percep
by neogodless 6y ago
https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lat7h/blog/posts/213.html https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lat7h/blog/posts/213.html
> The connotation of discern is one of perceptive recognition of non-obvious underlying truth; the connotation of discriminate (since the 1860s) is quite the opposite, being more of an unjust imposition of difference where none is deserved.
(emphasis mine)
The key here is that discrimination is imposing different treatment of people "where none is deserved." When a pandemic is happening, you're not imposing "different" (and unjust) treatment upon foreign visitors - you're imposing necessary treatment as a precaution to help reduce the spread of the virus. This is a good thing that we want to do, not an unjust thing.