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The Bell Rings ๐Ÿ””'s avatar

At what point does cruelty become atrocity?

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Rikhard Ravindra Tanskanen's avatar

Itโ€™s not as bad as a death camp: the real Alcatraz by itself was bad enough, so โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ is an appropriate name. Indeed, since the Trump administration named it that, whilst they are abhorrent they are honest in their abhorrence: they are not pretending they care, unlike half of radical centrists (H. Ross Perot and Jesse Ventura supporters) and all of the white moderate New Democrats.

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The Bell Rings ๐Ÿ””'s avatar

A lesser hell is still hell.

The metaphor isnโ€™t about measuring horrorโ€”itโ€™s about recognizing patterns before they recalcify. Thatโ€™s the only way to stop the next repetition.

Call it swamp, cellblock, or campโ€”history remembers only the silence that let it stand.

Evil doesnโ€™t need to lie when indifference keeps the books.๐Ÿ“š

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Rikhard Ravindra Tanskanen's avatar

It calcified when intersectional oppression began with European settlement.

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The Bell Rings ๐Ÿ””'s avatar

**Recalcify. Many apologies. Precision matters when weโ€™re writing history in real time. ๐Ÿฅ€

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Ray Wolf's avatar

Ok. That is awesome. Send that to Tom Morello to make into a song.

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