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.
it's actually crazy we figured out how to grow real diamonds that are cheaper and better quality than the real thing and so many people are still like, no thanks the suffering is what makes it special.
So when US airlines were stranded, they got taxpayer money to help them out but now when taxpayers are stranded, airlines don’t help but instead charge insane amounts to people who need to get home? Help me understand🤔
Before the next election, you might want to find a better way to poll anyone under the age of 30 since they would rather pick up a pinless grenade than a call from an unknown number.
@hankgreen When people protested outside of a republican's house, it made major news headlines and it was a huge deal about how it's threatening their safety, but apparently when there's an actual assassination attempt on a very high ranking congresswoman, nobody seems too concerned.
all my friends posting about motherhood either got me like aww so cute can’t wait to have a kid 😍 to fughhh seems like a lot idk if i can deal with that 😭😅
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1/. As the death toll rises to 41 today, four women you should know who were deliberately and unlawfully killed in Iran when protesting gender apartheid and the killing of #Masha_Amini:
Hadis Najafi, aged 20, shot six times when security forces opened fire on her.
TODAY: When Hurricane Fiona took out Puerto Rico's power grid, President Biden immediately ordered money and FEMA action.
Because a decent president knows paper towels won't cut it.
The railroad industry which made $20 billion in profits last year cannot continue to deny workers paid sick leave. It is unacceptable and dangerous for conductors & engineers to be on call for 14 consecutive days, 12 hours a day & then get fired for going to a doctor.
How about BNSF not disrupt the US economy over rail workers getting a sick day?
The greed here is unreal. When was the last time you saw a corporate exec get written up for needing a doctor? If they’re so against sick days, they can give up theirs.
Stand with rail workers ✊🏽
As I stroll on TikTok, I keep seeing parents video their children reacting to The Little Mermaid trailer. So instead of focusing so much on the negative, I thought I’d show a thread of the little black kids who are excited to see their favorite princess look like them.