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In reply to the discussion: It Couldn't Happen Here - But It Already Has [View all]question everything
(47,468 posts)5. No. When we are talking about concentration camps we are talking about camps for Jews
and gays, and Jehovah witness and Romas. These are camps that were used, at best, as slave labor, but the purpose was the "Final solution " to eradicate Jews from the face of the earth.
Yes, the camps in the border are horrible but, please, do not cheapen the history of the real concentration camps, or the Holocaust, or even Hitler, by applying them to other venues.
There are still Holocaust survivors among us, there are still camps liberators among us. Talk to them, go to a Holocaust Museum - there are several in the country to learn the real story.
Until then, with all due respect, the people who use this term belittle the memory of all the victims.
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For all of my ranting and raving about this topic, even here on DU
Haggis for Breakfast
Jun 2019
#59
No. When we are talking about concentration camps we are talking about camps for Jews
question everything
Jun 2019
#5
True. However in the past 75 years, the term "concentration camps" referred to Nazi camps
question everything
Jun 2019
#56
As I stated above: adults from the countries south of the border can collect the children
question everything
Jun 2019
#57
When some of my family members get so triggered they want to leave the country...
Hekate
Jun 2019
#21
Here is a video of LOD explaining it clearly. This is well worth your time to watch and learn.
Niagara
Jun 2019
#66
YES! Those are worse crimes than anything else he has done, and who can argue for this?
Liberty Belle
Jun 2019
#26
As the oceans rise and coastal land disappears, the powerful will protect themselves
erronis
Jun 2019
#49