SAY THE WORDS: AMERICAN CONCENTRATION CAMP
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We are sending people there and they are not coming back.

By all criteria, this a concentration camp. Not “concentration camp” as rhetorical inflation, or emotionally manipulative shorthand, or edgy metaphor—but as in: literally.

As in: detention without trial, state control, inhumane living conditions, forced labor, dehumanization, brutal violence, isolation from accountability, psychological torture, and—by every available logical extension—murder.

That last one we can’t yet verify in the strict evidentiary sense, but the circumstances suggest it like smoke suggests fire, and they are already trying to hide their actions and deny what is occurring.

    • LittleLemming@lemmy.world
      402·
      7 hours ago

      “I don’t like what they put on their own bodies so I don’t care what happens to them” must be the most brain-dead sentence I’ve read all year

        • angband@lemmy.world
          302·
          6 hours ago

          stupid. half the college grads I know, a good number of vets, and none who have ever been in trouble, ever, have tattoos. you are just sick in the head. I don’t have tattos, don’t like them, but I don’t choose my friends by it, or use it as a moral compass.

            • jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              153·
              6 hours ago

              i know no good people named shuhsha, and one bad one, therefore we should fucking find and kill them, lock you up and let you suffer the most inhumane fate known to mankind.

              yeah it sounds pretty stupid?

              or are you different? this isn’t a real argument, it’s in bad faith as a matter of category.

              man i’ll stop feeding the troll but whoever you are i hope you know you’re stupid, vile fucking human garbage and partly responsible for the destruction of western society, not whatever weird bizzaro rhetoric you might have in turn to explain why it isn’t “like the good ol days”.

              i’d type more but im frankly not even sure you can fucking read, idiot. lmfao.

                • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
                  6·
                  5 hours ago

                  Man, you guys really get upset and uncivil just because somebody said they don’t like tattoos

                  No, the downvotes are because you said

                  I’m honestly ok with this

                  It’s fine to not like tattoos. Other people in this thread have also said that they also don’t like tattoos, but they’re not being downvoted. You’re the one arguing in bad faith here.

                  There’s always been healthy discussion online about people not liking tattoos, regretting a particular one, discussing the costs of removal, and discouraging others. There’s no conspiracy pushing for one side over the other. What people do agree on is that detention based on the presence of tattoos alone, is wrong.

                • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
                  4·
                  5 hours ago

                  somebody said they don’t like tattoos and they’re an indicator of undesirable people.

                  Not the objectionable part, and you should know it. You’re either arguing in bad faith, or your mind is genuinely broken.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          162·
          6 hours ago

          So where does the jump from “people that I should avoid” to rounding up and being sent to concentration camps happen? I don’t really care if you avoid people with tattoos, but where do you get off using that as a basis for persecution?

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
              71·
              6 hours ago

              I’m not using it as a basis for persecution. I’m saying that I don’t care if they are persecuted

              Those things are the same thing.

              First they came for the Communists

              And I did not speak out

              Because I was not a Communist

              Then they came for the Socialists

              And I did not speak out

              Because I was not a Socialist

              Then they came for the trade unionists

              And I did not speak out

              Because I was not a trade unionist

              Then they came for the Jews

              And I did not speak out

              Because I was not a Jew

              Then they came for me

              And there was no one left

              To speak out for me

        • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          121·
          6 hours ago

          I never liked tattoos and they’re more-often-than-not an indicator of people that I should avoid.

          I never liked bootlicking, individualistic, snowflake fascists and they’re more-often-than-not an indicator of people that I should avoid.

        • CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world
          122·
          6 hours ago

          I really hope you’re a child. If you are an adult with this opinion, I feel bad for anybody you come into contact with

        • Siegfried@lemmy.world
          112·
          1 hour ago

          I never liked glasses… People who wears glasses think they make them look more inteligent, and it’s true.

          And that’s why I’m OK with putting every g*asses wearer in the meat grinder.

          Yeah, totally normal train of thoughts

    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
      122·
      5 hours ago

      Everyone: stop feeding the troll or at least treat them like the lame troll they are. A 22 day old account whose first comment can be summarized as “I’m okay with people with tattoos going to concentration camps”.

      There are many very stupid people in the world, but few people this stupid. It’s likely a troll.

      Edit: see, even their response to this comment is designed to encourage engagement by making an easily verified false claim. Obvious troll is obvious and not even particularly creative.

        • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
          22·
          5 hours ago

          LOL you’re going to have to up your game kid, your trolling is much too obvious. I suggest sandwiching the baiting comments you want people to “rage correct” between plausible statements a person of normal intelligence would make. When every comment makes you appear implausibly stupid, it just becomes laughable. Once someone points out how you’re trolling, you’ve hit the rocks.

    • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 hours ago

      You joined April 2, 2025. I believe you are just here for thread drift, purposely derailing the topic into a meaningless discussion of tattoos by sharing ragebait.

      Uh-oh! Looks like the mods agreed! lol. Thanks mods!

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      6 hours ago

      Holy crap I can’t believe you think this is about tattoos and not about atrocity. “I am okay with people being sent to concentration camps, tortured, and murdered because I don’t really like tattoos. If you find this view objectionable, it’s just because you have the tattoo mind virus and cannot tolerate criticism of tattoos.” I cannot express how fucked up this is to say. Like you may be completely detached from reality in this moment and should probably isolate yourself until loved ones can help you. You may be in danger.

    • Ickabod Kobain@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      6 hours ago

      Well by that logic I don’t particularly like beards therefor, all men with beards must be avoided.

    • EySkibidiBabBab@feddit.dk
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Can i ask where in the world you’re from? I’m personally from Denmark where tattoos are pretty common – i have some myself. But as i’ve come to learn, the perception of tattoos differ widely around the world.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      41·
      6 hours ago

      I’m honestly ok with sending you to a concentration camp with no regards for your safety or wellbeing after that comment.

      Tattoos are a form of free speech that applies to one’s body, and should be afforded all of the protections of the first amendment.

      I cannot believe we’re having this conversation in 2025.