silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoDon’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.www.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlusa@midwest.social
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkDon’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.www.msnbc.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.netus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlusa@midwest.social
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWasn’t “concentration camp” a euphemism, too? I mean, most people know people are not doing any “camping” at such a place, but…still.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoMost “untoward” things become more well known from their euphemisms. This is just a rare non-sex case.
minus-squaremriswith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days agoNo. Camp means encampment. Which refers to temporary or light shelter, usually for a group. And the term “concentration camp” is from the 1800s.
minus-squareSpaceShort@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoConcentration camp did indeed start as a euphemism but it’s not the “camp” part that was but the “concentration” part.
Wasn’t “concentration camp” a euphemism, too?
I mean, most people know people are not doing any “camping” at such a place, but…still.
Most “untoward” things become more well known from their euphemisms. This is just a rare non-sex case.
No.
Camp means encampment. Which refers to temporary or light shelter, usually for a group. And the term “concentration camp” is from the 1800s.
Concentration camp did indeed start as a euphemism but it’s not the “camp” part that was but the “concentration” part.