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tblue37

(66,693 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2025, 04:51 PM Jun 22

George Takei points out that the rounding up of US citizens is something that has already happened here:

If you think it canâ€™t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-06-20T20:10:47.048Z

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George Takei points out that the rounding up of US citizens is something that has already happened here: (Original Post) tblue37 Jun 22 OP

It is happening now. Norrrm Jun 22 #1

Yep, by FDR MichMan Jun 22 #2

Yes and Unwind Your Mind Jun 22 #3

It happened to my middle school math teacher's family yliza Jun 22 #4

Norrrm

(2,360 posts)

1. It is happening now.

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Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:00 PM

Jun 22

MichMan

(15,446 posts)

2. Yep, by FDR

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Sun Jun 22, 2025, 06:27 PM

Jun 22

Unwind Your Mind

(2,282 posts)

3. Yes and

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Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:08 PM

Jun 22

It’s something good Americans are ashamed of, then and now

yliza

(161 posts)

4. It happened to my middle school math teacher's family

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:09 PM

Jun 22

I remember how I felt when I found out - outraged, but also scared. That this could have happened to someone I knew and admired was frightening. He was one of my favorite teachers. ETA: I was about 13 at the time.

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