Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by slibhb on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:25AM
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People can praise or criticize FDR for whatever they like. I'm objecting to the name-calling, not the idea that the internment of Japanese Americans was wrong.
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Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by BaseballPhysics on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:29AM
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Why? Are your sensibilities so delicate that calling a spade a spade is offensive to you?
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by slibhb on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:40AM
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No, the idea that almost everyone born before 1980 was an evil bigot is stupid
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by BaseballPhysics on Friday May 26, 2023 @09:43AM
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Then it's a good thing no one said that.
You should probably take a break from the internet. There's enough things to get offended about. There's really no reason to start making up new ones.
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by slibhb on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:02AM
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If you extend your "calling a spade a spade" logic, it will to lead to some ridiculous premise like "everyone born before x year was an evil bigot" where x keeps marching forward year after year.
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by jjulius on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:03AM
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Where did OP call "everyone born before 1980 ... an evil bigot"? Where did OP single out FDR as a reactionary bigot? Yes, it was done under his watch, but there were, in point of fact, plenty of genuinely reactionary bigots who supported it at the time. You're lambasting OP for the words you've put into their mouth. Stop.
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by nindalf on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:49AM
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Not everyone. Just the guy who ordered Japanese Americans be sent to internment camps.
Re:George Takei recalls his childhood in an internment camp
by jakelazaroff on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:02AM
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Would you not describe the internment of Japanese Americans as reactionary or as bigotry? Which label do you actually disagree with? OP wasn't just mindlessly adding invectives; they used those words for a reason.