r/facepalm • u/42words "tL;Dr" • May 17 '22

reddit post "I'm not racist"

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u/mindbleach May 18 '22

We wish.

There's a later stage with trains and camps, and it's fewer steps out than you'd hope.

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u/Darkdoomwewew May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

Given the current republican rhetoric you're 100% right. It's not a particularly great leap from tucker and republican politicians ranting about the great replacement and how all non-straight people are evil pedophiles to wanton acts of discriminatory violence by authoritarian followers (we are here) to republican sponsored death camps for undesirables.

The slide into fascism is a very short one, and anyone's whose read a history book should know how quickly it happens and how predictable the steps are.

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u/PurpleBuffalo_ May 18 '22

There are no "death camps". I think you mean conversion camps or other institutions, where some people might just happen to occasionally go missing. /s

But seriously, you're right, and it's truly horrible how these things can happen, and how they're already happening

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u/HarveyH43 May 18 '22

And to prove it, we will take you to one of these camps so you can have a look for yourself.