You seem to be on tilt about this "attributing Japanese Internment to FDR" thing. That's a controversy that really seems to have originated with you. I'd assume the rest of us are pretty well aware that the USG was broadly culpable for concentration camps.
Yes. "On tilt" Nice gentle phrase and a sensible comment.
As I noted above - I just realized that I was basically responding to click bait - so mea culpa.
But that doesn't mean my points weren't legitimate :^)
Finally, I wish someone, someday would start a discussion about our post-war relationship with Japan. I mentioned it in my original message. What happened was so cool. I'm not aware of anything like it in modern history. And it can take a bit of the "evil" sting out of the Japanese Internment history, if you want it to.
I'm pretty casual with the expression "on tilt" because I occasionally play poker. If I managed to express something more than I meant to, I'm sorry for that.
I agree with you that our relationship with Japan after the war is pretty fascinating --- I think you could say something similar about our relationship with Germany! My takeaway from that is that we Americans should have a lot more humility about our own role in the world, because countries can turn on a dime from one pole to the other.
But one obstacle you'll have to pursuing that conversation in this thread is that a lot of people will read it as an attempt to downplay the disgrace of American concentration camps. Since those camps were very recently cited by American politicians as a rational for registering Muslims, it's a hot-button issue.
