I do love the apologists coming in here insisting that these aren’t concentration camps.
a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities
Its literally the definition of concentration camp
I’ve been to one ‘near’ here, they are quite literally in the middle of the desert. They were not nice places to be at, its not only blistering hot during the day, its bonechilling cold at night, and it literally snowed once while we were driving through the area.
Don’t forget how we STOLE their property when we “interred” them. But its okay, that prime Californian property we stole, we gave em $20,000 and a “We’re Sorry!” so its cool!
Insisting it be called an Internment camp is basically “white-washing” crimes against our OWN CITIZENS. We rounded up Asian Americans, dragged them from their homes, stole their property, and put them in cages in the desert. AMERICA did this.
Not to be pedantic, but they were Japanese-American internment camps, not just Japanese. They locked up American citizens. George Takei of Star Trek fame lived with his family in one for several years. He tells a story about thinking it was nice of the guards to shine the light for him at night when he had to visit the bathroom but didn't realize until years later that they were watching him, not helping him. He even produced a musical about his experience called Allegiance. It was a dark time in our nation's past that some want to revisit. If we let them succeed, we may end up in one of these camps.
sknnbones on June 5th, 2024 at 22:14 UTC »
I do love the apologists coming in here insisting that these aren’t concentration camps.
Its literally the definition of concentration camp
I’ve been to one ‘near’ here, they are quite literally in the middle of the desert. They were not nice places to be at, its not only blistering hot during the day, its bonechilling cold at night, and it literally snowed once while we were driving through the area.
Don’t forget how we STOLE their property when we “interred” them. But its okay, that prime Californian property we stole, we gave em $20,000 and a “We’re Sorry!” so its cool!
Insisting it be called an Internment camp is basically “white-washing” crimes against our OWN CITIZENS. We rounded up Asian Americans, dragged them from their homes, stole their property, and put them in cages in the desert. AMERICA did this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9066
DadJokeBadJoke on June 5th, 2024 at 22:44 UTC »
Not to be pedantic, but they were Japanese-American internment camps, not just Japanese. They locked up American citizens. George Takei of Star Trek fame lived with his family in one for several years. He tells a story about thinking it was nice of the guards to shine the light for him at night when he had to visit the bathroom but didn't realize until years later that they were watching him, not helping him. He even produced a musical about his experience called Allegiance. It was a dark time in our nation's past that some want to revisit. If we let them succeed, we may end up in one of these camps.
aprilode on June 5th, 2024 at 23:22 UTC »
The U.S. did a terrible thing in developing and maintaining these camps. A violation of everything we should stand for.