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[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not just call it an insect? Why does the article call it a "pest"? Is it some "we protect our borders" posturing?

[–] californiarepublik@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will no one think of the pests

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol I'm more concerned with it being evidence of biased wording on a government website. Kill the fuckers, for all I care

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Is it really 'biased' to consider a non-native insect a pest? Considering how humans have fucked up native ecologies many times over doing this sort of thing, seems like a good default assumption.