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Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. (www.msnbc.com)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I 100% disagree. It's catchy, it's exactly the same, and gives you a picture in your head instantly.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That’s exactly the point: calling something a concentration camp shouldn’t sound like a marketing slogan that promotes it. Nothing really grabs attention of the public while also communicating something is unquestionably bad than calling a concentration camp. Because that’s exactly what it is.

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree. As fun as it is to say, it puts a bit of humor into a humorless situation. No one would laugh if someone said German-Jew-Barbecue.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

no one would laugh

You sweet summer child

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago

But it helps to have a marketing slogan to get others to understand that this is a bad thing. They built a facility for people to go and die in. Might as well call it Auschwitz.