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Stop acting like something that happened nearly 80 years ago is relevant today. Did we go crazy and lock up every Muslim after 9-11? That was a different time

Stop acting like something that happened nearly 80 years ago is relevant today. Did we go crazy and lock up every Muslim after 9-11? That was a different time, a great deal of progress has been made since then. Sometimes I think too much progress as we are unwilling to be tough against those who seek to do us harm.

jonnybgood 8y ago
> Sometimes I think too much progress as we are unwilling to be tough against those who seek to do us harm. We invaded a whole country (Afghanistan), sent many to places like Guantanamo Bay, and bombed them throughout Africa and the Middle East. What more do you want?
int_19h 8y ago
The problem is that the same people who sold the 9/11 surveillance state were (and still are) making the argument that Japanese-American interment was justified, and would be justified again in the same circumstances. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment There was also some rhetoric explicitly referencing interment (in a positive way) during the 2016 presidential campaign. And to remind, the Korematsu decision - which, essentially, made it all legal - wasn't overturned until last year, either. So it's not exactly ancient history.
thereare5lights 8y ago
Yea it's not like it had any long last effects such as the lost of valuable property and wealth that was stolen after they were forced from their homes or the lost of opportunity due to stolen years. No that doesn't matter anymore even though the people that lived through it are still alive. No that doesn't matter despite people in politics literally raising the specter of doing it again and in some cases, directly suggesting and defending it as a future potential action. We're totally reaching when we bring it again.

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Stop acting like something that happened nearly 80 years ago is relevant today. Did we go crazy and lock up every Muslim after 9-11? That was a different time

by DamnYuppie 8y ago

jonnybgood 8y ago
> Sometimes I think too much progress as we are unwilling to be tough against those who seek to do us harm. We invaded a whole country (Afghanistan), sent many to places like Guantanamo Bay, and bombed them throughout Africa and the Middle East. What more do you want?
int_19h 8y ago
The problem is that the same people who sold the 9/11 surveillance state were (and still are) making the argument that Japanese-American interment was justified, and would be justified again in the same circumstances. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment There was also some rhetoric explicitly referencing interment (in a positive way) during the 2016 presidential campaign. And to remind, the Korematsu decision - which, essentially, made it all legal - wasn't overturned until last year, either. So it's not exactly ancient history.
thereare5lights 8y ago
Yea it's not like it had any long last effects such as the lost of valuable property and wealth that was stolen after they were forced from their homes or the lost of opportunity due to stolen years. No that doesn't matter anymore even though the people that lived through it are still alive. No that doesn't matter despite people in politics literally raising the specter of doing it again and in some cases, directly suggesting and defending it as a future potential action. We're totally reaching when we bring it again.