REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agoFact Check: Reuters Is Wrong — Biden Is Not Deporting More Illegal Aliens than Trumparchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFact Check: Reuters Is Wrong — Biden Is Not Deporting More Illegal Aliens than Trumparchive.phREgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThe point seems to be that a return is not cruel enough because migrants don’t get physically yeeeted over the border
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 days agoThis is exactly the same semantical nonsense they used to handwave Obama’s deportations as well “He’s not deporting them, he’s RETURNING them”, never mind that the end result is the same
minus-squareREgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoIt’s kinda funny to see it from the other side though. It’s usually “nooo the kids aren’t in cages, they’re uhhh containment shelters!” This time it’s “the kids aren’t even in cages! It’s just a containment shelter!”
minus-squareviva_la_juche [they/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoSTOP USING ANTI-LIBERAL LANGUAGE Instead of saying “cages” say “containment shelter” Instead of saying “deported” say “returned home” Instead of saying “escaping economic conditions that exist bc of U.S. imperialism” say “coming to sell drugs” Instead of saying “the wall is a waste of money” say “build that wall!”
actually you will see that they have not been removed merely deported actually you will see that they have not been removed merely deported
The point seems to be that a return is not cruel enough because migrants don’t get physically yeeeted over the border
This is exactly the same semantical nonsense they used to handwave Obama’s deportations as well
“He’s not deporting them, he’s RETURNING them”, never mind that the end result is the same
It’s kinda funny to see it from the other side though. It’s usually “nooo the kids aren’t in cages, they’re uhhh containment shelters!”
This time it’s “the kids aren’t even in cages! It’s just a containment shelter!”
STOP USING ANTI-LIBERAL LANGUAGE
Instead of saying “cages” say “containment shelter”
Instead of saying “deported” say “returned home”
Instead of saying “escaping economic conditions that exist bc of U.S. imperialism” say “coming to sell drugs”
Instead of saying “the wall is a waste of money” say “build that wall!”