# Separating immigrants from their children is child abuse.

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**Created:** [June 16, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separating-immigrants-from-their-children-is-child-abuse/816206 "2018-06-16T16:45:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separating-immigrants-from-their-children-is-child-abuse/816206/186 "2018-06-18T04:12:30Z")

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> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> Please do try and keep up. I know how you play the game and I’ve told you I’m not playing it.

I didn’t agree that a useful synonym for “inhumane,” is cruel, but I will certainly concede that to the extent you believe the terms are synonymous, you have every right to use the word. And I will also concede that it’s not simply your belief: you have a good dictionary source.

So I think the problem here is mine. In my view, “inhumane” represents several orders of magnitude beyond merely “cruel,” or “lacking compassion.” But it looks like that’s my idea, and not the dictionary’s.

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