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If the Jack-Boot Fits…

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “The Art of Not Being Governed,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“If you support locking up these kids because ‘they’re illegal,’ you would have supported locking up these kids because ‘they’re Japanese,’ and these kids because ‘they’re Jewish,’ but by all means, keep waving the fucking flag and telling everyone how much you love freedom”

My Commentary: If the jack-boot fits…

The Unacknowledged Racism of FDR

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Free Talk Live,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

Without government, who would round up the Japanese? (Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration Presidio of San Francisco, California - April 1, 1942 Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry living in the following area:)..."

Without government, who would round up the Japanese?
(Western Defense Command and Fourth Army
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Presidio of San Francisco, California – April 1, 1942
Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry
Living in the following area:…)”

My Commentary: *Americans of Japanese descent

End America’s Military Occupation of Japan, Already!

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Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, with his wife, Akie Abe

Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, with his wife, Akie Abe

Oh Dear: Defiant Wife of Japanese PM Abe Visits US Okinawa Base Construction Protest:
https://www.sott.net/article/324699-Oh-dear-Defiant-wife-of-Japanese-PM-Abe-visits-US-Okinawa-base-construction-protest

Japan’s first lady Akie Abe says she is “ready to face criticism” after attending an anti-government rally, protesting the construction of new helipads at the US-operated military in Okinawa.

“This is my first step to create a world of love and harmony,” Akie Abe wrote in a Facebook status update.

Abe said she did not inform her husband in advance about what is bound to be seen as a controversial endorsement of the protests, which have been ignored by Tokyo.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: End America’s military occupation of Japan, already! Enough is enough!

Will American Internment Camps Make a Comeback Under a Trump or Sanders Presidency?

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork, being shared by an acquaintance from here, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Trump: Probably No Internment Camps"

“Trump: Probably No Internment Camps”

My Commentary: I’m sure it will only happen if necessary, like when Democratic Party darling, FDR, did it. *sarcasm*

"They called me a socialist, too So, I proved I was actually a fascist by putting 100,000 Japanese-Americans in internment camps"

“They called me a socialist, too…
So, I proved I was actually a fascist by putting 100,000 Japanese-Americans in internment camps”

Sanders Invokes FDR to Defend Democratic Socialism:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/bernie-sanders-socialism-speech-216071

(No mention of internment camps for American citizens)

Outsider Artists

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The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Brooke N…

Brooke N.: Turning the Art World Inside Out – Part 1 of 5:

Minnie, I know you probably can’t see this on the computer. Remind me and we’ll watch it. Rayn, you might want to start watching with the Japanese artists at 8:58 min. or so to save your battery. Gregg, I like the part in Venice about halfway through where the art critics talk about contemporary art being contrived, not spontaneous, not urgent. I think you’re able to use your training in service to being spontaneous and urgent. Worth 14 minutes of my life

Rayn: Very interesting. Thanx for sharing. 🙂