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.
  • mkwt@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 days ago

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

    • TheFlopster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 days 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.

    • LostWon@lemmy.ca
      2·
      9 days ago

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