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Historians: Quibbling over exact definition of concentration camp sign of healthy society (theonion.com)

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Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics of the term ‘concentration camp’ as they pertain to a place the government is actively sending people with no criminal history is highly associated with national stability,” said historian Kristen Boyd, who added that the more pedantic one’s reasoning for a facility not fully satisfying the criteria for a true concentration camp, the better that bodes for a country’s future.

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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago

This is so painfully close to real…. John Stewart being all like, ‘they aren’t faschists, because they are operating within the system’

Like my man…. No.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

It ... may have been upgraded to 'death camp' now.

Satellite images... seem to show a massive pile of human bodies and a giant pool of blood in a courtyard.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/el-salvador-cecot-satellite-images

(ironically this is actually the most comprehensive breakdown of these images and discussion around them I can find)

The courtyard does not always have ... these visual features. You cannot directly pull it up via a search for CECOT in google Earth, but the exact coordinates will still get you there... and view sat images by a timeline... and this uh... what certainly looks like a massive pile of bodies and pool of blood... are not always there.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

More like death camp

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tiktok-el-salvador-prison-ceto/