Re: We don't DO second-class citizens
you entirely ignored the second part of the sentence referring to AJA internment
I ignored it because in 1942 the USA was still firmly in the Jim Crow era so "second class citizenship" was firmly entrenched official policy. An extension of that in wartime wasn't exactly a radical departure. People were still being lynched with impunity back then, let alone interned.
While all countries abridge the civil rights of criminals while subject to legal sanction, few others (if any) permanently exclude them from the democratic process thereby fundamentally altering their status as citizens. If you think cannabis or (historically) gay sex should be legal, it is a bit tricky to change the law if holding and acting on those opinions ends up disenfranchising you. The exact same thing (stop the "wrong" people voting) held off the Civil Rights Act for most of the 20th century and I trust you're not arguing that there were no second class citizens in 1950's Alabama.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
