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True Dough

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35. We can't rule it out, LuckyCharms
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:14 PM
Oct 2018

It is alarming how we seem to be moving steadily in that direction. We must remain vigilant.

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
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