FauxPseudo @lemmy.world to Political Weirdos @lemmy.world · 4 days agoMusk antigens are caused by exposurelemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down10
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minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoBecause it’s using people the plural to refer to a singular person?
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoNo, because (to me) it implies that Trump isn’t a person.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAh. English does allow for that interpretation. But it’s more problematic than doing a plural for singular substitution. Echos of dehumanization that allows for atrocities. My intent was way less problematic.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago Echos of dehumanization that allows for atrocities. I thought of dehumanization immediately after I replied. I didn’t think you meant anything in a horrible way.
Because it’s using people the plural to refer to a singular person?
No, because (to me) it implies that Trump isn’t a person.
Ah. English does allow for that interpretation. But it’s more problematic than doing a plural for singular substitution. Echos of dehumanization that allows for atrocities. My intent was way less problematic.
I thought of dehumanization immediately after I replied. I didn’t think you meant anything in a horrible way.