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22. I disagree for the exact reasons I mentioned.

Reply to jg10003 (Reply #20)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 04:46 PM

Jun 2019

Reserving the more horrific words for hitler's particular genocide, or for something of that level of evil, is exactly what we need to avoid.

Any time we let them say, "no, it's not really that bad" we enable the slide toward genocide.

These are not "prison camps" because they are not criminals. These are not "detention camps" because they are not merely being detained.

*they are deliberately being punished and treated poorly*. That makes it a concentration camp.

Note, further, that we have nothing comparable on our northern border....

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NO ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #1

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not at all like a summer camp ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #14

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Yes of course. That's what they are. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #3

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F*ckin' A, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EOM TruckFump Jun 2019 #4

No Watchfoxheadexplodes Jun 2019 #5

Yes and no NateOfTheLivingDead Jun 2019 #6

Yes, she was accurate in her description Fiendish Thingy Jun 2019 #8

son of a holocaust survivor here. not calling it out is how it *can* happen here. unblock Jun 2019 #9

That rhetorical dynamic is interesting jberryhill Jun 2019 #10

one wonders if that dynamic can survive mass genocide. unblock Jun 2019 #12

I'm also the son of a holocaust survivor, "Concentration camp" has a specific connotation. jg10003 Jun 2019 #20

I disagree for the exact reasons I mentioned. unblock Jun 2019 #22

How about "confinement camp"? jg10003 Jun 2019 #23

Hitler doesn't own the term or concept of "concentration camp" unblock Jun 2019 #25

Well put. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #26

A friends Dad lost all of his family ...... LenaBaby61 Jun 2019 #31

Concentration Camp is the very definition.. stillcool Jun 2019 #32

well put juxtaposed Jun 2019 #24

Yes. procon Jun 2019 #11

Yes. Use that powerful word. Concentration camp is one step before Death Camp tomhagen Jun 2019 #17

No. AncientGeezer Jun 2019 #18

Too bad RandiFan1290 Jun 2019 #33

She isn't close to right... AncientGeezer Jun 2019 #35

Republicans think that concentration camps are just for jews?....That in itself, is racist W T F Jun 2019 #21

YES!! Srkdqltr Jun 2019 #27

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here we are quibbling with these deplorables about the definition of concentration camp rampartc Jun 2019 #34