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[–] yarr@feddit.nl 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They said they plan to make large scale detention camps to hold and deport up to 18 to 20 million undocumented immigrants.

The original thread was talking about users of Adderall and other prescription drugs. Are you saying that the plan will be to send Adderall / prescription drug users and undocumented immigrants to the same labor camps?

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm saying they're expanding the list of who they wish to detain. Just like the Nazis did.

I don't believe your questions are asked in good faith.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

RFK's proposed program is a state-funded "wellness farm" to enable users of prescription drugs and Adderall to rehabilitate. This is entirely distinct from Trump's plan to detain and then deport undocumented immigrants. Notably, one group would consist of American citizens and one would not.

If your level of paranoia regarding Trump is such that you believe he will put his own citizenry in labor camps, then nothing I can say or do will convince you otherwise, as it does not appear to be backed in evidence.

I am annoyed that you classify this as bad faith, as I am attempting to address and criticize his stated plans and goals instead of catastrophizing about Nazi Germany.

Again, if you are saying Trump behaves identically to Nazi Germany, then are we going to see a land invasion of Mexico/Canada? Will Trump make the democratic party illegal? That's what Hitler would have done.

Will he also turn on Israel instead of offering aid? Isn't antisemitism a core tenet of Nazi Germany? I find the comparison rather flawed.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're either obsequious or gullible to the point of delusion. They won't just target their enemies, one day it will be you too. For they must have enemies to target, so when they run out even servile loyalists like you will wind up on their lists.

We have nothing further to discuss.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

No. Reality. This is no slippery slope.