I haven't heard people call foreigners "aliens" until Trump did it.
Asking genuinely, was this a thing before and I, a Non-American, just wasn't aware of it, or is "alien" in this context what I think it is, namely a slur meant to evoke mental imagery of dangerous non-human invaders?
Asking genuinely, was this a thing before and I, a Non-American, just wasn't aware of it, or is "alien" in this context what I think it is, namely a slur meant to evoke mental imagery of dangerous non-human invaders?
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alien#word-history
It was a slut to evoke nonhuman invader image well long before there was a Trump.
I've actually not heaed it in a while, but, I'm not exactly in a lotta social circles where I'd really be around those who would usw it like that...