You know I am afraid...
I am on twitter. I see the "President" lashing out. He is in a powerful position, and I want to say things to him, that others do, but afraid I will end up with my name on a list of travel bans or have the FBI knocking on my door. Yeah it feels like we are under fascism.
No, I have seen no proof of people disappearing, or Firing Squads.. But who wants the Secret Service knocking on your door?
I didn't feel this way about President Obama, but I liked what he did generally. I never wanted to send a tweet nor fear it would show up on the front page of the NY Times, like Trump does...
Yeah he can say whatever he wanted on Twitter, and no one can stop him. But I am afraid to reply. I am a person of color, and have no real power in this country, unless I became a public servant. (Is there such things any more, or are there just rulers?)
This is a whole new Country, we have entered into. It doesn't feel safe anymore, and if I have lost my freedom of speech, what does that make us? I seriously want to speak out, but can't and won't. I guess the only thing we can do, is work underground to protest in a way that won't eventually get us killed.
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To silence you. Don't let them
and you're welcome 
is one of the most recent unconstitutional actions by Donald "What the fuck is that thing on my head?" Trump. I don't mean to exclude anyone as a potential target, I wouldn't doubt if he targeted anyone that wasn't rich, white, and male. I mean I cover two of those categories except for rich and I REALLY don't like Trump so not all of us white males are Trump supporters .
Take heart that people are out in the streets protesting and that we still have courts that can stop a lot of his worst things.
But yeah while I think FDR was one of our best Presidents the internment camps are a stain on his legacy and I hope that Trump does not invoke FDR to bring them back.
and I would be happy to take a look! @yuiyoshida1987 thanks!
I'm just an old white lady (70 yrs old), and I know very little about the experience of people of color. But please believe me that there are plenty of white people, Asian people, people of all ethnicities, who have your back. Get connected with some organization, where you can contribute your time and energy to helping others. We need community to survive and thrive. There is no rule that says you do or don't have to do anything in particular online. Maybe just reading peoples' different posts to keep up with the Progressive views and news is all you can do right now. But that's a lot. You're educating yourself and hopefully forming carefully considered opinions. Stay calm and do what you need to do to feel safe. Thanks for sharing.
Sending you some rays of sunshine to dispell the darkness.
I talked with an elderly woman recently who told me their family lost everything when ordered to report to the Internment Camps. They had five days to get their stuff in order, basically selling everything they had and leaving stuff behind so others might have it.. Their houses taken, and than only bring what they could carry. They were sent to a Race track, and lived in horses barns for several days before shipping out to the unknown which turned out to be the Manzanar Internment Camp.,
Some fancy name for that sign, ne?
She told me when many were let go at the end, most of them didn't want to return to San Francisco and went on to live in San Jose or Los Angeles, the memory of having all their stuff taken, and their homes taken from them, brought back too much sorrow.
The anger at Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor just intensified people's feelings on the west coast ...
You can't unless they have an accent. For Japanese, many Chinese were hired to pick out who was Japanese, so as that there were no mistakes made. It must have been horrible, living like that from day to day...
Many American soldiers could not tell Japanese apart from other Asians. That's why they hired Chinese to point out Japanese people. The name was a big give away but mostly their faces and how they looked, and Chinese knew this. I am surprised though that many Korean's didn't end up at the camps by mistake, but I am sure if they were asked their name, and it was something like "Kim" ..they were left alone. Plus Korean's do have a different facial appearance as well but close to Japanese.
@yuiyoshida1987, thanks
can express her intense dislike...
that I got to try my first "edible". I also got to try my first Durian Fruit pudding. That too was amazing and something I been wanting to do for years.
Dammit Yui now you're making me want Banana Pudding .
But yeah that actually does look really good and I'm glad you got to enjoy something tasty.
Yesterday I was jonesing for a Sesame Seed Cake and went to various bakeries and asked if they had one, no one did and they all looked like they had never heard of such a thing. I have had many in the past but most of them were baked by friends. I have no idea where to even buy one now, and maybe I can google places in SF that might sell them. Would have to call ahead too just to make sure they are in stock.
Particularly The Legend of Zelda stuff. Believe me I have my Switch paid off, got the Limited Edition for Breath of the Wild (also paid off) and have preordered all five of the Amiibos and my grocery budget was tight for the week over preordering the Switch.
Like you I make sure all of my bills are paid before I try to blow my money.
You can be smart but still have impulses over things you like, I do it all the time. It doesn't mean you're not smart it just means that you will sometimes let impulses for things you like take control, and it can't always be helped.
Besides I've seen way worse things than blowing money on a game system. I've seen people spend every penny they have hoping to hit it rich at a Casino then losing everything. At least with a game system you are gaining something .
One time I walked into a casino with $2 and walked out with $10 and I said "That's food money". The thing I learned about gambling is to quit while you're ahead.
I was seriously looking for Shin Godzilla...
I had bought Godzilla figures before from them, and they looked it up in their catalogs and told me that they were only exclusive, at this time to Japan. If I wanted one, I would have to have someone send it to me from Japan. Felt really bad, because I really wanted to add it to my collection of Godzilla figures.
Than a friend told me they were on Amazon and sure enough I found one. But, now I was out of money, cause of the PS4. Well, guess I will have to wait until next month, when my funds come streaming back into my account. Bummer!
@Yuiyoshida1987 .. need all the support I can get...