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We have learned that they have no bottom in how far they are wiling to go.
We have DeSantis officials waving mockingly as LGBTQ people leave the state.
We have travel advisories for parts of the country.
What other word am I to use?
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No it comes off as you implying that it is somehow a misapplied term.
I am getting the impression that I am wrong here but the way you worded it really set off alarm bells.