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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi blows off AOC 'concentration camp' remarks [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Thus detention camps.
Blues Heron, words have meaning and we need different words for different meanings. If you ever read about the concentration camps Germany made famous, you'd never insist on calling what we have so far by that name. And if it was appropriate, what the hell would you be doing quarreling about nomenclature on social media instead of marching?
Concentration camps are where persecuted citizens are segregated away from deserving citizens. They usually involve forced labor and various forms of neglect and abuse leading to great suffering and even death, but not to deportation.
Internment camps are where people are held for a period for some reason, effectively a large prison. They could be concentration camps, but there's a big reason different terminology is used.
Death camps are where people are shipped to be systematically executed. Many also involved forced labor.