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this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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Ok, but what does that have to do with someone's arrest for ties to ISIS?
It would have made more sense if they were of Japanese ancestry, but still an American citizen who grew up during WWII era.
Although, if that HAD been the case, they wouldn't be posting here. Because they'd be dead.
......I'm just now realizing that enough time has passed that statement doesn't have the same impact it should. I'm not talking about old age. I'm talking about how the united states would gather AMERICAN CITIZENS who have comitted no crimes whatsoever, send them to camps, and have them mass killed/arrested. Everybody talks about Hitlers camps, nobody talks about America doing the EXACT SAME THING, ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Oh, me? No, I'm not of Japanese ancestry. I just like calling out Americas bullshit, because so many people like to think it's some high and mighty better than thou place which can do no wrong. It was founded by slave holders who claimed all men are created equally. It was then held for about 150 years before women were seen as anything more than property who weren't allowed to vote. It routinely throughout history told it's citizens what it means to be normal, and a real American. Anything else was considered unpatriotic, and unpatriotic people were the enemy. Do the McCarthy years sound firmiliar?
And now, we stand on the doorstep of a new presidency, of a man who self identifies as a fascist dictator, who has held public admiration for places like North Korea, and Russia, for their leaders ability to go unchecked. It would be one thing if this were a sneaky coup. Some one individual somehow someway snuck his way into power which is so often the case with dictators throughout history. But no. This was chosen. This was the American electoral collage giving him a landslide win, AND getting the popular vote. America wants this. America wants to go down this same path that we have gone down many times before, and each generation eventually comes to the conclusion that it's bad.
And no group is immune. You can't say "This is only white men who voted for him". No, this is men, women, whites, blacks, latinos, arabs, asains, everybody. This is EVERYBODY. We have chosen a road of fascism. We have told the world "THIS is what America is."
And for that, no. I will not consider myself a patriot who stands for the values and beliefs of this country, when those beliefs are that we all should bow down and accept our place in life.
FUCK
THAT.
User name checks out.