▲ 172 ▼ Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. [Opinion] (www.msnbc.com) submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/usa@lemmy.ca 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (9 children) Alligator Auschwitz permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] mkwt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) I get that the name is alliterative, but this is more like Dachau in '33 than Auschwitz in '45. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago ok. but now we're splitting hairs permalink fedilink source parent [–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Wasn't Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Just wait.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I was going to correct you and say that two words starting with A aren't alliteration but assonance. But when I looked it up to make sure I was right, I wasn't. There might not be a word for the same vowel letter in successive words. shrug alliteration – repeated initial consonant sounds in multiple words assonance – repeated vowel sounds within multiple words consonance – repeated consonant sounds within multiple words Learn something new every day. p.s. I support any name that conveys the obvious nazi connection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Beat me to it by 30 minutes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago not a race, was taking your shift to let you rest comrade permalink fedilink source parent [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think a lot of Americans don't know what Auschwitz was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago those are the ones who want a new Auschwitz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children) I get that the name is alliterative, but this is more like Dachau in '33 than Auschwitz in '45. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago ok. but now we're splitting hairs permalink fedilink source parent [–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Wasn't Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago Just wait.... permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I was going to correct you and say that two words starting with A aren't alliteration but assonance. But when I looked it up to make sure I was right, I wasn't. There might not be a word for the same vowel letter in successive words. shrug alliteration – repeated initial consonant sounds in multiple words assonance – repeated vowel sounds within multiple words consonance – repeated consonant sounds within multiple words Learn something new every day. p.s. I support any name that conveys the obvious nazi connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago ok. but now we're splitting hairs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Wasn't Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I was going to correct you and say that two words starting with A aren't alliteration but assonance. But when I looked it up to make sure I was right, I wasn't. There might not be a word for the same vowel letter in successive words. shrug alliteration – repeated initial consonant sounds in multiple words assonance – repeated vowel sounds within multiple words consonance – repeated consonant sounds within multiple words Learn something new every day. p.s. I support any name that conveys the obvious nazi connection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Beat me to it by 30 minutes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago not a race, was taking your shift to let you rest comrade permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago not a race, was taking your shift to let you rest comrade permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think a lot of Americans don't know what Auschwitz was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago those are the ones who want a new Auschwitz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago those are the ones who want a new Auschwitz permalink fedilink source parent