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The country disappearing its own citizens claims another country isn’t protecting its own
How quaint
~~disappearing~~KIDNAPPING.
It's kidnapping. Or abduction.
I've never viewed "disappearing" as a euphemism.
Horses for courses, I suppose.
I feel that it's downplaying the seriousness of what is happening to these people a bit.
To me the statement "US Government Disappears Student" is not as worrying as "US Government Abducts Student"
Well, the reason I don't view it as a euphemism is because it's typically associated with totalitarian regimes. The government "disappears" people. See here,
"Disappearing" someone carries more weight than "abducting" someone.