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These Americans feel it's an insult to Jewish history to use that term if the camps aren't explicitly death camps. They are wrong, not you. But we should not be debating "are they death camps?" That framing positions all concentration camps as death camps. Which is historically inaccurate.
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
These Americans feel it's an insult to Jewish history to use that term if the camps aren't explicitly death camps. They are wrong, not you. But we should not be debating "are they death camps?" That framing positions all concentration camps as death camps. Which is historically inaccurate.
Even the people I'm referring to don't feel that way. They feel like we are different and better because actual Nazis declare the death camps as a matter of policy. They feel like our camps will be better run and not devolve into death camps.
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Even the people I'm referring to don't feel that way. They feel like we are different and better because actual Nazis declare the death camps as a matter of policy. They feel like our camps will be better run and not devolve into death camps.
I don't think that at all, which is why i regret that you took offense. You are making this about you, as if my intent was to judge you. That was never the case. I feel like you're not taking my point because you're on the defense.
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I don't think that at all, which is why i regret that you took offense. You are making this about you, as if my intent was to judge you. That was never the case. I feel like you're not taking my point because you're on the defense.
No. I'm saying that making "they kill people" the standard of badness is not a high enough standard.
Concentration camp has *always* been a euphemism. They've *always* lied about the conditions. Americans don't understand that, so they use death camp as the standard to be avoided. Not good enough.
Concentration camp has *always* been a euphemism. They've *always* lied about the conditions. Americans don't understand that, so they use death camp as the standard to be avoided. Not good enough.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
No. I'm saying that making "they kill people" the standard of badness is not a high enough standard.
Concentration camp has *always* been a euphemism. They've *always* lied about the conditions. Americans don't understand that, so they use death camp as the standard to be avoided. Not good enough.
Concentration camp has *always* been a euphemism. They've *always* lied about the conditions. Americans don't understand that, so they use death camp as the standard to be avoided. Not good enough.
It seems like people in DC could stand outside of Mike's house and wherever he goes and play videos of such incidents on repeat. And others could video tape him texting to said videos, as proof that he had finally seen them.
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It seems like people in DC could stand outside of Mike's house and wherever he goes and play videos of such incidents on repeat. And others could video tape him texting to said videos, as proof that he had finally seen them.
Looks like we can dust off all the "papers please" comics from WWII, and retire all the jokes about how Americans were above such abuses of human rights.
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Looks like we can dust off all the "papers please" comics from WWII, and retire all the jokes about how Americans were above such abuses of human rights.
I appreciate that we are on the same side here and regret if you took my criticism for judgment. I think it's so important that we emphasize that these are concentration camps regardless of whether they are death camps.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I appreciate that we are on the same side here and regret if you took my criticism for judgment. I think it's so important that we emphasize that these are concentration camps regardless of whether they are death camps.
We can't have evidence that it is a death camp yet because it's not yet built. Debating the point cedes ground to those who still think it's not a concentration camp. Rather we need to emphasize that these are the same old arguments always used to justify interments.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We can't have evidence that it is a death camp yet because it's not yet built. Debating the point cedes ground to those who still think it's not a concentration camp. Rather we need to emphasize that these are the same old arguments always used to justify interments.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Are the American Immigrant Detainment Centers Concentration Camps?
What Is a Concentration Camp? Most dictionaries define “concentration camp” as a space for separating a politically undesirable group, usually with degraded living conditions. In this sense, the terms...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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