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peregrinus

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42. It wasn't covered by the press

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 03:27 PM

Nov 11

and if it was it was on page 12. Yes newspapers used to be that big in those days. the camps were all located in the desert and in rural areas. The people that saw it on a large scale like in say Los Angeles and Seattle either noticed and didn't care that the Japanese neighborhood and businesses were gone or they justified it in their minds that those Japanese American citizens were actually a threat.

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What do you think will happen when the concentration camps open and mass deportations start? [View all] Takket Nov 11 OP

Let It Begin SoCalDavidS Nov 11 #1

I don't think the American people will do anything. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #2

Right as long as their prices at the store go down. the majority of Americans don't care. debm55 Nov 11 #22

The only important thing: egg and gas prices drop. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #25

And Bacon, don't forget bacon. debm55 Nov 11 #26

How can I forget bacon. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #31

Unless bdamomma Nov 11 #37

Yes unless it gets personal they don't care. Irish_Dem Nov 11 #38

That's right Deb. The price of eggs is more important Polly Hennessey Nov 11 #35

A new underground railroad? Easterncedar Nov 11 #3

Who is going to grift off our racist concentration camps? GreenWave Nov 11 #4

The private prison industry, for one. MontanaFarmer Nov 11 #17

Core Civic Marigold Nov 11 #18

These are people they see as criminals kerouac2 Nov 11 #5

Who pays for it?..... Lovie777 Nov 11 #6

Same thing they did last time sarisataka Nov 11 #7

The farmers will.march on Washington with pitchforks wryter2000 Nov 11 #8

A lot of people will simply watch it happen. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 11 #9

I expect an increase in angry posts here at DU Kaleva Nov 11 #15

nah, there would only be a couple here and there Nimble_Idea Nov 11 #36

I think we will end up not having the stomach for it sky_masterson Nov 11 #10

it will not be covered that way at all. media will both siderism, and ask what the Dems plan is, Nimble_Idea Nov 11 #27

What happened after they opened the Japanese Internment Camps MineralMan Nov 11 #11

Ironic Dem4life1234 Nov 11 #13

Not quite true BannonsLiver Nov 11 #40

It wasn't covered by the press peregrinus Nov 11 #42

the ameriKan voter is so stupid they will think its a luxury resort if fox goptv tells them it is. nt yaesu Nov 11 #12

Some "liberal" corporate media pundits will explain how its reasonable. Passages Nov 11 #14

Look to history Cirsium Nov 11 #16

Yawns and cheers would seem most likely to happen TheKentuckian Nov 11 #19

I am truly, utterly terrified of the direction this country is going in. Initech Nov 11 #20

How long bdamomma Nov 11 #39

I give it a week before he invites Putin and reverses the travel ban. Initech Nov 11 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Nov 11 #48

Yeah, nuclear annihilation would have been preferable. Fish700 Nov 11 #47

It won't be like the Nazi camps misanthrope Nov 11 #21

Sadly, not much. haele Nov 11 #23

Based on what I am seeing even from on the left, nothing Nimble_Idea Nov 11 #24

A few ice agents will get snuffed out and the whole Klarkashton Nov 11 #28

the nazification continues ShepKat Nov 11 #29

Economic chaos bucolic_frolic Nov 11 #30

This is the Political Theater Stage of Fascism delisen Nov 11 #32

It will happen on a much smaller scale WestMichRad Nov 11 #33

Slave labor camps Diraven Nov 11 #34

Same thing that was done last time NOTHING. Runningdawg Nov 11 #41

What I think? I think B.See Nov 11 #43

This is ForgedCrank Nov 11 #44

Well, the vast majority aren't criminals other than they crossed illegally. Elessar Zappa Nov 11 #46