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In reply to the discussion: @AOC tweet to Liz Cheney...... [View all]Saviolo
(3,282 posts)12. There are a lot of Jewish people in the responses defending AOC
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The pearl clutching on this issue is making me absurdly angry. The people crying out "How DARE you call them concentration camps!" Because that's just what they are, and guess what, the nazis weren't the first, and weren't the last to use concentration camps. The USA and Canada even used them during WWII, except they were rebranded and remarketed so as not to remind people of the horror related to them.
... apparently it works.
Also, I can't recommend this podcast episode about the history of concentration camps enough:
https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/concentration-camps-are-back-so-lets-talk-about-their-history.htm
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You last paragraph cuts to the heart of what AOC was saying, IMO. Take care. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2019
#40
What does the Honorable Liz Cheney call the camps that the Japanese-Americans were interned?
Red Pest
Jun 2019
#5
It wasn't so much calling them concentration camps that got many people offended.....
George II
Jun 2019
#10
We have misused the term concentration camp with regards to what happen to Jews during the Holocaust
gabeana
Jun 2019
#16
I stand with AOC. She is one of the few that is brave enough to stand up to
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2019
#26
It would have been nice if AOC told Lizzy that, if she is so concerned about
Submariner
Jun 2019
#55