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Iggo

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36. And I'm glad you've never been to jail.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #29)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 11:51 PM

Jun 2019

Seriously.

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Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right to Call Them Concentration Camps? [View all] thomhartmann Jun 2019 OP

NO ! stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #1

They're just like summer camps right? Blues Heron Jun 2019 #13

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

Do tell, you're the one defending American concentration camps Blues Heron Jun 2019 #15

I'm not defending anything .. stonecutter357 Jun 2019 #16

"In a 20 person cage" LakeArenal Jun 2019 #29

And I'm glad you've never been to jail. Iggo Jun 2019 #36

People concentrated in detainment camps: Concentration Camps. Magoo48 Jun 2019 #19

The Trumpist's are attacking her narrative and trying to change to minimize the perception of... Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #2

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

Agreed Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #7

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

According to Britannica choie Jun 2019 #28

... lapucelle Jun 2019 #30

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