From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > 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 discussion about   
   > > what I addressed in my post at the top of this   
   > > thread.   
   >   
   > Why do you keep bringing up your uncle then?   
      
   Did I bring up my uncle in the first post in this thread?   
   >   
   > Why discuss the Bible that was written over 2000 years ago?   
      
   Did I bring up the Bible in the first post in this thread?   
      
   I discuss my uncle at appropriate times. Same with the   
   Bible. I started this thread about things that are   
   happening NOW, and as usual you are doing everything   
   you can to distract away from that topic.   
      
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