From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-24 14:00, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > Mike  posted:   
   >> On 2026-01-24 13:48, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Ask it whose civil liberties have been eroded, and   
   >>> give some examples.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> Civil liberties have been eroded at different times for   
   >> different groups, often during fear, war, or moral panic.   
   >> For example, during World War II about 120,000 Japanese   
   >> Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, were forcibly   
   >> interned without due process. This is now officially   
   >> recognized as unjust and driven by racism and fear.   
   >   
   > I already addressed that. My question was in the   
   > context of NOW, which is what I thought we were   
   > discussing. Bringing up something that happened   
   > EIGHTY years ago, and conducted by one of the most   
   > (if not THE most) beloved Democratic president in   
   > U.S. history, does NOT help the disucussion about   
   > what I addressed in my post at the top of this   
   > thread.   
      
   Why do you keep bringing up your uncle then?   
   Why discuss the Bible that was written over 2000 years ago?   
      
      
      
   >>   
   >> African Americans lived under Jim Crow laws for decades,   
   >> facing segregation, voter suppression, and unequal legal   
   >> treatment despite constitutional rights. Labor organizers   
   >> in the late 1800s and early 1900s were arrested, surveilled,   
   >> or violently suppressed for striking or union activity.   
   >   
   > All of that was done by DEMOCRATS!!!!!! And again,   
   > what does this have to do with what is happening   
   > NOW (in the context of my post at the top of this   
   > thread)?   
   >>   
   >> During the Red Scares and McCarthy era, political dissenters   
   >> lost jobs and freedoms based on beliefs or associations.   
   >> After 9/11, many Muslim and Arab Americans faced expanded   
   >> surveillance, detention, and profiling. Indigenous peoples   
   >> also endured forced relocation and long-term denial of   
   >> legal and cultural rights.   
   >   
   > Sheesh, does this CrapGPT have ANYTHING to say about   
   > what is happening now, and how it compares to its   
   > FALSE comparison to Nuremberg Laws?   
   >>   
   >> These examples show that even strong democracies can fail   
   >> under pressure, and liberties are often restored only in   
   >> hindsight.   
   >   
   > Can we get back to the CrapGPT thing addressing the   
   > issues I raised in the first post in this thread?   
   > Just how dumb is that thing? I guess we'll continue   
   > to find out.   
      
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