WOULD YOU RATHER BE TECHNICALLY RIGHT OR WOULD YOU RATHER WIN AN ELECTION?
con·cen·tra·tion camp
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
WOULD YOU RATHER BE TECHNICALLY RIGHT OR WOULD YOU RATHER WIN AN ELECTION? The rest of that definition and the rest of that last sentence in that definition of 'concentration camp' goes on to say, ' sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.' The problem here is the 'connotative definition, i.e. what the term is most strongly association with, which is the exact definition AOC was referring to as was indicated by her adding the phrase,"Never Again" So, the question is, wpuld you rather be technically right or would you rather win an election? Using this type of rhetoric will not help your cause. It is more likely to turn many people against your cause because it makes it seem like you are trivializing the horrors of the holocaust, or at the very least, equating the detention camps with the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. If you simply cite the facts, they will speak for themselves. They do not need 'help' from such controversial rhetoric that could invite misunderstanding and even detract from the reality of what is happening... "con·cen·tra·tion camp
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
