alt Hacker News> The cruelty is the point.
This phrase is one of those viral ear worm kinda things tossed into so many conversations, it doesn't actually mean anything at this point it's so overused.
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throwaway85825 • today at 3:23 AM
It's shorthand for 'emotional argument'
it's a specific claim, they want to set up the process to be so onerous that immigrants self-deport