From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-24 14:08, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Everything in the Universe is interconnected.   
   Everything influences everything else.   
      
      
      
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   You are not the only player in the game.   
   Appropriate for you may not be so for me.   
      
      
     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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