I didn't realize the word immigrants was associated with people trying to take over.
The intent of the non-indigenous organism isn't relevant to the fact that is, by definition, an immigrant.
When talking about the Nazis invading France, do we usually call them immigrants? No.
It's bizarre how many people don't understand that words have connotations. It's not just that calling monsters trying to invade the planet "immigrants" is a tad offensive, it also is an extremely unfitting word for the context.
It's bizarre that people keep quoting me without reading the words that I've posted.
It appears to be an ongoing thing online. Somebody posts and there will be a response which adds it's own information to the original meaning that was never actually in there or even suggested by it. Other people then read those responses and reply to the original post but they use the text that was used in the incorrect responses instead of what was actually said originally.
Then the threads go on and on and the whole thing just turns into something that has never been said by anybody.
It seems pointless to respond to people about the very definition and context of words when those people aren't actually willing to read the words that are actually posted. That's surely the most bizarre thing here? People wanting to discus words without being willing to read the words before responding to them.
I have no issues at all with people wanting to quote something that I've said but it defeats the point of doing that if the response has no relation what was originally said. I really can't think of any valid reason for me to respond again if people just aren't willing to read before they quote me.
You're certainly not the only person on here to do this.