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minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down6·4 months agoAlligator Auschwitz works for that. Someone called it that last week.
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·4 months agoWe shouldn’t use any of the branding the nazis have provided. It’s the Everglades concentration camp.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·4 months agoOne of the few new things the current crop of fascists have invented is a way to make all this horror sound fun and harmless by the use of mean humor. So, yes, don’t call it that. I agree.
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minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down5·4 months agoI 100% disagree. It’s catchy, it’s exactly the same, and gives you a picture in your head instantly.
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minus-squaremadlian@lemmy.cafeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoI agree. As fun as it is to say, it puts a bit of humor into a humorless situation. No one would laugh if someone said German-Jew-Barbecue.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months ago no one would laugh You sweet summer child
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoBut 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.
Alligator Auschwitz works for that. Someone called it that last week.
We shouldn’t use any of the branding the nazis have provided. It’s the Everglades concentration camp.
One of the few new things the current crop of fascists have invented is a way to make all this horror sound fun and harmless by the use of mean humor.
So, yes, don’t call it that. I agree.
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Why?
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I 100% disagree. It’s catchy, it’s exactly the same, and gives you a picture in your head instantly.
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I agree. As fun as it is to say, it puts a bit of humor into a humorless situation. No one would laugh if someone said German-Jew-Barbecue.
You sweet summer child
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.