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[–] danekrae@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

read until the end of the quote

and the millions of citizens whose homes had been bombed and shelled and who had fled advancing armies.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

fled

Who am I kidding, laconic phrases won't work here...

whose homes had been bombed and shelled

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're acting deliberately obtuse. Millions of people fled from the war, also known as "moving", to reference your original comment.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'M the obtuse one? You're acting like fleeing from your bombed home, is the same as choosing to move away from idiocy...

"refugee and migrant is the same thing"...

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Leaving before the rush?