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I've seen people posting tweets from public figures talking about alligators, seen other people joking about alligators. It appears to me that the issue is political, not environmental, but I don't fully get the picture.

What's going on?

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They want to feed brown people to alligators. That's it. it's that simple.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

From the looks of it it's worse. They want people to feed themselves to alligators, much more sinister and dishonest.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

It's about giving up hope.

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago

Alligator Auschwitz more like

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

"Alligator Alcatraz" is a new concentration camp built in the swamps of Florida. They're selling Alligator Alcatraz merchandise to fund some cartoonishly evil dickwad's political campaign.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Time to counter that merch by spreading merch where the "Alcatraz" is replaced by "Auschwitz".

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 17 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

Who tf supports a concentration camp... And displays merch of it... And you say somebody is making a profit? Wtf

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Yes, it's the American way.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

56395

This is just one of the people who whispers into Trump's ear.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 5 hours ago

I've seen this one in particular

Understanding the context now doesn't make me feel any better :/

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 16 points 9 hours ago

The problem is propaganda and a deliberate decision by MAGA to make their every effort to refuse to see a duck for a duck.

These people don't support "concentration camps" they support "detention centers" that "house immigrants" before deportation.

Nevermind that it's a distinction without a difference, morally it feels better to tell yourself it's not a concentration camp and that you'd never support a concentration camp. But they are, and they do. They'd just never admit it to you or themselves.

As for the profit: of fucking course. This is America, we socialize corporate expenses and privatize corporate profits for everything. The intended purpose for taxation of the working class now is to feed the ultra wealthy a competition free source of additional wealth.

[–] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 hours ago

The MAGA half of America is very much pro-genocide. It's terrifying

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 10 hours ago

Like LucasWaffyWaf said: cartoonishly evil dickwads.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 27 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Florida has a lot of alligators – DeSantis is building a concentration camp in Florida (in the middle of Big Cypress National Preserve, a environmentally protected area) – and the conservatives came up with the bright idea of calling it “Alligator Alcatraz”

[everyone else is trying to decide between “Alligator Auschwitz”, “Everglades Concentration Camp”, or “Gulag 34141”]

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Gator Gulag has a ring to it but what the hell is wrong with Americans? So many things wrong with that

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

that’s what happens when you let corporations ~~bribe~~ lobby your politicians

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago

I was born and raised in a country with plenty of deep seated corruption. I understand the mechanics allowing this to happen, but the style, that's american style. We didn't get things like these

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the new immigrant concentration camp they've built in a swamp in Florida on Native land. It's surrounded by alligators and poisonous snakes and very remote.