Paul CantrellFeb 23

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/116116583354261712

Is it OK to call them concentration camps yet?

Or do we have to wait until they all get built?

Until they get filled?

Until they become death camps?

Please, if you object to the term “concentration camp” right now, clearly identify your bright line for when that term becomes acceptable.

Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 23
@inthehands "No one is suggesting that ICE is planning anything close to mass extermination..." Like fucking hell, that's *exactly* what they're going to do. Oh my god, even the critical media still doesn't want to believe it...
Show threadJargogglesFeb 23
@theorangetheme @inthehands
When it becomes obvious that they can't move that many fucking people out of the country, they will most certainly become death camps. That's what the original Nazis came to realize and it's what the new Nazis are going to realize, too.
Show threadMagnus Ahltorp

@jargoggles @theorangetheme @inthehands How hard is it for people to realise that being called ”concentration camps” is a much lower bar than ”death camps”? If you think they should be called death camps, sure, do that then, but we should call them concentration camps way before then.

We call it ”prison” even when you’re not there to be executed, right?

Feb 23 at 6:35amWeb
Show threadblaue_FledermausFeb 23

@ahltorp @jargoggles @theorangetheme @inthehands
And "concentration camps" are not even exclusively a Nazi thing, everybody was using them during WW2.

(Not defending ICE or the(ir) use of concentration camps)

Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 23
@blaue_Fledermaus @jargoggles @theorangetheme @inthehands https://mastodon.nu/@ahltorp/116118523650048321
Magnus Ahltorp (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] You do remember the concentration camps for citizens with Japanese heritage in the US, right?

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