this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
56 points (96.7% liked)

Meta (lemm.ee)

3595 readers
2 users here now

lemm.ee Meta

This is a community for discussion about this particular Lemmy instance.

News and updates about lemm.ee will be posted here, so if that's something that interests you, make sure to subscribe!


Rules:


If you're a Discord user, you can also join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/XM9nZwUn9K

Discord is only a back-up channel, [email protected] will always be the main place for lemm.ee communications.


If you need help with anything, please post in !support instead.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

๐Ÿ‘‹ to all the newcomers, let me know if you need any help getting settled in!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"Migrants" is fine. "Refugees" makes light of people in our community who are actually suffering the extreme hardship of being forced from their home with nothing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, there is no intention of making light of anybody, but if my use of that word bothers anybody then I don't mind changing it in my post.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you cave everytime someone gets offended, you won't be able to write anything. Ignore people like that that are purposefully misconstruing your intentions just to make themselves feel better about their boring lives.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They don't always mean it that bad, but often enough you'll find they're ill-mannered trolls who'll ruin your day if you engage. So yeah.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Jesus fucking Christ chill out. Shit like this will just turn people away. Get off your high horse and understand that nobody is making light of anyone's situation by using that term. So annoying.