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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (8 children)
[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

I mean, yeah? An extermination camps is arguably several magnitudes worse than a concentration camp, isn't it?

That doesn't detract from both being horrific.

Hyperbole and analogies are just two conflicting figures of speech. The overall message is weakened than if either is used by itself.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Not to mention it did become an extermination camp.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Dachau? No, it never became an extermination camp. Hell, I visited the memorial site and know about its history to some extent (though certainly far less than actual historians).

It killed tens of thousands still, especially in the later parts of WW2. But its purpose was still to concentrate enemies of the state and not to exterminate them.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

I should have clarified, I meant Auschwitz.

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