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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is genocide an overstatement for what's happening in America under Trump? [View all]
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Is genocide an overstatement for what's happening in America under Trump? [View all]
True Dough
Oct 2018
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Seems to me that some of those activities are being done by the U.S. at the southern border.
yardwork
Oct 2018
#7
Over the top alarmist rhetoric and willful mis-statement of legally-defined terminology is
RHMerriman
Oct 2018
#14
Rhetoric, however bigoted, is not genocide; genocide is a crime defined by international law
RHMerriman
Oct 2018
#8
Children are being forcibly separated from their families by the U.S. government at the border.
yardwork
Oct 2018
#11
Shutting down debate? Hardly. Advocating for truthful and accurate use of language?
RHMerriman
Oct 2018
#20
Suicide beats all other statistics, car crashes, opioid overdoeses, obesity deaths, smoking
lindysalsagal
Oct 2018
#33