George Takei  πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ––πŸ½
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
Apr 7 at 8:30pmWeb
Show threadHelen "Good Morning!" Caton πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Apr 7

@georgetakei

I heard your family's story on the BBC πŸ˜”, thank you for sharing and reminding us.

Show threadFredricT πŸ˜·πŸ’‰πŸŒ»Apr 7
@georgetakei I didn’t realize you’re 87 year old πŸ˜…
Thank you for sharing these bad memories with us, too many people seem to have forgotten how many people have been victims to racist laws in the past (and nowadays too)
Show threadcqd_sosApr 7
@georgetakei
You know, deliberately create instability and civic unrest, and from there doctoring a pretext that allows you to invoke martial law is only a tiny step. That accomplished pretty much anything goes. It's how it's usually done.
Show thread𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫Apr 7
@georgetakei But hey, the Supreme Court has explained that that was "gravely wrong." It took them 70 years to get around to explaining it, though.
Show threadstux⚑Apr 7

@georgetakei sorry George

We need to make sure this will not happen again

Show threadErik Uden πŸ‘Apr 7
@georgetakei May it never happen again πŸ™
Show threadMoruApr 7

@ErikUden @georgetakei

But it is happening - right now.

Show threadRealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurApr 7
@georgetakei And that was a time of supposedly "responsible" governing. There's no doubt in my mind that they WILL go after anyone they feel they can, so protect your neighbors, your friends, everyone that matters to you. Be there for them.
Show threadIlka 🌐Apr 7
@georgetakei it is so painful to see history repeated in the most scary and at the same time most idiotic way. Cruel in both - past and present.
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Apr 7
@georgetakei πŸ«‚ 😒
Show threadRobin BartonApr 7
@georgetakei The same happened in Canada. It is sad how easy it is to make happen
Show threadEarthshine --> movedApr 7
@georgetakei at last count, I think there were 7 alleged U.S. citizens disappeared to El Salvador. It's important to note that this is not a normal prison camp, either. It's a black hole where they throw lifers and proudly guarantee nobody who goes there ever returns.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormApr 7

@georgetakei

I was not even alive then, but I know what you are referring to. I am sorry for what you went thru. Way too many people today will never connect the dots. Mainly because they are not aware the dots exist.

#Education #History

Show threadε©δΈ‚γ„šεŒšγ„–ε©γ„–ε±±δΉ‡ε°ΊApr 8
@georgetakei one thing i say the eua stay bad and brazil too.
Show threadEvan ProdromouApr 8
@georgetakei I am sorry that happened, and I thank you for bearing witness to it.
Show threadpatcanfieldApr 8
@georgetakei and the damage done is uneff able?(can't think of the word, George! have a good night!
Show threadTheTimeKnifeApr 8
@georgetakei Thank you for sharing. It is an incredible thing to listen to generations who bridge the gap between societies great mistakes. I hope we all heed this warning.
Show threadTucker TeagueApr 8
@georgetakei I've been reading a book called American Sutra, about American Buddhists and how they lived through that era and in the camps. Amazing story and amazing people. Hard to believe it actually happened here, but alas it did and we must not forget.
Show threadtootbruteApr 8
@georgetakei But, but, but I thought in Saving Private Ryan, America's the good guy.
Show threadSaanichGuy πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Apr 8
@georgetakei why I will not step foot inside the US. It is a #corrupt #fascist dictatorship
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 8

@georgetakei they already did so:

Show threadJune BlueSpruceApr 8
@georgetakei Thank you for this reminder. It’s chilling. They can name anything a β€œwar” and put any of us on the other side of that war. I am so sorry you and your family had to endure incarceration.
Show threadTheOneSwitApr 8
@georgetakei It allready happens today.
Show thread@martlund πŸŒ²πŸΆπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¨πŸ‡±πŸŒˆApr 8
@georgetakei
GOP Congress can stop tRUMP at any time. In the case of tariffs, they could simply reassert their constitutional power to manage tariffs.
Show threadCitoyen europΓ©en Ray Hindle βœ”οΈApr 8
@georgetakei Remember it is not just US
citizens, look up extraordinary rendition!
Show threadCitoyen europΓ©en Ray Hindle βœ”οΈApr 8
@georgetakei Copied from Wikipedia, β€œA 2018 report by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament found the United Kingdom, specifically MI5 and MI6, to be complicit in many of the renditions carried out by the U.S., by helping to fund them, by supplying intelligence, and by knowingly allowing the abductions to happen.” The UK is just as guilty!
Show threadWaxing and Waning {NCC-1703}Apr 8
@georgetakei Yet another reminder that in Trump, Bin-Laden has got exactly what he wanted.
Show threadDavid PApr 8

@georgetakei

It's the same law is it not, the "Alien Enemies Act" that the Trump regime is using to disappear "non-citizens" to the El Salvador prison?

The law that President Roosevelt used in 1942. It's from 1798.

Show threadhko 😷πŸͺApr 8
@georgetakei thank you for your ongoing speaking up about these glaring and disturbing historical throughlines
Show threadEndicottRoad59Apr 8
@georgetakei I find that prospect most chilling.
Show threadMikeDunnAuthorApr 9
@georgetakei justice Jackson even referenced Japanese internment during ww2 in her dissenting opinion
Show thread@martlund πŸŒ²πŸΆπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¨πŸ‡±πŸŒˆApr 10
@georgetakei And they are building more private prisons as we speak (detention camps)
Show threadChris A MoodyApr 10
@georgetakei I sometimes really wish Scotty could "beam us up"
Show threadoldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINEApr 12

@georgetakei

George, please don't stop saying that. It is just so important.