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I think there is a hesitation to downplay what the Jews experienced by using the same name, even if it accurate. Maybe some of the same things are happening bu
by mothballed 9mo ago
I think there is a hesitation to downplay what the Jews experienced by using the same name, even if it accurate. Maybe some of the same things are happening but it's not the same as the Jewish experience in Germany.
Personally I have no issue with calling them concentration camps but it does feel there needs to be a word to distinguish them from the camps of the Holocaust.
- spwa4 9mo agoI don't want to imply those experiences compare.
- gxnxcxcx 9mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp
- beAbU 9mo agoYou are aware that it's not just the jews that were placed in concentration camps, right?
- mothballed 9mo agoYes of course. But like it or not, people think Holocaust as soon as you say concentration camps, even though the words are far more broad. That's why many of us are hesitant to say it. There have been other words like this. For instance "negro" just means black but if you say it everyone assumes you are referring to slaves or slave-like individuals or referring to a black person as inferior.