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handmade34

(24,054 posts) Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:27 PM Jul 2019

Protests in Oklahoma

Native Americans and Japanese Americans were among the hundreds of people who gathered in Lawton, Oklahoma, on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s plan to use Fort Sill, which was a Japanese American internment camp in World War II, to detain undocumented migrant children.
“We will not allow history to repeat itself with a concentration camp for immigrant children,” said Brenda Lozano, program development coordinator at Dream Action Oklahoma, in a statement. “Generations of Japanese, Native American, and Black people have all been hurt by Fort Sill.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/japanese-americans-among-hundreds-protesting-plan-detain-migrant-children-fort-n1032001

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Protests in Oklahoma (Original Post) handmade34 Jul 2019 OP

This "administration" is singularly tone deaf. marble falls Jul 2019 #1

I think it is on purpose, to make a statement. colorado_ufo Jul 2019 #2

Yes. Very much on purpose. The Mouth Jul 2019 #7

They are not tone deaf. sheshe2 Jul 2019 #3

Yes, it is who they are. K & R warmfeet Jul 2019 #5

I wanted to go, but had a prior commitment. United We Dream invited me. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #4

Ft. Sill should have been closed locks Jul 2019 #6

Bravo Oklahoma! iluvtennis Jul 2019 #8

This makes me proud of my fellow Okies today! yellerpup Jul 2019 #9

Hey Lee Greenwood! SCVDem Jul 2019 #10

He's proud to be an American where HE is free rpannier Jul 2019 #11

K & R SunSeeker Jul 2019 #12

marble falls

(72,531 posts)

1. This "administration" is singularly tone deaf.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:37 PM

Jul 2019

colorado_ufo

(6,262 posts)

2. I think it is on purpose, to make a statement.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:28 PM

Jul 2019

You are too kind about this.

The Mouth

(3,416 posts)

7. Yes. Very much on purpose.

Reply to colorado_ufo (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:38 PM

Jul 2019

Just like the portrait of Andrew Jackson in his office, the symbolism could not be more clear.

sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

3. They are not tone deaf.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:32 PM

Jul 2019

They are racist and bigoted to the core. They know EXACTLY what they are doing. Their fondest dream is a white America, anything else terrifies them. Sigh.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)

5. Yes, it is who they are. K & R

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:12 PM

Jul 2019

sinkingfeeling

(58,036 posts)

4. I wanted to go, but had a prior commitment. United We Dream invited me.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:50 PM

Jul 2019

locks

(2,012 posts)

6. Ft. Sill should have been closed

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:30 PM

Jul 2019

many years ago. It is truly a concentration camp. Thousands of Native American tribes were killed in the Indian Wars and many were imprisoned for years there, including the Apache and the great chief Geronimo. Hundreds of Japanese-Americans were imprisoned there during WW2 and in recent years it has housed more than 1000 migrant children. All of us should be so ashamed of what our country is doing and how our tax money is being used to keep this military base open.

iluvtennis

(21,527 posts)

8. Bravo Oklahoma!

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:41 PM

Jul 2019

yellerpup

(12,263 posts)

9. This makes me proud of my fellow Okies today!

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:16 PM

Jul 2019

We're not all fascists! I've been seeing social media posts all day and it gives me a whiff of hope.

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)

10. Hey Lee Greenwood!

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:20 PM

Jul 2019

Are you really still proud to be an American?

I'm not!

rpannier

(24,956 posts)

11. He's proud to be an American where HE is free

Reply to SCVDem (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:24 PM

Jul 2019

Everyone else... he doesn't really care

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)

12. K & R

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 02:57 AM

Jul 2019

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