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> the person is an alien The dehumanizing language is absolutely disgusting and it's use is an important milestone towards genocide.

• throw-the-towel 1y ago
  This particular word has been in official use for ages. I agree that it's disgusting.
• clawr 1y ago
  Alien has been the legal term since the beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
  • lawn 1y ago
    Resurrecting obscure rasistic terminology from 200 years ago isn't much of an excuse.
    • jdkee 1y ago
      It is the currently used language of the U.S. government.
• robocat 1y ago
  It is often the case that a "good" word is used, and then the derogatory secondary meanings grow. Years ago special needs was a fairly safe term, yet now "speshul" definitely has different tone. I'm sure you know if many other examples (I can think of heaps). I predict that "delayed" will become derogatory. I think that banning words is literally dumb. I am bit older and went through the Politically Correct putsh. Disclaimer: I'm a lefty.