Re:Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps
by CWuestefeld on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:43PM
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As someone whose American ancestors fought in a war to free your ancestors, I think you're painting with far too broad a brush.
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Re:Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps
by andars on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:09PM
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That wasn't the purpose of the war. Here's Lincoln, 1862: "I would save the Union. … If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it."
Re:Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps
by CWuestefeld on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:51PM
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That only tells us Lincoln's stated values. He doesn't get to dictate the motives of the entire country. I don't think you can legitimately claim that there wasn't a real ideological abolitionist movement, and that many people fought for it.