[adewinter]

"However, it still is nowhere near the atrocities committed by Imperial Japan & Nazi Germany."

The only question I have is: So?

Why do you feel the need to compare what the US did to other atrocities? You can always find something worse to compare a bad act to.

Nothing you said changes the fact that what the US did here was just plain wrong, it definitely shouldn't have happened, and we should do everything in our power to ensure it doesn't happen again. If you feel the need to make what the US did look slightly "less bad" by comparing it to other heinous events in the world, it might be worth reflecting on why you feel that need.

[brilliantcode]

I'm not trying to minimize or say what the US did was less wrong but I'm arguing against people that use this as a crutch to support their what aboutism that attempts to paint the US in the same light as Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. Clearly is night and day difference.

[tptacek]

In fact, the exact opposite is the case: attempting to compare one of our national disgraces to the actions of Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan is itself an appeal to whataboutism --- the article we're commenting on is about the internment of Japanese-Americans, not about the Nazis.

[brilliantcode]

yes I'm aware of the article's topic my point was a response comparing Nazi Germany's holocaust to internment of Japanese Americans. That isn't whataboutism, it's a fact. Japanese Americans weren't gassed or killed en masse by USG and that changes the equation. You are attempting to hijack the conversation into a circular argument by simply negating what I'm saying without considering the stark difference between genocide and politically motivated discrimination.

Very different things. Neither are good but it's pretty clear which countries were the worse at offenses.

[tptacek]

It's hard to understand where you're coming from, given that the topic of the article is Japanese-American internment.