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In reply to the discussion: It Couldn't Happen Here - But It Already Has [View all]llmart
(15,536 posts)37. This is without a doubt one of your best essays.
I am curious though. Have you posted this anywhere else or sent this to your local newspapers? Have you sent this to your Senators and Representatives? If your audience is only on DU, then you are preaching to the choir. Since social media seems to be the influencer of our times, is it on Twitter, Facebook, other sites?
Send it to Mitch McConnell and Kirsten Kielsen. Circulate it widely. It's truly that good of an essay.
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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
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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