Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity; The New York Times, August 26, 2025

, The New York Times ; Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity

"Still, ginning up indignation appears to be the point, at least in part, in this new era of government by troll. It is a strategy that the administration is leaning into in Mr. Trump’s second term — one that his administration is particularly fond of deploying in the realm of immigration enforcement.

The names given to the detention centers are only part of it. The official X accounts of the White House and the Department of Homeland Security make heavy use of the new style — an irreverence synced to the fast-moving ironic currents of the chronically online, detached from concerns about impropriety."

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