Punishment does not impart guilt. I could punish you for something you did not do. Describing the camps as "punishment camps" is accurate.
Besides, as I highlighted, this was simply a passing reference during a debate. It is not as if the man gave a speech about it.
Are you being deliberately obtuse?Originally Posted by CR
The Jews were sent to the camps to be punished. One of those punishments was death. Therefore, Haider was not factually incorrect. You were.
Aside from that, I'm still having a hard time finding where he used the phrase "only punishment camps". "Only" would give some credence to the argument that he was in fact trying to downplay what happened there, although that would still be a weak argument.
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