Thread: Illegal migrants crossing the Channel.
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Old 07-01-2019, 13:04   #76
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Re: Illegal migrants crossing the Channel.
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
"hordes"

First, we dehumanise "them", then it doesn’t matter what happens to "them"...
Sorry, Hugh, have to disagree there. What is wrong with describing the migrants invading Europe as 'hordes'? The dictionary definition (Collins) defines a horde as 'a vast crowd; throng; mob'.

The word does also carry an alternative meaning (no 4 in the list): 'a large moving mass of animals, especially insects'. Clearly, that is not the meaning that those referring to 'hordes of migrants' intended, but it is the way that certain groups of people who would want an open door for everyone in the world choose to interpret it in an effort to demonise those who disagree with them.
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