Reply #3: Great question!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

How Black is it?

I'm 62 years old and lived through many of the things you mentioned. Is this bit of legislation "worse" than any of the examples? In my opinion, no. It is just one more on the list of misdeeds, corruption, and hypocrisy of a nation that (falsely) advertises itself as a beacon of liberty and democracy.

That the SCOTUS and/or Democrats MAY overturn this abomination is irrelevant to those being held, tortured (er, "robustly interrogated"), and dehumanized.

Just as the Japanese internees, the people hauled in front of HUAC, the murder of those under Jim Crow, the millions murdered in Vietnam, had no voice in the laws and policies decided by politicians here, so now do the "detainees" have no voice in the "compromises" and laws passed to abuse them.

If there is any "good" to come out of this, it is that the whole world now sees this nation for what it really is. A predatory, and decadent, rogue state that is willing to kill, maim, imprison, and torture to maintain it's material wealth.

We have become the "Good Germans" of the 21st century. Willing to deny or take responsibility for the actions of our "leaders". The ones we elected, who either institute such laws, or fail to oppose them.