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[–] D61@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being...

Because its not "Trump" that started this, its been going on for decades. At this point, its either people either view it as "common knowledge" or "oh, that sounds like something the US government would do" after hearing about it.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, Democrats are just waiting until mom says its their turn with the Xbox.

[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

They'll install the swimming pools.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

"Climate change is a national security issue"

anakin-padme-3

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 days ago

Is it only an emergency when it's called a concentration camp? It seemed to be ok when they were called detention centers.

Tomato Tomatoe

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. Wake up, people.

Oh shit I was going to say something snarky but I just noticed we have the pyramid from Obama Maze as an emote this rules. Totally unrelated btw. obama-prism

[–] miz@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

I am treating it as get-out-of-nation emergency, hope that's close enough