FauxPseudo @lemmy.world to Political Weirdos @lemmy.world · 2 months agoMusk antigens are caused by exposureimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down10
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageMusk antigens are caused by exposureFauxPseudo @lemmy.world to Political Weirdos @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBecause it’s using people the plural to refer to a singular person?
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoNo, because (to me) it implies that Trump isn’t a person.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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.