He is probably just having hard time coping with stats that measure something more useful than economy or weapons and realizing that maybe USA are not an example

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, non-native here, but isn't "alien" a synonym to "non-citizen" in American English?

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically. But it's definitely not polite. It's a bit like "retard" in that it used to be the terminology but it was used derogatorily so often that that connotation took over.

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

TIL, thanks.

[–] ex_06@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I’m also non native but I always hear it only from right wing people so I assumed that is at least a bit derogative