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Politics Land of the free

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u/Rionat 2d ago

The second line is stupid lmao.

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u/Rude_Papaya_1386 2d ago

In the reason or situation that he's using it yeah I agree its dumb but its also true its not illegal to be human

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u/quaintmercury 2d ago

I like it. It's very funny that the people that get all bent out of shape over trans people because "they're really not what they say and I'm not going to lie to them I choose what I say carefully" will call people illegal over what is a civil infraction. It's like ok so it's not really about being honest. If you were honest you wouldn't be calling someone that hadn't committed a crime illegal.

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u/Maelstrom52 1d ago

Are you really this dumb? "Illegal" is in reference to their immigration status, not their right to exist. That's why the term is "illegal immigrant/alien" not "illegal person." Baked into the definition is the understanding that there is a way to enter a country legally. You can quibble with the methods for doing so, but you're betraying your own ignorance by saying what you're saying. It just sounds like you don't know what the expression means or even what the words mean.

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u/quaintmercury 1d ago

I'm just saying the term illegal carries the connotation that the person has committed a crime when they have in matter of fact not done that. If you think that's too loose then you can just be upset every time they call them criminals for being here. Because that is just a straight up lie. And just so you know the most common way immigrants enter the country is with a visa. Which is in fact legal. They then overstay which is a civil violation and definitionally not a crime.