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cm0002@lemmy.cafe to USA | United states of America@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. [Opinion]

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Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. [Opinion]

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cm0002@lemmy.cafe to USA | United states of America@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago
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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
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This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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    Alligator Auschwitz

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      I get that the name is alliterative, but this is more like Dachau in '33 than Auschwitz in '45.

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        ok.

        but now we’re splitting hairs

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        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.

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        Wasn’t Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison.

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        Just wait…

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      Beat me to it by 30 minutes

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        not a race, was taking your shift to let you rest comrade

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      I think a lot of Americans don’t know what Auschwitz was.

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        those are the ones who want a new Auschwitz

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