• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Semantics.

    So what? You’d be fine with the title if it said “killed in action” or something like that?

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      7 months ago

      I mean yeah, they probably would. The words have specific connotations; murder is not just killing, it’s unlawful or unjust killing. This is like the opposite to when police shoot someone dead at a traffic stop and the headline is “black man passes away after interaction with police”