Has the world (as we know it) ended?

HughFreakingDillon said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Even the older people? Wow.


 World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens. These actions were initiated by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the outbreak of war with the Empire of Japan in December 1941. About 127,000 Japanese Americans then lived in the continental U.S., of which about 112,000 lived on the West Coast. About 80,000 were Nisei('second generation'; American-born Japanese with U.S. citizenship) and Sansei ('third generation', the children of Nisei). The rest were Issei ('first generation') immigrants born in Japan, who were ineligible for citizenship. In Hawaii, where more than 150,000 Japanese Americans comprised more than one-third of the territory's population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were incarcerated.

strange. Stove never said anything resembling "even the Japanese people don't remember it being this bad". 

HughFreakingDillon said:

Stove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Even the older people? Wow.


 World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens. These actions were initiated by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the outbreak of war with the Empire of Japan in December 1941. About 127,000 Japanese Americans then lived in the continental U.S., of which about 112,000 lived on the West Coast. About 80,000 were Nisei('second generation'; American-born Japanese with U.S. citizenship) and Sansei ('third generation', the children of Nisei). The rest were Issei ('first generation') immigrants born in Japan, who were ineligible for citizenship. In Hawaii, where more than 150,000 Japanese Americans comprised more than one-third of the territory's population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were incarcerated.

strange. Stove never said anything resembling "even the Japanese people don't remember it being this bad". 

I was not alive in the 1940s. I am speaking on the experience of people my seniors, boomers silent gen. & they have never seen it this. I cannot speak on the Japanese experience personally. Obviously, it was bad. 

Exactly. We can only speak to our own experiences. But some like to twist comments to spark faux outrage at an otherwise simple and innocent comment. 

brianlux said:

Stove said:

I wanted to go back to this discussion b/c I’ve been thinking about it a lot….b/c now…we truly are fucked in America. New Hitler is here & he’s going to exterminate the middle class. Didn’t think I’d live to see the destruction of the American world as we know it….even the older people don’t remember it being this bad.  

Stove, until recent years, the era of McCarthyism was the greatest threat to Democracy and stability in America.  Most of the McCarthy era occurred during my life time, but it ended when I was 8 years old, so I was not aware of what was happening at the time.  But I later learned a lot about it from my G.I. Generation folks and from books and films and I can say with much certainty, that what we are living through now is the most dysfunctional, horrific period era in the U.S. in my lifetime and going back to the Civil War in the 1860s.  In terms of survival of Democracy and the stability of this nation, today it is worse than the McCarthy era, worse than the Vietnam War era, worse than any other period in this century.  Your concerns are well validated.  I am very saddened to say that is so.

HughFreakingDillon said:

Stove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Stove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Even the older people? Wow.


 World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens. These actions were initiated by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the outbreak of war with the Empire of Japan in December 1941. About 127,000 Japanese Americans then lived in the continental U.S., of which about 112,000 lived on the West Coast. About 80,000 were Nisei('second generation'; American-born Japanese with U.S. citizenship) and Sansei ('third generation', the children of Nisei). The rest were Issei ('first generation') immigrants born in Japan, who were ineligible for citizenship. In Hawaii, where more than 150,000 Japanese Americans comprised more than one-third of the territory's population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were incarcerated.

strange. Stove never said anything resembling "even the Japanese people don't remember it being this bad". 

I was not alive in the 1940s. I am speaking on the experience of people my seniors, boomers silent gen. & they have never seen it this. I cannot speak on the Japanese experience personally. Obviously, it was bad. 

Exactly. We can only speak to our own experiences. But some like to twist comments to spark faux outrage at an otherwise simple and innocent comment. 

Not
my intent , if thats what
you’re implying.

no, I was defending your stance against the person who tried to twist your comment.