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minus-squarefilorialinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down7·8 个月前Purge has a Soviet connotation. How about “removal of dissidents”?
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·8 个月前Generally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 个月前No one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·8 个月前It’s the Secret Service of Ukraine. Dissidents don’t join the Secret Service in the first place, and the people ‘purged’ got treason charges.
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 个月前You know what’s funny? Purge is an English word.
Purge has a Soviet connotation.
How about “removal of dissidents”?
Generally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
No one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
It’s the Secret Service of Ukraine. Dissidents don’t join the Secret Service in the first place, and the people ‘purged’ got treason charges.
You know what’s funny? Purge is an English word.