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whitroth's avatar

Did the Nissai ever get paid for the homes and business they had taken from them?

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Serai 1's avatar

It'd be nice if one could tell from looking at it. Like I said, not very well done. A reader shouldn't have to be figuring out what it means.

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TrumpLovedEpstein's avatar

maybe whoever he pissed off got out before he did? or someone higher up the chain got pissed at the same guy? LOL@

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Christopher Boscarino's avatar

Say, wasn't it also nice of us to take their property away for, you know "safekeeping?" Because people would have totally vandalized all that rich farmland here in California owned by Japanese Americans. Luckily, we had white farmers willing to accept that land at a discount! MERICA!

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Jena-Auerstedt's avatar

Sounds to me like all of those folks arguing in favor of the detention are a bunch of liberals, wanting to tout how the Japanese got free stuff from the government, like food and a place to live. Thank god the alt-right among us know the importance of Freedom, which is why the right wingers back then were in favor of letting the Japanese go to fend for themselves! And to give them guns protected by our sacred second amendment rights!Or . . . have I got that wrong . . . .?

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Christopher Boscarino's avatar

Because it's easier to spot Asians! Can't discriminate what you can't tell apart! We might have locked up some Irish or Brits, for God's sake!

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Christopher Boscarino's avatar

If you were interred, you could get up to $20,000 max. Those kids of those intered who imagined inheriting the house or farm who SOL.

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

He was. For three months.

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

My favorite bass singer. A real natural. Enjoy.

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

Never forget that the LA Times is still a remarkably crappy paper.

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FauxAntocles's avatar

Stupid people never admit mistakes.

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Jeff Mc Donald's avatar

Just in case you have an idiot in the family, stuff them in the old family jalopy and head out to Cody Wyoming, then go east a bit util you get to THIS garden spot, http://www.heartmountain.org/ OH! The fun you'll have getting mansplaned how it weren't really all that bad! You know...when you can spot your tears long enough.

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Pierre_de_Fermat's avatar

We have a creation myth. When you get to collich you find out stuff.

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arundel's avatar

Some fucko writing to the LA Times: "Japanese have an extremely strong attachment to family, and even more so back then. First-generation and, to a lesser extent, Japanese here would have been expected to follow the wishes of their elders in Japan. Some, most or almost all might have refused, but the threat was there."

So I guess "family values" are now bad things, according to the extremely flexible standards of right-wing morons. Godless liberals allegedly hate the family, here's a right-wing moron saying Japanese-Americans were too attached to the family model. Is there any alleged principle that these people can't twist into a pretzel?

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Jenibrio Jenificus's avatar

No no no, learn your wingnut. Family values is GOOD for white folks who do white things that happen to not be socialist cause that would be bad but keep your government out of my medicare.

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