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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Not migrants, CNN. Refugees. They’re refugees. Use the right word, because it matters. There are different requirements under international law for how to deal with migrants vs refugees, and these are refugees. Call them what they are, which is refugees.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I try to keep a close eye on this language. Because I know in right-wing circles, they get all bent out of shape when you call anyone a refugee who isn't fleeing an active war zone (and conveniently there are no active war zones in this hemisphere at this moment I believe). It makes me think "the person writing this is almost surely a reactionary".

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        that the international community shrugged off

        That the international community caused, even. Haiti would be managing much better if not for centuries of imperialism and colonialism.