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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•8 months agoPurge has a Soviet connotation. How about “removal of dissidents”?
minus-squaresunzulinkfedilink7•8 months agoGenerally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
minus-squarepelyalink1•8 months agoNo one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
minus-squarepelyalink5•8 months agoIt’s the Secret Service of Ukraine. Dissidents don’t join the Secret Service in the first place, and the people ‘purged’ got treason charges.
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.