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AZJonnie

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4. They "drink and brush their teeth out of the "same water as they poop.""?
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jul 12

That is unfortunately vague.

You could say the same about most of us, in the sense we drink and shower and wash clothes OUT of the same water SOURCE as we poop i.e. our toilet water is the same as our drinking water, we've just not pooped into it beforehand.

I question the idea that detainees are being treated so horribly that they're given untreated toilet water as their drinking source. That's beyond the pale even for this vicious, fascist cabal currently mis-running this country.

That said, I could very easily see a scenario where they have nothing to drink but 'grey water' i.e. recycled, treated sewage.

Which is horrible enough, and it is irresponsible to be caught in hyperbole about the situation when it's not necessary. I say that because if one part of a statement you make is untrue, it gives people an excuse to not believe any other part of it.

Regardless of the reality of this particular detail, this is a horrific and dire situation, and this concentration camp needs to be shut the fuck down. Trump doesn't get to create CECOT - North just because the courts aren't letting him ship innocent people off to the real thing

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Shut it down, release those interned there wendyb-NC Jul 12 #1
We're becoming a totalitarian state Dave says Jul 12 #11
WTF! Baitball Blogger Jul 12 #2
Yup senseandsensibility Jul 12 #3
Overton Window shifted right Dave says Jul 12 #12
and said disease will spread beyond the facility MadameButterfly Jul 12 #18
It's insane and it's what they have in a lot of prisons mucifer Jul 12 #26
They "drink and brush their teeth out of the "same water as they poop.""? AZJonnie Jul 12 #4
The camp was built in 8 days. Baitball Blogger Jul 12 #6
According to another accounting of what she said, it was this: AZJonnie Jul 12 #21
I heard it live and tried to transcribe it senseandsensibility Jul 12 #23
Totally all good, I don't know which account to believe now lol AZJonnie Jul 12 #24
In many jails, including the one where markodochartaigh Jul 12 #9
Makes sense. That is different from the insinuation made by the quote AZJonnie Jul 12 #10
I agree, we should markodochartaigh Jul 12 #22
we pitch and moan about other countries abuses , now e are doing it and not allowed to cover this nor AllaN01Bear Jul 12 #5
We are no longer the gold standard for human rights. Baitball Blogger Jul 12 #7
We never have been JustAnotherGen Jul 12 #8
We exited that stage a long time ago Dave says Jul 12 #15
These camps were built for you and I Johnny2X2X Jul 12 #13
You are right Dave says Jul 12 #16
I'm inclined to think that the fresh water wells are shallow. taxi Jul 12 #14
Humans meant for slavery in the American south were treated the same way Marthe48 Jul 12 #17
I am sickened at what this country has become. And yet, if I listen to the endless blather on cable news - yeah it's ba Nanjeanne Jul 12 #19
Alex twit...not ready for primetime. spanone Jul 12 #20
From the administration that's suing California for its free-range chickens comes 32 Men in a Cage. Efilroft Sul Jul 12 #25
International courts like The Hague and others need to prosecute this administration for torture and inhumane kimbutgar Jul 12 #27
Omg Demovictory9 Jul 12 #28
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