I feel like the Nazi comparison is overwraught while at the same time making it seem like the current practice at the border is utterly foreign and un-American, which it's not. There are examples closer to home - treatment of Native Americans, slavery practices, internment camps.
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Japanese internment is probably the closest relevant comparison. Interesting point about making the practice seem foreign, though reaction is uncertain. "This is not America" could be an expression of denial or of horror.
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I'm no psychologist and I wouldn't suggest anyone's particular motive for making the comparison - I'm more noting the effect the comparison has in my own thinking, regardless of intentions.
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The other problem is that the Holocaust wasn't as bad as the Holocaust until it was. It was only partially as bad and people who made it sound worse than it was at any given time were surely just alarmists.
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Then stop comparing it to the Holocaust? I mean, if it's really as terrible as they say (concentration camps etc), then stop there. No need to exaggerate except to enlist the dupes in your cause.
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From Merriam-Webster: "Definition of concentration camp : a camp where persons (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined." If the shoe fits...
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Yeah, that's it - just being precise.
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I just love not being the worst by the most narrow of genocidal margins.
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It’s bad in any case
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I don't know. We've already let over 4,000 Americans die in Puerto Rico. Since many died of neglect (no medical care) they probably suffered before they died. I suppose that is better than actually gassing them, but they are just as dead.
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Not yet, but we’ll get there if the policies are left unchecked.
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The WORLD is watching us. The damage Trump is doing will take a long time to undo.
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