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RHMerriman

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20. Shutting down debate? Hardly. Advocating for truthful and accurate use of language?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 05:12 PM

Oct 2018

Shutting down debate? Hardly. Advocating for truthful and accurate use of language?

Always.

If that offends you, too bad.

You want to use legal language? Use it accurately.

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Is genocide an overstatement for what's happening in America under Trump? [View all] True Dough Oct 2018 OP

Currently, an overstatement Downtown Hound Oct 2018 #1

Yes, it is an overstatement of the worst kind... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #2

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

+1 grantcart Oct 2018 #18

Yes, by any definition, it would tragically deny genocide Hortensis Oct 2018 #28

Overstatement - CIVIL COLD WAR would be a better term. DinahMoeHum Oct 2018 #3

I see the first stage being accomplished. violetpastille Oct 2018 #4

Except there's no "Mexican" DNA ancestry... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #6

Right. violetpastille Oct 2018 #13

Okay... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #15

Sure. violetpastille Oct 2018 #24

Fair enough RHMerriman Oct 2018 #26

Look at #4. Trump and his minions routinely speak of their enemies as vermin. yardwork Oct 2018 #5

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

There's room for diversity of opinion here True Dough Oct 2018 #17

Shutting down debate? Hardly. Advocating for truthful and accurate use of language? RHMerriman Oct 2018 #20

That's right, hardly! True Dough Oct 2018 #22

Or what, exactly? RHMerriman Oct 2018 #25

I've read it many times; that's why I posted it... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #19

Hard to say... regnaD kciN Oct 2018 #9

massive overstatement Takket Oct 2018 #10

Been there, done that. Look at this land's first people. McCamy Taylor Oct 2018 #12

Only stage 9 is technically genocide meadowlander Oct 2018 #16

Try reading some world news for a change. milestogo Oct 2018 #21

True that... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #23

Not only a gross overstatement, GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #27

Overstatement. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #29

Yes. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #30

Ordinarily I would steer clear of a thread dewsgirl Oct 2018 #31

We can't let it get this far... True Dough Oct 2018 #32

Suicide beats all other statistics, car crashes, opioid overdoeses, obesity deaths, smoking lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #33

Not an overstatement. LuckyCharms Oct 2018 #34

We can't rule it out, LuckyCharms True Dough Oct 2018 #35