• marius@feddit.org
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    8 days ago

    I really hate the term “illegal migration”. What’s legal is completely arbitrary. You could just declare every migration legal by tomorrow and every illegal migration would be gone. So if it’s legal can’t really be what people care about

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      7 days ago

      Same. I prefer the term irregular migration myself, which is coincidentally the proper name for it. “Illegal migration” seems like the right-wing word for it that everyone just seems to have adopted.

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      8 days ago

      Right, crimes have only a bad reputation because these things where arbitrarily deemed illegal. If murder was declared legal, surly even the victims would be fine with it.

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        7 days ago

        I‘m sure you know that‘s a dumb comparison. And since you felt the need to post it, you likely agree with letting people die in the mediterranean sea. And since you felt the need to defend that, you likely are an ignorant racist. Are you?

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          7 days ago

          It seems like you took a few wrong turns in your assumptions. There is no comparison, only another example that “What’s legal is completely arbitrary”.

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            7 days ago

            So you remain with the use of the term illegal for human beings, gotcha.

            • Elchi@feddit.org
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              7 days ago

              So you really think anything a human does cant be illegal because hes a human being? Does that mean you think murder and migration should have the same legal consequences? 🤨