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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

What/who do you think he is referring to as worse?

[–] cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world 76 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

George Takei was five years old when he and his family were sent to a Japanese American internment camp during World War II - so probably that among the other political events and upheavals since

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

Thanks. He's definitely a fighter.

[–] niucllos@lemm.ee 39 points 12 hours ago

Wasn't he actually interred in a camp during WWII? And he lived through the AIDS crisis as a gay man

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 22 points 12 hours ago

Probably his three years in three different internment camps.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

He has a graphic novel biography about his childhood growing up in internment camps. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand a bit of American history that they don't really teach in schools.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Bush

Just my guess though.