06-20-2019, 11:21 AM
(06-20-2019, 11:10 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I hate to interrupt the fascinating semantic argument going on, but I really feel the need to inject some rational points.
First, these are not "concentration camps" they are detention facilities that any single person in them could freely leave and return to their point of origin. One cannot freely leave a concentration camp, ergo these are not concentration camps.
Secondly, using the term concentration camp has an intense negative connotation that every single person in this thread is aware of. Using it in this instance is intentionally inflammatory and anyone pretending it wasn't used for precisely that reason should be ashamed of their rank dishonesty.
While I agree that the phrase was used to evoke certain emotions, the camps on the southern border seem to fit within the definitions previously provided. Your assertion does not change that.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
