Bidah@thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoIs it racist to oppose illegal immigrants?message-squaremessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down16
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIs it racist to oppose illegal immigrants?Bidah@thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square135fedilink
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-212 days agoI think those are just semantics. I get the feeling of not wanting to criminalize the existence of a person. But it’s common language to say that civil infractions are illegal. You could totally say “It’s illegal to park here” even if you would just get a ticket for that. I get the feeling. But I don’t think it is rational to think that anyone writing “illegal immigration” is racist.
I think those are just semantics.
I get the feeling of not wanting to criminalize the existence of a person.
But it’s common language to say that civil infractions are illegal.
You could totally say “It’s illegal to park here” even if you would just get a ticket for that.
I get the feeling. But I don’t think it is rational to think that anyone writing “illegal immigration” is racist.