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> Why is that cringe? Because words have meanings: refugee /rɛfjʊˈdʒiː/ noun a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, pe
by unmole 4y ago
> Why is that cringe?
Because words have meanings:
refugee
/rɛfjʊˈdʒiː/
noun
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Claiming to be a Brexit refugee when there are millions of actual refugees in Europe is cringey to say the least.
> Supposedly the economy is going to be downgraded from a developed economy to an "emerging market economy".
Anyone claiming that has no right to be taken seriously.
- somewhereoutth 4y agoWell I'm watching (from afar) the place I was born and grew up in, the place I call home, burning to the ground. All the good things we stood for - tolerance, pragmatism, good humour, reputation, confidence, common decency, are being lost. All the time the news gets worse - strikes everywhere, shortages, NHS collapsing, people will have to choose between heating and eating this winter. Portugal seems like a well run paradise in comparison. It is a man made disaster, and I left to escape it.