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I find it patently absurd that we are splitting hairs about descriptors.

Children were systematically ripped away from their parents and people were locked in literal cages without due process of the law nor adequate food and care. These actions were widespread and systematic along the southern border. This absolutely meets the definition of crimes against humanity as set out by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Yet we want to talk about whether comparing them to Nazi camps is more accurate or if they were just comparable to lesser concentration camps (like the starvation of people in the Gulags during the famine)?

Making this an argument about semantics is disgustingly dehumanizing and ignores the entire problem altogether. And that in a nutshell is why I have a difficult time taking topics on this forum very seriously anymore.

I disagree, I think the semantic argument is an important one to have to counter bad faith arguments like "oh so you think she's dumb for comparing MAGA folks to the Jews in 1930s Germany but you're ok with comparing border camps to concentration camps?"

Indeed, having the opportunity to highlight why the latter comparison is valid is useful to illustrate how evil the U.S.'s immigration policies are.