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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Because it really takes a seriousness away from it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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.

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