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Hundreds of migrant children quietly moved to a tent camp on the Texas border

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  1. patience_limited
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    I'm having increasing difficulty getting the phrase "concentration camp" out of my head on hearing these stories. I know some distinctions remain with respect to the historical extremity of World...

    I'm having increasing difficulty getting the phrase "concentration camp" out of my head on hearing these stories.

    I know some distinctions remain with respect to the historical extremity of World War II slave labor and extermination facilities, but we are holding children in inferior conditions dangerous to their health, there has been abuse, torture, and death...

    I want to stop posturing about "Resistance", but haven't the faintest idea what effective action consists of other than sending as much money as I can to IRC, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, and a slew of Democratic Party candidates.

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  2. sir
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    Have other countries spoken out about America's treatment of migrants? Unless i've missed something it appears the international community have turned a blind eye.

    Have other countries spoken out about America's treatment of migrants? Unless i've missed something it appears the international community have turned a blind eye.

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  3. CrazyOtter
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    This is cruel & sick. Honestly the American government just seems hell bent on "winning" in these situations. Zero-sum game, doubling down & a complete inability to think laterally or innovate.

    This is cruel & sick. Honestly the American government just seems hell bent on "winning" in these situations. Zero-sum game, doubling down & a complete inability to think laterally or innovate.

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    1. spit-evil-olive-tips
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      It's time to call a spade a spade...the Trump administration is engaged in ethnic cleansing along the US-Mexico border. Now, an argument can be made that it's "diet ethnic cleansing" compared to...

      It's time to call a spade a spade...the Trump administration is engaged in ethnic cleansing along the US-Mexico border.

      Now, an argument can be made that it's "diet ethnic cleansing" compared to the Rohingya in Myanmar, the Uyghurs in western China, or Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 90s. But it's a difference of degree, not of kind.

      The Final Report of the Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 defined ethnic cleansing as "a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas".

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    2. DePingus
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      Do you care about chickens in a coop or cows in a pen? Of course not. These are just migrants in a tent. Big deal. Its not like they're actually people. /s Or least that's what they've been trying...

      I can't imagine how anyone can justify this behavior other than blind rage and hate.

      Do you care about chickens in a coop or cows in a pen? Of course not. These are just migrants in a tent. Big deal. Its not like they're actually people. /s

      Or least that's what they've been trying to ingrain in our minds for a while now. And its totally working.

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