ex_06@slrpnk.netM to Solarpunk@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoThe State of Global Workers’ Rightswww.statista.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down12
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minus-squarekeepthepace@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoSorry, non-native here, but isn’t “alien” a synonym to “non-citizen” in American English?
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoTechnically. But it’s definitely not polite. It’s a bit like “retard” in that it used to be the terminology but it was used derogatorily so often that that connotation took over.
minus-squareex_06@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI’m also non native but I always hear it only from right wing people so I assumed that is at least a bit derogative
Sorry, non-native here, but isn’t “alien” a synonym to “non-citizen” in American English?
Technically. But it’s definitely not polite. It’s a bit like “retard” in that it used to be the terminology but it was used derogatorily so often that that connotation took over.
TIL, thanks.
I’m also non native but I always hear it only from right wing people so I assumed that is at least a bit derogative