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Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. (www.msnbc.com)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Alligator Auschwitz works for that. Someone called it that last week.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We shouldn’t use any of the branding the nazis have provided. It’s the Everglades concentration camp.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 20 points 1 year ago

One of the few new things the current crop of fascists have invented is a way to make all this horror sound fun and harmless by the use of mean humor.

So, yes, don’t call it that. I agree.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Why?

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