Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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If Splinter News is associated with Jezebel, Kotaku, and the Root, I feel compelled to dismiss this opinion hit peace out of hand.
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:59 pm https://splinternews.com/border-patrol- ... 1826915586

Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
It just looks like a cage.
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Antiboyscout wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:27 pm If Splinter News is associated with Jezebel, Kotaku, and the Root, I feel compelled to dismiss this opinion hit peace out of hand.
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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unknownsample wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:39 pm
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:59 pm https://splinternews.com/border-patrol- ... 1826915586

Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
It just looks like a cage.
How is it not a cage?
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:17 pm
unknownsample wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:39 pm
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:59 pm https://splinternews.com/border-patrol- ... 1826915586

Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
It just looks like a cage.
How is it not a cage?
I was trying to be humorous of course its an appalling treatment of migrant children.
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I have spent so long in fruitless, online debate, and this year has been so...very interesting, that my sarcasm senses are pretty rusty.
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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unknownsample wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:39 pm
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:59 pm https://splinternews.com/border-patrol- ... 1826915586

Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
It just looks like a cage.
It's the duck test and it's a cage, IMO. I guess we can call it a "cell" but that does make it sound just as worse, IMO.
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Re: Border Patrol says they are keeping kids in cages, but that people should stop saying that

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:59 pm https://splinternews.com/border-patrol- ... 1826915586

Exactly what it says on the tin. Border patrol says people shouldn't use the word "cages" because it makes people uncomfortable, even though it is accurate.
Yes, people can use cage instead of cell if they want. Yes, some terms sound worse than others.
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