I happened upon an article this morning about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and it annoyed me to see the way that the reporter spun the story. Here is the beginning of the key section which uses a quotation to make its point:
Mano-Shen said her grandfather was forced into a camp near Missoula, Mont., during WWII, and some of the nation's responses to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 evoked memories of the Japanese internments. Muslims, she said Thursday, "have been put on FBI lists and detained in the same way my grandfather was."
This is complete BS. It is not slanted or misinformed; it is completely phony and malicious BS that puts down the American response to 9-11 as some sort of racist extravaganza. Here's why:
In the months right after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into the Second World War, the federal government rounded up 120,000 people of Japanese descent and put them into internment camps just because they were Japanese. Anyone found spying for or otherwise helping the Japanese armed forces was treated as a spy or a saboteur and prosecuted as a criminal. Two thirds of those interned were American citizens. In the 12 years since 9-11, not a single Moslem has been interned just because he or she was a Moslem. The federal government has taken no action against American Moslems. Quite the contrary, the federal government has gone out of its way to make sure that no American Moslem suffers any reprisal due to the terror attacks. On the other hand, Americans who assist the Islamic terrorists or who carry out acts of terror are being prosecuted as criminals. Right now, Major Nidal Hassan who killed 13 men and wounded many more at Fort Hood in the name of Allah and Islam is on trial for his acts. The Boston Marathon bomber and the Times Square bomber are being treated similarly. The simple truth is that no one has been detained for being a Moslem; terrorists, however, are in jail.
For the media to perpetuate the myth of America's supposedly racist response to 9-11 is not just offensive, but also extremely revealing of the true beliefs of most of the left wing reporters who supposedly are informing Americans about what is happening. They are writing about political myths rather than facts. After all, how hard would it actually be to check on the numbers of Moslems "detained" after 9-11? One could find the true facts in less than a minute on the internet, but somehow the AP reporter just couldn't find the time. No one is that stupid. It has to be intentional.
It is sad that the AP thinks it should promote a phony belief in non-existent racism rather than report the truth. Sadly, claims like this one of racism make it harder to deal with actual racism that still pops up in America. After a while, most people just turn off what the media says.
Mano-Shen said her grandfather was forced into a camp near Missoula, Mont., during WWII, and some of the nation's responses to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 evoked memories of the Japanese internments. Muslims, she said Thursday, "have been put on FBI lists and detained in the same way my grandfather was."
This is complete BS. It is not slanted or misinformed; it is completely phony and malicious BS that puts down the American response to 9-11 as some sort of racist extravaganza. Here's why:
In the months right after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into the Second World War, the federal government rounded up 120,000 people of Japanese descent and put them into internment camps just because they were Japanese. Anyone found spying for or otherwise helping the Japanese armed forces was treated as a spy or a saboteur and prosecuted as a criminal. Two thirds of those interned were American citizens. In the 12 years since 9-11, not a single Moslem has been interned just because he or she was a Moslem. The federal government has taken no action against American Moslems. Quite the contrary, the federal government has gone out of its way to make sure that no American Moslem suffers any reprisal due to the terror attacks. On the other hand, Americans who assist the Islamic terrorists or who carry out acts of terror are being prosecuted as criminals. Right now, Major Nidal Hassan who killed 13 men and wounded many more at Fort Hood in the name of Allah and Islam is on trial for his acts. The Boston Marathon bomber and the Times Square bomber are being treated similarly. The simple truth is that no one has been detained for being a Moslem; terrorists, however, are in jail.
For the media to perpetuate the myth of America's supposedly racist response to 9-11 is not just offensive, but also extremely revealing of the true beliefs of most of the left wing reporters who supposedly are informing Americans about what is happening. They are writing about political myths rather than facts. After all, how hard would it actually be to check on the numbers of Moslems "detained" after 9-11? One could find the true facts in less than a minute on the internet, but somehow the AP reporter just couldn't find the time. No one is that stupid. It has to be intentional.
It is sad that the AP thinks it should promote a phony belief in non-existent racism rather than report the truth. Sadly, claims like this one of racism make it harder to deal with actual racism that still pops up in America. After a while, most people just turn off what the media says.
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