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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by lawn on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:39PM (#45752715)
> the person is an alien

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

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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by throw-the-towel on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:11PM (#45753086)
This particular word has been in official use for ages. I agree that it's disgusting.
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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by clawr on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @08:27PM (#45754935)
Alien has been the legal term since the beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by lawn on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:55AM (#45757433)
Resurrecting obscure rasistic terminology from 200 years ago isn't much of an excuse.
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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by jdkee on Thursday October 30, 2025 @10:52PM (#45767823)
It is the currently used language of the U.S. government.
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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by robocat on Thursday October 30, 2025 @04:32AM (#45757645)
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.

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