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by int_19h 2622 days ago
The problem is that the same people who sold the 9/11 surveillance state were (and still are) making the argument that Japanese-American interment was justified, and would be justified again in the same circumstances. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Internment

There was also some rhetoric explicitly referencing interment (in a positive way) during the 2016 presidential campaign.

And to remind, the Korematsu decision - which, essentially, made it all legal - wasn't overturned until last year, either.

So it's not exactly ancient history.