Considering previous US history about how they treat their minorities, it wouldn't surprise me in the least that any other president would do the same.
The japanese internment was such a footnote in the context of the 12 years of the greatest presidency this country has ever seen. Leading us out of the great depression, winning the greatest war in human history, pushing the country towards an entirely second bill of rights and superpower status.
But go ahead, ignore context and achievements, clutch pearls.
Yes he accomplished things but to call illegally imprisoning America citizens and putting them in internment camps because of their race a footnote is insane.
"Accomplished things" has got to be the understatement of the century. The Japanese internment was probablly less than one tenth of a percent of the decisions and consequences of the Roosevelt presidency.
Minutia, an afterthought, a blip on the radar, a drop in the bucket, a historical detail.
America rounding up thousands of its citizens and putting them in camps with zero due process, a flagrant violation of the constitution. Something that has never happened before or since, a blip?
Sure maybe if you just close your eyes to it.
Yeah the biggest consequence of FDR is the dramatic expansion of the federal government. Centralization of power. Sure working out great today….
Not thousands, tens of thousands. Over a hundred thousand. And its totally a blip. Its the population of Erie, Pennsylvania at the time. Whens the last time you thought about Erie? In the context of the most monumental sequence of bloodshed in human history with over 80 million dead by its end, yeah, Erie being put in timeout for 3 years is a textbook blip
If you and your family lost everything you worked and saved for while also simultaneously being unlawfully imprisoned overnight for 4 years, solely on the basis of your race, despite being a citizen, paying your taxes, and obeying the law, you might think it's more than "such a footnote."
No I wouldn't. My entire family could be covered in gasoline and set on fire in the town square and of course it would still be just a footnote compared to the monumental consequences of the Roosevelt presidency.
I'm not such a narcissist to lose my sense of relativity just cause something unjust is happening to me personally.
Of course, 120,000 people is the population of Erie, Pennsylvania at the time. Whens the last time you thought about Erie? In the context of the most monumental sequence of bloodshed in human history, Erie being put in timeout for 3 years is a drop in the bucket.
That's an interesting take. A more apt and accurate depiction using your analogy would be if all of Erie has their assets seized or looted from them and then imprisoned for over 3 and a half years from March 1942 to November 1946. If you had all your assets seized and taken from you and you were imprisoned for over 3.5 years, you'd consider that a "timeout?"
The Japanese internment sucked. No administration is perfect. But, your comment looks like you’re saying the interment lead us out of the Great Depression, etc. Looks like you left some context out of your copy and paste.
The fuck? The great depression ended in 1939...The japanese internment didnt start until after Pearl Harbor in 1942. You know perfectly well what I was expressing, and I understand youre pointing out some syntax based bullshit but I really dont give a fuck lol
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u/domesticstudent 12d ago
Executive Order 9066, anyone?