• JackbyDev
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        01 month ago

        I’ve never viewed “disappearing” as a euphemism.

        • @D_C@lemm.ee
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          01 month ago

          Horses for courses, I suppose.

          I feel that it’s downplaying the seriousness of what is happening to these people a bit.
          To me the statement “US Government Disappears Student” is not as worrying as “US Government Abducts Student”

          • JackbyDev
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            11 month ago

            Well, the reason I don’t view it as a euphemism is because it’s typically associated with totalitarian regimes. The government “disappears” people. See here,

            to cause (someone or something) to disappear:

            a: to abduct and kill or imprison (someone, such as a political dissident) while withholding information about the person’s fate

            Her son was disappeared during Argentina’s so-called ‘Dirty War.’— Associated Press

            “Disappearing” someone carries more weight than “abducting” someone.

      • @Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Don’t kidnappers usually try to return the kidnapped in exchange for something? I think disappearing is an apt description.