When I was a little boy, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, and thousands of U.S. servicemembers perished. As a nation, we were stunned. And we vowed to strike back. Revenge was understandably on everyone’s mind, including many Americans of Japanese descent who opposed the emperor and were peaceful and law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents.
In its zeal to exact that revenge, however, the U.S. government overreacted, out of fear and bigotry. They targeted everyone who happened to look like the people who had carried out the attack. Those of us who had done nothing wrong were forced to pay the consequences for the decisions of others far away and disconnected from us. We were interned for years, in open-air prisons, while America went off to fight Japan, Germany and Italy.
It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer. We must never paint with the brush of justice and retaliation too broadly, or the toll of human suffering will rise immeasurably.
.. THANK YOU @janetgmccabe for speaking today at @AllSoulsIndy and, everything you do for our country!!!!
You are inspiring and the message of optimism combined with “how we can help” was just right!!
. Today @ChazEbert you said your “Nine Days Type moment” you’d want to relive would be Roger on stage at the E’fest & it reminded me in the early days he would have children come up on stage and ask Q’s & he was SO GOOD & FUNNY & SWEET with those kids!!!
THANK YOU @FredHerschMusic 4 a joy filled eve of music last night @ @XavierU. My husband has spent 23 yrs introducing me to great jazz artist &I’m SO glad to know you now💛 Creative deep & complex melodies/harmonies that made me smile all night. Is “Stutter” recorded somewhere?
. @Victoria_Spartz Please speak out loudly to condemn the attack on Paul Pelosi right away!
I expect my Representative to help lower the temperature in this country or more violence will come.
@garykel71397677 @TravisAllen02 Please explain why the US gun death rate is 8 x higher than other high income countries?
BTW, do u really think the guys that wrote the constitution had ar15’s in mind? Do i have a right to own an RPG? Ballistic missile?
@baseball99@BarackObama What if a woman is married and finds out at 8 weeks the baby has a terminal condition that can only cause suffering if born? What about a 10 year old who’s raped?
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
Indiana legislators could act at anytime to ban abortion in our state – but we have the power to fight back. ⚠️
Join us at the Statehouse TOMORROW at 11am for an emergency rally to demand lawmakers and Governor Holcomb keep abortion safe, legal, and accessible in Indiana. 📣