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[โ€“] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

"Migrants" is fine. "Refugees" makes light of people in our community who are actually suffering the extreme hardship of being forced from their home with nothing.

[โ€“] ButterBiscuits@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Jesus fucking Christ chill out. Shit like this will just turn people away. Get off your high horse and understand that nobody is making light of anyone's situation by using that term. So annoying.

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