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gulliver

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4. Unfortunately, this word choice seems emotional
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:54 AM
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It should be clear to everyone that these "camps" bear no useful resemblance to the "concentration camps" used by the Nazis. But that's the only context people are used to hearing the phrase used within. So, some may make this word choice to try to turn up the volume on the emotion knob to 11.

I mourn hyperbolic misuses of words. It's immoral to weaken important words and phrases by "just using them for everything." And it also makes the English language less expressive, reducing meaning and beauty in the world. Finally, news flash, it doesn't work. It's like handing an idiot a megaphone. They sound louder, but it just makes everyone less likely to listen to them and more likely to ignore their message.

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