Tony Bark@pawb.social to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoTrump threatens to invade more American citieswww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down16
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minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·17 hours agoThankfully, MJ gets the headline right here. Way too many milquetoast outfits calling this a “crackdown” implies there is even a shred of legitimacy to what Taco is doing here.
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 hours agoCrackdown is the wrong term because it implies there’s something that needs to be addressed. I’m not sure if “invasion” is right either. Closer, but it’s troops on their home territory, so invasion seems inaccurate too. Maybe occupation?
Thankfully, MJ gets the headline right here. Way too many milquetoast outfits calling this a “crackdown” implies there is even a shred of legitimacy to what Taco is doing here.
Crackdown is the wrong term because it implies there’s something that needs to be addressed.
I’m not sure if “invasion” is right either. Closer, but it’s troops on their home territory, so invasion seems inaccurate too.
Maybe occupation?