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Biden’s Use of the Slur “Illegal” Underscores His Rightward Lurch on Immigration (scheerpost.com)
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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As a rule of thumb, any time you use an adjective about someone as a noun for them it can be dehumanizing.

The baggage with the word illegal is on top of that.